Laos to join the Earth Hour on 27 March and other stories

Laos to join the Earth Hour on 27 March
Laos	(KPL) Laos will eagerly take part of the upcoming celebration of the Earth Hour on 27 March 2010, to reduce global warming. The activity is to raise awareness of environment protection to the students and officials in the public and private sectors understanding on safe energy and reduction in the e...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 18:01:00 Discovered @ laovoices.com
Filipino Sense of Humor and Understanding
Philippines	A while ago, I wrote an article about the differences in humor. Americans and most Western countries like the use of humor in day-to-day conversations. In addition, sarcasm is used very often.  One of the readers commented lately and asked if I could write about it. He explained part of his situatio...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 16:01:00 Discovered @ americanindavao.com
Thaksin in Montenegro
Thailand	Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted citizenship by Montenegro and is currently visiting the Balkan country with his children, local police say. They say Mr Thaksin arrived from Dubai at the weekend and there have no legal reason to arrest him. (thaksinlive.com) ...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 16:01:00 Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com
Asia Pacific Import Mart
Japan	The Asia-Pacific Import Mart and West Japan General Exhibition Hall are located just north Of Kokura Station in Kitakyushu and is part of the redevelopment of the old indistrial/port area.It's part of Kitakyushu's FAZ (Foreign access zone) an attempt, somewhat successful, to forge stronger links bet...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 16:01:00 Discovered @ ojisanjake.blogspot.com
Like that was ever gonna happen
Vietnam	Ha... revisited something I wrote from three years ago, The second point that interests me from a practical point of view is how a combination of twitter/blog/flickr/crowdsourcing can aid the reporter in best reporting the raw facts and then help develop a story. I think the idea of a Twitter networ...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 14:01:00 Discovered @ noodlepie.typepad.com
Obama administration engages world directly
Malaysia	To engage the people of the world, particularly in Southeast Asia, the Obama administration has just launched two websites which welcome ordinary persons from all over the globe to express their frank views.Exchanges on board American aircraft carrier ...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 12:01:00 Discovered @ jameswongwingon-online.blogspot.com
Augmenting the Population
China	The pedestrian shopping street in the city centre, ???? jie fàng nán lù (South Liberation Road) gets pretty busy in the evenings and at weekends - especially during holidays. There isn't really much to do other than people watching and eating greasyLeave CommentRelated Entries:Star FucksLantern Luna...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 08:01:00 Discovered @ liuzhou.blog-city.com
Balibo goes 3D?
East Timor	So Balibo has been renamed The Balibo Conspiracy in the UK to make it sound a little more exciting, perhaps. There was a benefit screening of the movie last night at Curzon Mayfair in London. That's all well and good, but what inspired Metro to run this picture of a cinema full of Asian people ...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 08:01:00 Discovered @ whatismatt.com
Children and Cell Phones
South Korea	How early is too early to give a child a cell phone? I know in the US the ages seem to be getting younger and younger, but I've realized that Koreans take the cake. Here, starting in Kindergarten, you start seeing students with cell phones. When one of my old kindergartners back at Seongdong got a c...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 04:01:00 Discovered @ smileyjkl.blogspot.com
Go Go Carat timetable
Japan	Click image to see larger The timetable is out. All this for ¥2500. More details on the Carat site and here on GetHiroshima. ...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 02:01:00 Discovered @ gethiroshima.blogspot.com
Trip to Laos 2010
Laos	I am back from another one month vacation in Laos and trying to get used to the old routines. I’ll start posting about the trip once I have more free time. Here is the start of the Laos Trip 2010 with the departure at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thaila...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 02:01:00 Discovered @ saodarly.com
Expanding My Garden
Laos	The flowers in my front yard start to bloom, many signs of spring in my area, and not to mention allergy. Fall cabbage survive the winter snows. This is too weird, I was just saying the other day how cute this cat look at The Cat Photo contest and then one that looks just like it appeared [...]...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 02:01:00 Discovered @ nyenoona.wordpress.com
Nam Theun 2 begins full supply to Thailand
Laos	(KPL) The Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project in Laos has taken a decisive step towards completion by beginning commercial export of electricity to Thailand. On Monday March 15, the project’s four export production turbines started full generation service, supplying the Electricity Generating ...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 02:01:00 Discovered @ laovoices.com
A Survey of Xinjiang Websites on the Internet
China	As much as I would like for you to think that this website is the only place you can find information about Xinjiang, it's not. As a matter of fact, over the years there have been multiple websites created about the region by foreigners who have lived here, a phenomenon that I believe is unequaled ...more info>>> Discovered on 18/03/2010 00:01:00 Discovered @ farwestchina.com