NEED TO KNOW LAOS [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/5da738b9-27e1-4074-b49b-c2dd13c9a423.png"] Moving On Laos is straggling into the 21st century. But it has demons from the distant and not-so-distant past that it continues to grapple with. For example, deformities, disabilities and other medical ailments afflict many children born along the country’s eastern border with Vietnam....
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW JAPAN [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/b51a2c6c-6c79-4bdd-a5f7-9da486138719.png"] Unforgiving Machinery A trade war is threatening the peace and prosperity of Asia. This time, however, neither China nor US President Donald Trump is to blame. Instead, the commercial contretemps is pitting Japan against South Korea. The dispute started over South Korean demands related to Japan’s...
Read full story →Good morning, today is Monday August 12th, 2019, and this is your "World In 2 Minutes" from DailyChatter. NEED TO KNOW KASHMIR [map url=https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/d5affbce-8a64-44ee-adf0-ac550cca9f1f.png] Playing With Fire Conflicts over Kashmir have sparked multiple wars and ongoing skirmishes between India and Pakistan in the 20th century. Many now fear another is...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW HONG KONG [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/69ea348d-c659-4ccf-8c5e-70099ea87e2c.png"] Umbrellas and Eggs Protesters shut down Hong Kong’s commuter rail system in late July. They blocked trains from leaving the city or blocked doors to keep trains in their stations. Some commuters sympathized with the civil action. "I think my work and meeting...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW INDIA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/6c1e91bd-d64f-473f-b468-ad3e35a0f829.png"] No Help, Please Prosecutors in India recently ordered a local legal aid and human rights organization to shut down for six months as punishment for violating the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) as well as conspiracy and other alleged crimes. Leaders of the Lawyer’s...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/63dbd3ab-8c9f-403c-b1d4-f10b4c9a44c2.png"] Begging for Peace Taliban fighters recently attacked the Afghan Ministry of Defense, sparking an eight-hour gun battle that resulted in as many as 40 people dead and more than 100 injured. That attack happened as government forces killed almost 70 insurgents in one day...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW INDONESIA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/26b68ea6-a202-483a-8e3e-f776f4ca7c3b.png"] Islands in the Stream When the longtime dictator of Indonesia, Suharto, lost power in 1998 after three decades in office, he was estimated to have embezzled $35 billion. Following Suharto’s example, the Atlantic reported, nearly every government official or bureaucrat was once on the...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW TAIWAN [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/488c805b-b031-4b64-95a3-8a18bc3d71d1.png"] Across the South China Sea The Taiwanese are closely watching Hong Kong as pro-democracy activists and Chinese security forces clash. They are wondering if they are seeing their future. Taiwan and Hong Kong share a common history of resisting and accommodating Chinese influence. Nationalists...
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