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North Korea lifts Ebola travel restrictions

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — North Korea has lifted severe restrictions on foreign travel it imposed last year to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. The already isolated country virtually closed its borders to foreigners last October, halting all non-essential visas and requiring those few foreigners allowed in to undergo […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Air Koryo, Andrea Lee, Asia, Associated Press, China, Ebola-hit Guinea, Hong Sun Gwang, Liberia, NGO, North Korean, Pyongyang Friendship Hospital, Sierra Leone, State Hygiene Inspection Authority, Uri Tours, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13

Viewing through plastic and glass in Cambodia

December 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Yellow sun cooks the layers of dust off the edges of the curbs. So many curbs, so few sidewalks. Bits of brick and paper and cane juice plastic cups (biked over, ripped) compete for attention. They poke up from the dirt, insist themselves into the light.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Asia Foundation, Cambodia, Dipika Kohli, NGO, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19, attention

Singapore PM warns religion threatens stability

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore’s prime minister warned that “aggressive preaching” by religious groups and attempts to convert others threaten the city-state’s stability.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Action Party, Buddhist Chinese, Catholic High School, Indian Hindus, Lee Hsien Loong, Malay Muslims, Malaysia, NGO, Singapore, United States, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

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