7 November 2005

Stories from 7 November 2005

Palestine: Open Bethlehem

  7 November 2005

Bethlehem Bloggers wonders, Bethlehem, a place of Christian pilgrimage for centuries, will soon be encircled by Israel's security barrier. Is the town to become no more than a museum among ancient shrines?

Iran: Woman Working Hours

  7 November 2005

According to director of Center for Women & Family, Women's work hour will be reduced. Then they can spend more time in their families. Sooratak say that women will be more at their husbands’ service. (Persian)

Steppin’ into the Turkish Blogosphere

  7 November 2005

After a 15 day hiatus, the Turkish blog review is back. I found some information on Turkish Podcasting! The website Kevin and Fatma take on the World! are in the planning stages of weekly podcasts. At the moment they only have a few test podcast shows, but it is a...

China: Why So Friendly?

  7 November 2005

Talk Talk China‘s post wondering why his Chinese hosts continue to offer him food even after he's sated has touched off lengthy discussions on hospitality, insincerity and cross-cultural misunderstandings.

China, Japan, Korea, India: Pan-Asian Sidenotes on Old Travelogues

  7 November 2005

Preetam Rai at betterdays took photos of the wry commentary penciled in the margins of an old travelogue written in the 1930s by an American traveler who visited China, Japan and Korea. Rai had bought the book in Bangalore bookshop. He observes: “The commentator was surely a proud pan-asianist. Pan-Asianism...

South Korea: Traitor or Hero?

  7 November 2005

American and Korean bloggers writing about South Korea are incensed about the hero's welcome given in Seoul to Robert Kim, a Korean-American arrested in 1996 for passing classified information to the Korean government.

Myanmar: Moving Capital

  7 November 2005

In a surprise move, Myanmar's government announced that it was relocating the country's administrative bodies from Yangon (Rangoon) to a new, administrative capital 320 km to the north in the town of Pyinmana. Mizzima.com considers the various explanations, from severing the government from foreign embassies to entrenching the military-led government...

Court Orders Philippine Blog to Remove Post

  7 November 2005

The blog of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, or PCIJ, has made history — of sorts. Last week, the PCIJ was served with a court order to remove this Aug. 12, 2005 post related to an ongoing political scandal. The scandal revolves around taped wiretaps allegedly of Philippine Pres....