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And now... 1Toilet
The list goes on for branding gurus of 1Malaysia. This time, 1Malaysia's product extension is where you pee. The Terengganu state government will introduce a “1Toilet” policy in a move to liberalise education, The Star reports today. Under 1Toilet, teachers...
Deaths in Thailand's deep south caught on tape
AFP: Five people, including at least two soldiers, were killed in the latest wave of violence in Thailand's insurgency-plagued far south, police said.Unknown gunmen travelling in a pick-up truck on Saturday shot dead two government troops providing security for Buddhist monks receiving alms in Yala, one of three Muslim-majority southern provinces under a state of emergency.Soon afterwards in a nearby…
What can India sell China? And how?
Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit this week, predictably, raised a lot of political heat when it should have raised as much or more economic heat. An only achievement for India is its excluding any reference to Tibet or One China in the joint statement, in retaliation for China’s issuing stapled visas to travelers from Jammu and Kashmir. Other than that, India…
When Pakistani politicians want to get something done, they get it done (or at least try)
This is a great little story in Dawn on all the efforts to get Maulana Diesel back in the government fold. Before we get to that, however, please note this hilarious nugget from the report. The day-long activities culminated at the gathering of the country’s top political leadership, including the chief of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif, on one…
Rethinking the rationales behind demutualisation of the Thailand’s Stock Exchange
By Narun Popattanachai Former Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) president Patareeya Benjapholchai emphasized in her final remark before stepping down in June 2010 that demutualization of the bourse must remain high on her predecessor’s agenda in order to reinforce the SET with a competitive edge it badly needs. Apart from the fact that the demutualising process will see SET…
Pakistan's powerful religious right
How Islam has shaped modern Pakistan, writes Urmila Venugopalan for Asia Sentinel. Islamist parties and organizations across Pakistan are warning of anarchy if the civilian government attempts to repeal the nation's strict blasphemy law and pardon Asia Bibi, an illiterate farm worker who was sentenced to death last month. Following Bibi's sentencing, on Dec. 12 a doctor in Pakistan's Sindh…
Open requests thread
Two events are fast approaching - the new year, and the new design of Asian Correspondent, which will come with many of the enhanced comments features that a lot of you have been wanting. the new design should launch sometime this afternoon Korean time. This is an open thread for requests of what stories to cover in 2011 and for…
Chinese woman adopts 1,500 stray dogs
Ha Wenjin of Tangquan County, Nanjing, China, is a Good Samaritan beyond any definition of the word. She has relinquished her job, her home, her jewelry and her car to adopt more than 1,500 stray dogs. She used the funds she got from the sale of her worldly goods to establish an unofficial dog rescue center. “At first I did…
Pakistan spy agency denies it exposed CIA chief
Pakistan's main spy agency denied it had unmasked the CIA's station chief in Islamabad, and warned such allegations could damage its already fragile counterterrorism alliance with the United States. The CIA pulled its top spy out of Pakistan on Thursday amid death threats after his name emerged publicly a few weeks ago from a Pakistani man threatening to sue the…
UN body to meet as SKorea plans drills near border
South Korea's military waited for better weather to hold live-fire drills that the North warned would cause it to retaliate, but the high tensions prompted the U.N. Security Council to schedule an emergency meeting at Russia's request. The one-day firing drills are planned by Tuesday on the same front-line island the North shelled last month as the South's military conducted…
England reduced to 81-5 in 3rd test
Australia appeared headed for victory in the third Ashes test on Saturday with Mike Hussey scoring 116 and England collapsing to 81 for five wickets in its second innings at stumps on the third day. With two days left, England is chasing an improbable 391 to win at the WACA ground and retain the Ashes. Mitchell Johnson, who wrecked the…
Parrot metal
Readers of the ShadowLands could be forgiven for being unfamiliar with the heavy alternative metal band Drowning Pool and their little ditty, Bodies (Let the bodies hit the floor) . However, if you spend a few seconds seeing the original version, you might then appreciate the true magnificence of the definitive parrot version....
Bones found on island might be Amelia Earhart's
The three bone fragments turned up on a deserted South Pacific island that lay along the course Amelia Earhart was following when she vanished. Nearby were several tantalizing artifacts: some old makeup, some glass bottles and shells that had been cut open. Now scientists at the University of Oklahoma hope to extract DNA from the tiny bone chips in tests…
Search for survivors in Australian boat crash ends
No more survivors are expected to be found from a deadly boat crash on a craggy Australian island this week and officials are preparing memorial services for the 30 people known to have died, the immigration minister said Saturday. Officials have said the boat could have been carrying as many as 100 Iraqi, Iranian and Kurdish asylum seekers when it…
China, Pakistan ink trade deals during Wen's visit
Pakistan and China signed nearly two dozen private sector deals worth billions Saturday, the second day of a rare visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to this impoverished, conflict-ridden ally. Including government deals inked Friday, the two sides have agreed to 35 new pacts expected to bring up to $30 billion dollars of investment to Pakistan over the next five…
Rescuers say 35 die in boat capsize in Bangladesh
A boat packed with passengers capsized on a river in northeastern Bangladesh late Saturday, leaving at least 35 people dead and about 20 others missing, officials said. The boat carrying about 80 people collided with a sand-laden cargo vessel in the dark on the River Surma in Sunamganj district, about 110 miles (175 kilometers) northeast of the capital, Dhaka, local…
NATO kills 20 insurgents in eastern Afghanistan
NATO said its troops killed more than 20 insurgents Saturday in fighting that broke out after a patrol came under fire in eastern Afghanistan. In the southern city of Kandahar, a suicide bomber targeting a district chief killed two passers-by including a child, and wounded at least nine people, authorities said. The gunbattle between NATO forces and insurgents took place…
China says Korean situation 'extremely precarious'
China is warning that the situation on the Korean peninsula is "extremely precarious." The statement by Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun scales up China's response to the tensions between South Korea and North Korea. South Korean troops are preparing to conduct artillery drills on a border island shelled by North Korea last month, and the North has threatened to retaliate…
SKorea military maneuvers scuttled by bad weather
Military maneuvers planned by South Korean troops did not take place Saturday because of bad weather on a border island shelled by North Korea last month, but the U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting at Russia's request amid concerns over rising tensions on the divided peninsula. The North warned Friday that it would strike even harder than before if…
Your guide to pick up lines
Having trouble speaking to potential partners? Try these great international pick up lines. Meanwhile, I guess the Australian pick-up line of the 1970s, "Do you wanna root?" is more suitable for this list....
