Tháng: Tháng Ba 2017

In Kim Jong-nam Killing, a Common Migration Tale Takes a Dark Turn

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By CHAU DOAN and MIKE IVESFEB. 24, 2017

nytimes_NGHIA BINH, Vietnam — Growing up in this village of rice paddies and banana trees, Doan Thi Huong was known as a gentle girl and a diligent student, her brother said.

She left home at 17 to study pharmacology in Hanoi, the capital, and has returned home only about twice a year in the decade since, said her brother, Doan Van Binh. He said that he rarely pressed his sister for details about her life, and did not realize until a few days ago that she had been working in Malaysia.

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Japanese emperor kicks off landmark visit to Vietnam

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  • Posted 28 Feb 2017 12:57
  • Updated 28 Feb 2017 17:56

Japanese Emperor Akihito (left) and Empress Michiko (right) wave to their subjects as they depart for Vietnam from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on February 28, 2017. (Photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)

HANOI: Japan’s emperor arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday (Feb 28) for a whirlwind tour that will include a meeting with families of Japanese soldiers who stayed there after World War II.

The emperor and empress were received by Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and guards of honour at the Hanoi airport, where national flags were displayed.

The 83-year-old Akihito and his wife, Michiko, are on their first visit to the country, the latest in a series of trips to former battlegrounds. Tiếp tục đọc “Japanese emperor kicks off landmark visit to Vietnam” →

South Korea closes biggest dog meat market in run-up to Olympics

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The Guardian

Animals at market in Seongnam were kept in inhumane conditions and killed using electrocution, hanging and beating

Dogs are kept in a cage before they are slaughtered in Seongnam in South Korea.
Dogs are kept in a cage before they are slaughtered in Seongnam in South Korea. Photograph: Yun Suk-Bong/Reuters

in Tokyo

Tuesday 28 February 2017 04.01 EST Last modified on Tuesday 28 February 2017 04.10 EST

The shutters have started coming down at South Korea’s biggest dog meat market as the country seeks to head off international criticism over its practice of killing dogs for human consumption before it hosts the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Moran market in Seongnam sells more than 80,000 dogs, dead or alive, every year and accounts for about a third of South Korea’s dog meat consumption, according to local media. Tiếp tục đọc “South Korea closes biggest dog meat market in run-up to Olympics” →

China ‘anti-terror’ rallies: thousands of troops on streets of Urumqi

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The Guardian

More than 10,000 forces gather in capital of violence-stricken region of Xinjiang for second time in just over a week

Paramilitary policemen board a plane in Urumqi as they head for an anti-terrorism oath-taking rally in Kashgar.
Paramilitary policemen board a plane in Urumqi as they head for an anti-terrorism oath-taking rally in Kashgar. Photograph: China Stringer Network/Reuters

in Beijing

Tuesday 28 February 2017 05.07 EST Last modified on Tuesday 28 February 2017 18.38 EST

Thousands of troops have poured on to the streets of one of west China’s most important cities for the second time in just over a week, as a senior Communist party leader heralded an “all-out offensive” against terrorism in the violence-stricken region.

More than 10,000 rifle-toting forces gathered at the heart of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, for the latest in a series of spectacular mass “anti-terror rallies”. Tiếp tục đọc “China ‘anti-terror’ rallies: thousands of troops on streets of Urumqi” →