NEWS ANALYSIS
Japan Watches as China Passes it by
By SUVENDRINI KAKUCHI / IPS WRITER
China's stepping up as the world's second largest economy drives home to Japan the point that after decades of ruling the roost in Asia, it will have to share the leadership stage with new, powerful contender that is in Japan to stay.
6 Accused in Forced Labor of 400 Thai Workers
By MARK NIESSE / AP WRITER
Six recruiters were accused of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human trafficking case ever charged in US history. |
Vietnam Ship Boss Axed Weeks after Chairman Arrest
By TRAN VAN MINH / AP WRITER
The new boss of one of Vietnam's largest state-owned companies has been suspended less than a month after the chairman of the debt-laden ship building conglomerate was arrested on charges of mismanagement. |
Villagers Return to Slopes of Indonesian Volcano
By BINSAR BAKKARA / AP WRITER
Villagers briefly returned home to check their farms along the fertile slopes of an Indonesian volcano that erupted after laying dormant for more than four centuries—catching many scientists off-guard. |
Philippines Counts Cost of China's Fury at Deaths
By HRVOJE HRANJSKI / AP WRITER
Tens of thousands of people have marched in Hong Kong to denounce the Philippines. Thousands of tourists canceled flight and hotel bookings. Two Chinese recipients of Asia's most prestigious award failed to show up for the Manila ceremony. |
China Flexes Hydropower Muscle
By MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR / IPS WRITER
After all the turbines in the Xiaowan hydropower station sputtered to life in China’s southwest Yunnan province, the Asian giant was able to lay claim to having the world’s largest hydropower capacity. |
Philippines Media Take a Hit in Hostage Crisis
By KARA SANTOS / IPS WRITER
In the wake of the bungled hostage-rescue operation that left eight Hong Kong tourists and the gunman dead, the Philippine media are finding themselves a target of anger. |
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Hong Kong May Turn to Indonesian Workers |
| By ISABEL T ESCODA / JAKARTA GLOBE |
| As a result of the recent hostage tragedy in Manila, rumors are rife that some employers will lay off their Filipino helpers out of anger. Will Hong Kong employers of foreign domestic helpers now favor Indonesians more than Filipinos? |
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Sweeping Support Sought for Domestic Workers’ Rights |
| By SUTTHIDA MALIKAEW / IPS WRITER |
| Domestic workers are facing not only difficulties such as very long hours of work, inadequate rest areas and lack of access to health services, also risks like sexual harassment and other forms of abuse. |
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'Water Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink' |
| By SIMON ROUGHNEEN |
| The Pakistan disaster is as vast as the swollen country-long lake that the Indus River has become, but the real human suffering and loss can be obscured by mere statistics. |
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Thailand and Cambodia to Restore Ambassadors |
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Thailand and Cambodia say they are sending their ambassadors back to each other's country in hopes of easing a nine-month diplomatic spat between the neighbors. |
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