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North Korean defector starts to reveal secret past...
A North Korean who now lives in Japan using the pseudonym of Lee Hana has published a compilation of her blog postings. (Tetsuro Takehana)
The approaching university graduation season is a time when students celebrate their academic achievements and prepare for life in the real world. But one groundbreaking senior ...
Chinese blogger: Assailants acted out of 'fear'
Li Chengpeng (Provided by Li Chengpeng)
BEIJING--Popular Chinese blogger and government critic Li Chengpeng, who was attacked by two men at a book signing event on Jan. 13, said his assailants acted out of fear that...
Pakistan marks "Malala Day", poor children to get...
Malala Yousufzai with her father Ziauddin Yousufzai at a hospital in Birmingham, England. (AP Photo)
ISLAMABAD--The families of more than 3 million poor children in Pakistan will receive cash stipends if their children go to school, the government said as officials prepared to ...
VOX POPULI: Schoolgirl's plight shows horror of...
Wars are started by men. They end when sacrifices made by women and children become unendurable.
U.S. social media account in China disappears
A Chinese netizen uses Weibo, the Twitter-like microblogging service of Sina, in Shanghai, China, 30 September 2011. China has more than 300 million registered microbloggers, state media said, one of its fastest growing groups of internet users that the government has vowed to control. (AP file photo)
BEIJING--A widely read microblog written by the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai and known for its sometimes tongue-in-cheek comments about China's social and political issues was...
Behind the miso soup, a dying mother's love for her ...
Shingo and Hana Yasutake viewing the finished book's cover and pages at their home in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka (Tadashi Mizowaki)
FUKUOKA--Tears spilled from Chie Yasutake’s eyes when she was taken to a hospital, unable to stop her convulsions or end the relentless pain.
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