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North Korea

newsn00b wrote 2 months ago: What is the deal with North Korea? Well – recently, quite a bit. The war between North and Sou … more →

Tags: Asia, .:*Conflict*:.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez BACK?

mitchmarlow wrote 3 months ago: By: Mitchell Marlow CARACAS, Venezuela. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who was receiving treatmen … more →

Tags: South America, http://globovision.com/articulo/hoy-sera-emitido-un-com

Welcome to the Blog

losinternationals wrote 3 months ago: Test Post. Intro Post to follow shortly. … more →

Tags: South America, Asia, middle east, Culture, Politics, The War, Culture, .:*Conflict*:., Economic Policy

Genesis

vpolitiken wrote 1 year ago: Pacific Asia?  What/where/who? Guys, I know it might seem a strange concept if you’re from  Au … more →

Tags: About lyrebirdpolitik, pacific asia, Asian Politics, Japan, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand

Wikileaks and Singapore's reputation

Charles wrote 2 years ago: A series of Wikileaks cables obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald has shown that senior Singaporean … more →

Tags: Politics (Australia), Singapore, India, Malaysia, united states, Thailand, Wikileaks, Japan

Expect protests for G20 Seoul summit

Charles wrote 2 years ago: Expect protests and counter-repression tactics during the upcoming G20 Seoul summit happening betwee … more →

Tags: Socio-Political, Politics - USA, Politics - Europe, Human Rights, Protests, South Korea, Police repression, G20, police brutality

A slice of history: SGX - ASX... Singtel - Optus

Charles wrote 2 years ago: The recent kerfuffle over Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) bid to take over the Australian Stock Excha … more →

Tags: Politics (Australia), Socio-Political, Singapore, Australia

Relevance of Universal Periodic Review in Singapore’s case

Charles wrote 2 years ago: In its report to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Singaporeans for Democracy (SFD), an NGO pr … more →

Tags: Socio-Political, Human Rights, Singapore, UN, Human Rights Watch

Time to question ISA detention (again)

Charles wrote 2 years ago: The Singapore government has announced the detention of a 20 year old national service man, Muhammad … more →

Tags: Socio-Political, Human Rights, Internal Security Act, counterterrorism, terrorism laws, Singapore government

International law in Yong Vui Kong's case1 comment

Charles wrote 2 years ago: According to the latest updates from Malaysiakini (reproduced in The Death Penalty in Singapore blog … more →

Tags: Human Rights

21st anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre

Charles wrote 2 years ago: It has been more than 21 years since the Chinese Communist Party initiated the  June 4th crackdown l … more →

Tags: Human Rights, China, Tiananmen crackdown

Slice of 70s history - Mass media consumption patterns in Singapore - other media and conclusion

Charles wrote 3 years ago: According to this AMIC publication/study, the newspapers were generally trusted in 1976. It is perha … more →

Tags: Socio-Political, Singapore, Media Freedom, History

Slice of 70s history - Mass media consumption patterns in Singapore - Summary and Television

Charles wrote 3 years ago: There are interesting revelations within Singapore’s not too-distant media history. This excer … more →

Tags: Socio-Political, Singapore, Media Freedom, History

Singapore official and media claim liberal cities are hotspots for drugs and crimes

Charles wrote 3 years ago: The Law Minister and Second Home Affairs Minister, K Shanmugam of Singapore claimed in a resident … more →

Tags: Politics (Australia), Socio-Political

Singapore - worst polluter per capita

Charles wrote 3 years ago: According to a recent study, Singapore is ranked the worst for its environmental impact on a per cap … more →

Tags: Singapore, Environment

Why are the Kyrgyz protesting?

Charles wrote 3 years ago: According to Newsweek and AP, at least 40 people have been killed in the uprising against the Kyrgzs … more →

Tags: Central Asia, Kyrgystzan

Death penalty in Singapore (2009)

Charles wrote 3 years ago: According to the Amnesty International 2009 Death Penalty report, the Singapore government has execu … more →

Tags: Socio-Political, Human Rights, Singapore, Anti-Death Penalty

Why the mandatory death penalty project will end up hurting the anti-death penalty cause? 2 comments

Charles wrote 3 years ago: The Online Citizen (TOC) has recently launched a mandatory death penalty campaign, basically to call … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Singapore, Anti-Death Penalty

NTEU explains industrial action

Charles wrote 3 years ago: … more →

Tags: UNSW, industrial action


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