World Peace Gong Presentation Ceremony Extra Footage and other stories

World Peace Gong Presentation Ceremony Extra Footage
Laos	Additional coverage of the Presentation Ceremony of the World Peace Gong to Lao PDR on November 22, 2008. Presenting World Peace Gong to the Lao PDR part 1 Presenting World Peace Gong to the Lao PDR part 2 Presenting World Peace Gong to the Lao PDR part 3 Presenting World Peace Gong to the Lao...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ laovoices.com
Letter from Mu Sochua
Cambodia	The nation's Aung San Suu Kyi. Let's hope the international community sits up and listens, and acts.Letter from Mu Sochua:As I Walk to PrisonBetween 1975-79, over 1.7 million Cambodian women, men and children were killed by the Khmer Rouge, among them my parents. The world community knew about it bu...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ cambodiacalling.blogspot.com
We need to judge, and judge wisely
Malaysia	When I was about eighteen or nineteen, the residual hearing in my left ear diminished rapidly all of a sudden. I quit my job to see the doctor and to look at what we should do. For several months since, I visited University Malaya Medical Center for frequent hearing tests. The ......more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ yvonnefoong.com
like it or not, english is the lingua franca of our time
Malaysia	Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin asks you, “Should a pass in the English language be made compulsory for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) Certificate?” Apparently he raised this question after being informed that many students in r...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ suanie.net
Namsan in Gyeongju
South Korea	Namsan is a mountain area just a 5 minute drive from downtown Gyeongju. Not only is is a beautiful place to hike, but it is scattered with hundreds of Buddhist remains from the Silla period. I did only a short hike, but I still managed to see a lot. For those with better endurance than I, much more ...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ smileyjkl.blogspot.com
Tokyo Shots
South Korea	Belated, but pretty, we share here shots of food from our most fabulous capital to the East, Tokyo: Sake and shochu from Jin’s Bar in Shibuya Miso-marinated fresh cheese with shizo and on toast, Jin’s Bar Skate jerky, Jin’s Bar Chicken “gyoza” - instead of using a m...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ fatmanseoul.com
Naeng Myeon, The ICE noodle
South Korea	In Summer, Naeng Myeon ?? is one of the best thing to eat in Korea! ...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 06:01:00 Discovered @ seouldailyphoto.com
The Exploitation of Vietnamese Girls
Vietnam	Here's a poster who wrote on the subject on "The Exploitation of Vietnamese Girls". He really gets my respect for bringing up this subject that's being going on for ages. His name is Lê Nhân Tâm.He goes on to say so eloquently let’s say you’re a man in your fourties or fifties from Malaysia, Singap...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 06:01:00 Discovered @ chao-vietnam.blogspot.com
Minh Tuyet - Da Khong Con Hoi Tiec
Vietnam	Love her or loathe her, Minh Tuyet is a pop phenomenon. While most of her peers come, shake up the music scene, and then gone, Minh Tuyet is going to be around for a long time. What is her secret recipe? She turns instant Ramen into a savory noodle house with Chinese-inflected flavors and doses [......more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 06:01:00 Discovered @ Visualgui.com
British Summer (kind of)
Vietnam	Well we were lucky enough to have some nice days recently and headed out to enjoy part of Dorset's Jurassic Coastline. Which is just a 30 minutes drive from Bournemouth. Here's the beautiful Lulworth Cove..Looking west along the Dorset coast...The beach at Durdle Door: Durdle Door itself: During the...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 06:01:00 Discovered @ itsthefinalword.blogspot.com/
Poverty and Survival (part3)
Philippines	I was originally to start writing how some people find ways to make an income but Wildcat left me a comment with a very moving link to a video. This video showed how someone goes to restaurants to get their food wastes to bring to his family and poor neighbors. All over Davao and I would guess [...]...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ americanindavao.com
Thai Street Racing
Thailand	It is three o’clock in the morning and I am sitting by the side of the road. All around me are about ten policemen. They are talking about what to do with us. Some of my friends managed to run but I wasn’t so lucky. The policemen have already rung my parents and we are waiting for them to arrive. ...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ thaicultureblogs.com
Thai Muslims Protest Car Bomb
Thailand	Thai school children wave national flags as they take part in a protest organised to condemn a car bomb attack by suspected Muslim separatists a day before, in the Yi-ngo distrist of Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on June 8, 2009. An insurgency in the southern provinces of Patt...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com
It is not a Good Idea to Die in Thailand
Thailand	I was originally going to call this blog "The Death Photo of David Carradine". But, at the last minute I decided to change it to "It is not a Good Idea to Die in Thailand". The topic is still the same but the new title will probably be better for the health of our server. On Saturday, Thai Rath publ...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ thai-blogs.com/
5 Things You Probably Didn't Know about Xinjiang
China	Maybe you already knew that Xinjiang is the "largest region" in China or that Urumqi is known in the Guinness Book of World Records as the farthest city from any major sea.  Or perhaps you have no clue where to find Xinjiang or Urumqi on a map.  The fact that you're reading this indicates ...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ farwestchina.com
Green Tea Coke & Pepsi Shiso - Where Next?
Japan	From Daily Contributor: Coca-Cola Japan has announced that it will be launching a green tea-flavored Coke for the Japanese market next week. The drink contains antioxidants called catechins, making the new Coke a good choice for health-conscious younger women. That’s right, Coke have turned t...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ japanisdoomed.com
Hakusan Shrine, Tenri.
Japan	This small wayside shrine is located just of the Yamanobenomichi a little south of Isonokami Shrine in Tenri. I believe it is a Hakusan Shrine, sometimes read as Shirayama Shrine. Shirayama is the older reading. The head Hakusan shrine is up in Ishikawa Prefecture. Nowadays the main kami is said to ...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ ojisanjake.blogspot.com
The Tooting Halfway House Kitchen Library
Thailand	I’m working on my own kitchen library, but I doubt it will ever match this mighty impressive collection of culinary reads (and what you see here is only half of it—the rest is stacked upon office shelves upstairs). I suppose such an achievement is to be expected when you bring together the fo...more info>>> Discovered on 09/06/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ ramblingspoon.com