One man's hero is another's charlatan
| Deciding who deserves admiration is a subjective and fraught process. | A reader responded to last week's column questioning the eulogistic treatment given Wellington's late celebrity vagrant Ben Ha...
Scholarships help rebuild Myanmar
| Ma Noreen Phillip Myan Mon Yee has “a big picture in my mind”. | “I’d like to raise the standard of the health care system in Myanmar”. | Ms Yee’s dream is a possibility af...
Alassane Ouattara, President of Ivory Coast
In Paris for a state visit nine months after the French and U-N helped overthrow his predecessor, Alassane Ouattara rebutts claim he is beholden to Paris. After the transfer of Laurent Gbagbo to the I...
Senators open to lifting sanctions on Myanmar
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE | Over the winter break, several senators from both parties went to Myanmar. They all came back cautiously optimistic about reforms there, and ready to c...
Fear looms large as Manipur gears up for polls
INDIA STATE ELECTIONS | Added At: 2012-01-27 9:54 PM | Last Updated At: 2012-01-27 9:54 PM | The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) | The headlines has been added ...
Golden Triangle mystery: Who killed 13 Chinese sailors?
| ON THE MEKONG RIVER — A thin line divides tourism, trade and terror in the Golden Triangle, where the lawless borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet. | In Myanmar, where the jungly ba...
European Banks Get Cheap Billions, but Are They Lending?
| DAVOS, Switzerland — Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, echoed the general optimism here that the worst of the euro crisis may be over. But he warned that despite banks ...
Myanmar Misfortune: a visit to the fortuneteller in Yangon
| The man who told me my unfortunate future, did so with glee. I quickly learned he had a proclivity for sustaining the last syllable of every sentence, like a Spanish-speaking soccer play-by-play ann...
UPDATE 1-Myanmar has no plans to export new gas finds
* Myanmar to focus on meeting domestic energy needs * Minister puts gas reserves at 22.5 trillion cubic feet * Interest from foreign energy firms growing * Power source at Dawei industrial zone uncert...
Egypt’s Salafist surge
In a matter of months, Egypt’s ultra-conservative Salafists have beaten a path from marginalised religious sect to major political force. But what do we know about them, aside from their heavily rel...
Landmines in a militarised culture: Threat or security?
| Sakatwey was running away from his village in Karen state, Eastern Myanmar, under attack from the state military, when he accidentally stepped on an unexploded mine. He was only 13 years old. His li...
“It Will Be Nothing Like London During World War II.”
| One of the ways that nations decide what actions to take is through a calculation of means, ends and costs. | Ethan Bronner, The New York Times’s Jerusalem bureau chief, reports in “Isra...
Myanmar's great transformation in sight: Syu Kyi
Davos: Pointing out that Myanmar was on the threshold of "great transformation", pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has appealed to the international community to support efforts for major political ...
Myanmar has no plans to boost gas exports beyond 2013
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Myanmar will keep natural gas from new projects beyond 2013 for domestic consumption, a shift of policy aimed at powering its development, the country's energy m...
"Monster" rules Nepal village on climate frontline
| BARAHBISE, Nepal (Reuters) - Looking at the swirling grey waters of the Bhote Koshi River, Ratna Kaji remembers when it turned into a "monster," leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. | "I...
Asia should follow Africa's lead January 27, 2012
| When it comes to continental championships, the European version reigns supreme. Euro 2012 action will be on televisions, newspapers, websites, phones and tablets all over the world. Copa America co...
PATA: Asia/Pacific Tourism poised to record 6% growth for 2011
Preliminary results released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) show a collective increase of 6% year-on-year for international arrivals into Asia/Pacific1 destinations during each of the m...
Titan Travel unveils its "Cruises To Ancient Civilisations"
Titan Travel has expanded its programme of small ship cruise itineraries with the launch of a new brochure in partnership with Voyages to Antiquity. | The new 'Cruises to Ancient Civilisations' brochu...
Korea's 2002 W.Cup hero Ahn Jung-Hwan to retire
| South Korean footballer Ahn Jung-Hwan, famous for his dramatic goal in the 2002 World Cup, will retire next week, his agency said Friday. | In a press release quoted by Yonhap news agency, Moro Spor...
IMF sees Myanmar as Asia's next economic bright spot
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended Myanmar's economic reform efforts, saying that the nation has the potential to become the next economic bright spot in Asia. | "The new ...
Fear shrouds election race in Manipur, India's dark jewel
| IMPHAL, India (Reuters) - Thrown face down in an open drain by a grenade blast, Maisnam Ratan's bloodied corpse was the latest reminder of the lingering insurgency in India's isolated, far-eastern s...
