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Wireless living: Limited Internet access in North Korea affects country’s development

January 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Imana Gunawan Northwest Asian Weekly While most of the developed world enjoys Internet access as a basic human right, North Koreans live with their web access heavily regulated and monitored.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Brigit Stadler, Clark Sorensen, DPRK, Democratic People, Google, International Studies, Jackson School, Limited Internet, North Koreans, PUST, Seattle, South Korean, Sudan, Though Scott, UW, Vol 33 No 5 | January 25 - January 31, World Policy Journal, technology

BLOG: Child protection in Darfur

July 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Xin Huang Northwest Asian Weekly July 21th, 2010 Today, on July 21st, the United Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) regarding child protection in Darfur. It is recognized as a landmark deal in humanitarian issues in the Darfur area. On July 10–11, 2008, the Geneva centered dialogue based […]

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: 2008, Ahmed Hussain Adam, Humanitarian Adviser, JEM, Nils Kastberg, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Lutheran University, Sudan, Sulieman Mohammed Jamous, Switzerland, UNICEF, United Nations Children, Xin Huang

World’s refugee orphans seeking homes in the U.S.

February 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HOLLISTON, Mass. (AP) — Hiding from merciless militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the mass slayings and genocide of the Sudan that killed his parents. The 9-year-old orphan fled to neighboring Kenya, where he then survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Catholic Bishops, Congo, Gabriel Mugisha, Holliston High School, Kenya, Leicester High School, Lian Sian Kim, Lian Sian Sang, Lutheran Social Services, Madhel Majok, Mary Bartholomew, Myanmar, Paul Boulanger, Peter Zimmerman, Refugee Resettlement, State Refugee Coordinator Charles Shipman, Sudan, Tim Irwin, Unaccompanied Refugee Minor, United States, Vol 29 No 9 | February 27 - March 5

China–Guinea deal highlights Africa business ties

October 29, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A $7 billion mining deal between Guinea’s repressive military regime and a little-known Chinese company underscores China’s full-throttle rush into Africa and its willingness to deal with brutal and corrupt governments.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, CIF, Chatham House, China Africa, China Angola Oil Stock Holding Ltd, China Guinea, China International Fund, Chinese, Corporate Africa, Dayuan International Development Limited, Exim Bank, Hong Kong, India, Kellie Jane Whitlock, Moussa Dadis Camara, South African, Sudan, United States, Vol 28 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, West African

Indonesia’s Aceh to allow stoning for adulterers

September 17, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after voters overwhelmingly chose to throw conservative Islamic parties out of power.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Aceh Vice Governor Muhamad Nazar, Afghanistan, Associated Press, Democrat Party, Indian Ocean, Iran, Iraq, Muslim Indonesian, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Vol 28 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

Kayah Refugees from Myanmar arrive in Maine

September 10, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The latest newcomers to begin settling in Maine’s largest city are Kayah refugees from a mountainous state in Myanmar.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, Afghanistan, Catholic Charities Maine, Congo, Iraq, Myanmar, PORTLAND, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Thailand, Vol 28 No 38 | September 12 - September 18

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