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HANOI/KUALA LUMPUR – The Irish Government is again promoting Ireland as an education destination for Asian university students, with Minister of State for Trade and Development Joe Costello in Vietnam's…
KUALA LUMPUR –- Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Ireland Business Forum in Malaysia Friday, Ireland's ambassador based in Singapore said that the Irish Government needs to do more in Asia. Ambassador…
http://www.rte.ie/news/player/world-report/2012/1028/#page=3 – audio here, needs realplayer. Excerpt below http://www.irishcatholic.ie/20121108/news/freedom-versus-faith-in-myanmar-S2703.html Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims continues to spread through Arakan state in western Burma, and as of Friday evening local time,112 people…
RANGOON -- Around the corner, inside the Iranian-built Mogul Shiah mosque, a Burmese Muslim man -- who asked that his name not be published -- said that despite the protests,…
As Myanmar comes out of five decades of Army-imposed hibernation, it is finding the tourist game a tough one to play. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/1020/Burma-just-opened-up-after-50-years.-But-where-are-all-the-tourists YANGON, MYANMAR – It has got the beaches…
As Burma’s parliament resumes business, opposition wonders whether President’s party role is unconstitutional, as lawmakers get set to discuss foreign investment and other laws. http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/16898 RANGOON—As Burma’s latest parliamentary session…
BANGKOK -- Lamenting what she described as "the prevailing culture of corruption" in the Philippines, de Jesus told Mediashift that the proposed internet law stems from "politicians who feel that…
EDINBURGH - Outside on an ancient stone plaque on the wall of Scotland's parliament building, lines penned by Sir Walter Scott reminisce about an independent Scotland, lamenting rule from London.…