Feb 20
(Reuters) – Most people in Thailand’s drug rehabilitation centers are there for using it. Most drug arrests in Japan are related to it. And Vietnam, the United Nations says, is its “next big market.” Methamphetamine is now the top drug in many Asian countries, its soaring popularity straddling social and economic divides. It is widely …
Feb 11
HANOI, Vietnam – When local police arrived in riot gear to evict the Vuon clan, family members were ready with homemade land mines and improvised shotguns. In a guerrilla-style ambush reminiscent of a Vietnam War battle, they wounded six officers. But instead of drawing public condemnation, last month’s rare violence by fish farmers trying to hold onto leased land …
Dec 29
Authorities in Taiwan arrested a man Monday on suspects that he murdered his former Vietnamese wife soon after divorcing her who failed to give him a son. Pham Thi Thanh Truc, 29, was killed and thrown into the sea with rock tied to her body after the divorce trial on December 22, Taiwanese newspapers reported …
Nov 26
The travel ban on 1970s pop star Gary Glitter, who was convicted of child sex offences in Vietnam, has been lifted. Glitter, who was convicted under his real name of Paul Gadd, spent three years in jail in Vietnam for sexually abusing two girls. The BBC understands Scotland Yard took the decision not to ask …
Oct 18
Surveillance video of passersby ignoring the plight of a Chinese toddler hit-and-run victim has sparked international expressions of shock and horror–together with a bout of soul-searching in Chinese society. The video is obviously disturbing. It shows a 2-year-old girl who was run over by a van that then drove off, leaving her bleeding on the …
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