Stories from 15 May 2007
Barbados: False Advertising
A month after Barbados’ Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs stated that she would have a press ad claiming to cure AIDS investigated by the Fair Trading Commission, the ad...
Pakistan: Blog-o-furious
Procrastination be damned (for now), as the situation in Pakistan gets progressively worse, I feel the desperate need to highlight the views of Pakistani bloggers because I think it is...
Bahamas: The Cult of Personality
“…Twenty-first century leaders don’t run countries. People do. Thanks to fundamental changes in the transmission of information, every member of a democracy has the opportunity to make his or her...
Why should Korean women not do military service?
Why should Korean women not do military service? A blogger, Donald Duck, made a funny cartoon based on his experience. The conclusion was it would mean young women would disappear.
Teachers’ Day in Korea (2)
Different perspective about Teachers’ Day in Korea, to add to the longer post on the left side. An English teacher in Korea shared her joyful experience of Teachers’ Day and...
Syria: A Challenger to Assad's Presidency
Lawyer Abdallah al-Khalil announced that he submitted an application to be nominated for presidency of Syria, days before the referendum on current President Bashar Assad. Citing a constiutional contradiction, between...
McDonald’s coffee better than Starbucks?
McDonald’s coffee better than Starbucks? A blogger, tbook, introduces a news article and explains why he (she) avoids Starbucks (among one of many reasons) [KO, EN].
Nigeria: Is the Nigerian Blogosphere Dying?
Grandiose Parlor asks, “Is the Nigerian Blogosphere Dying?,”: “Obifromsouthlondon, the Nigerian blogger (UK) at Soul on Ice, leads the pack of Bloggers that did a sudden somersault and “closed shop”...
Chile: New Political Party's Channel
Rodrigo Walker writes about the new Chilean political party Chile Primero and its very own YouTube channel [ES]. Blogger Leonardo Maldonado of Resiliencia Estratégica [ES] also comments on this new...
Venezuela: Nobel Prize Winner Yunus Visits
Periodismo de Paz’ Luis Carlos Diaz writes about the recent visit of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammed Yunus to Venezuela [ES]. He unfortunately was unable to attend the lecture in...
Bolivia: Miguel and Miguel Finally Meet Up
Longtime Bolivian bloggers Miguel Centellas (*Pronto) and Miguel Buitrago (MABB) have been reading and commenting on one another's blogs for close to four years, and on a recent trip by...
Armenia: More Observation
Zarchka also observed the Armenian parliamentary vote and reports on her blog.
Georgia: Christianity
Joshua Kucera says that Christianity is very much alive in Georgia and shares some of his recent experiences visiting Georgian churches and other religious sites.
Hong Kong: I am CU person
YIN blogs about her feelings of being a Chinese University graduate [zh] in the midst of the student press erotic page scandal: for 10 years I have been studying and...
Tajikistan: Human Rights Ombudsman
Vadim says that Tajikistan's new ombudsman for human rights will not be independent, and is just a showpiece to impress the international community.
China: Internet Stories
ESWN translated a few blog posts about the saving of a blue hair girl by a photographer. There are at least 4 versions of the story. So who can you...
Armenia: Observing
Nareg of Life in Armenia reports on being an observer for this weekend's parliamentary vote in Armenia.
Armenia: Improved Elections
Armenians voted for a new parliament over the weekend. Onnik Krikorian assesses the elections, agreeing with international observers that they are better than past votes, but that there is still...
Japan: The King of Foreign Otaku in Japan
Last week, TV Tokyo aired a compeition between foreign otaku. In the end, Chang from Hong Kong was crowned champion. James in Japan Probe put together video clips with comments...
Japan: Lithographs of post-apocalyptic Tokyo
Edo from Pink Tentacle blogs Hisaharu Motoda’s “Neo-Ruins” series of lithographs depict the cityscape of a post-apocalyptic Tokyo.
China: History Problem
Japan Observer notices that the twenty-first century China has been alienated from its past: The vacuum of the modern past seems to be filled, instead, with the hollowed-out and commercialized...
