Female Leader May Not Be Enough To Change Male-Dominated South Korea
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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Fake Malaria Drugs Fuel Rise Of Drug-Resistant Disease
December 19, 2012 Myanmar and other parts of Southeast Asia are awash with shoddy and phony malaria drugs. Some fakes are almost indistinguishable from authentic drugs. The counterfeits can be deadly for patients, but they also threaten to undermine major weapons against the disease.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Rape Case In India Provokes Widespread Outrage
December 18, 2012 Rape is a problem throughout India, and a particularly brutal attack on a Delhi bus has sparked street protests and condemnation by members of Parliament. The victim, a 23-year-old woman, is battling for her life.
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Drug-Resistant Malaria On The Rise In Southeast Asia
December 18, 2012 Global deaths from malaria have dropped sharply in the past decade, thanks in part to powerful drugs called artemisinins. But on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, doctors are starting to see cracks in artemisinin's armor. The medicine is working more slowly, and sometimes not at all.
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Coal May Pass Oil As World's No. 1 Energy Source By 2017, Study Says
December 18, 2012 Coal is poised to replace oil as the world's top energy source — possibly in the next five years, according to the International Energy Agency. The rise will be driven largely by growth in China and India, the IEA says, while the only large decline is seen coming in the United States.
Daughter Of A Dictator Favored In S. Korean Election
December 18, 2012 Park Geun-hye's father was a military dictator who ran the country for nearly two decades. She has apologized for her father's suppression of democracy and appears to be slightly favored in Wednesday's presidential vote.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Japanese Voters Return Conservatives To Power
December 17, 2012 The Liberal Democratic Party won resoundingly Sunday in parliamentary elections that both Washington and Beijing were watching carefully. The conservative LDP's hawkish leader, Shinzo Abe, will become Japan's prime minister for the second time and has pledged to take a harder line on China.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
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Exit Polls Suggest Japanese Opposition Party Victory
December 16, 2012 Japanese voters went to the polls this Sunday and according to early media exit polls, the opposition Liberal Democratic Party appears to have won a clear majority.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
Nationalist Rhetoric High As Japanese Head To Polls
December 14, 2012 Sunday's parliamentary election is taking place against a backdrop of increasing nationalist feeling in Japan. Right-wing sentiment has been growing in the face of an ongoing conflict with China over a group of disputed islands and continued economic and political instability inside Japan.
What North Korea's Rocket Launch Tells Us About Iran's Role
December 14, 2012 U.S. officials wonder whether North Korea's successful rocket launch this week helped Iran — another country whose nuclear program concerns the U.S. The two countries have worked together in missile design, but it's unclear who's helping whom.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
A Rare Visit Inside A Chinese Courtroom
December 13, 2012 Politically sensitive trials in China are often held in courtrooms sealed off by police, and foreign reporters are barred. But in recent years some Shanghai courts have been holding open houses and live-streaming select cases.
