An international military force will soon begin intercepting ships transporting North Korean nuclear materials and missiles to other countries. Following the Proliferation Security Initiative's Brisbane meeting this week, Australia, the United States, and nine other nations announced that...
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Locked in a food shortage approaching crisis proportions – which reportedly caused two million deaths in the past five years – the government of Kim Jong-il has been wooing neighboring China and its brethren to the South for more far-reaching aid. As Seoul-based journalist Shim Jae Hoon reports,...
We sing, you slog: North Korean propaganda squad sings to farmers busy planting rice at a cooperative farm near Pyongyang. (Photo: The Chosun Ilbo)
SEOUL: After depending on the international food aid to feed its...
The United States political climate is heating up as the November presidential election nears. Presumptive democratic candidate for president John F. Kerry viscerally attacked current president George W. Bush about matters of foreign policy yesterday, saying actions taken over the course of Bush...
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A quiet military alliance between Turks, Americans and Israelis has been an important force for regional stability in the Middle East over the last decade. However, in part due to the growth of democracy in Turkey, there is now uncertainty as to the loyalty of the Turks to the alliance, especially...
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不断增大的劳动力流动与全球的人口增长和轻松出行相伴而生。世界上有大约5000万非法移民，其中差不多有四分之一生活在美国。移民研究中心（the Center for Migration Studies）主任约瑟夫•夏米（Joseph Chamie）解释说，各国普遍反对非法移民，然而对那些违法者进行辨认、抓捕和遣返却是个大大的难题。各国内部就遣返问题分歧严重，而且法律程序代价昂贵。于是，美国仅仅遣返了一小部分非法移民，2008年的比例还不到百分之四。全球经济衰退带来的压力和失业使得各国迫切想要控制边境。亚利桑那州通过的一部法律将于2010年7月29日生效，该法要求严格执行联邦移民法，...
凄凉的归途：被美国遣返的移民返回危地马拉
纽约：美国政府与亚利桑那州之间的法律交锋让人们清楚地看到，关于非法移民的论战，其底线在于是否应该遣返一国之内的不法居民。
非法移民潮不断壮大的，其中许多无证人员徒步、搭乘卡车或破船抵达；其他人逾签证有效期滞留；还有一些人的庇护主张被否决。从安哥拉到澳大利亚、从以色列到意大利、从英国到美国，各国都在竭力处理这个棘手的问题。
自上世纪30年代“大萧条”以来最剧烈的全球经济衰退和广泛的失业使遣返所面临的困境变得更加尖锐。...
Environmental degradation and human-rights abuses are often associated with small, illegal mining operations around the world. Peru, among the world's major gold producers, offers a case study on how local development could help solving a global problem. About 20 percent of Peru’s gold...
Perils of gold rush: Poor Peruvians make a living with illegal mining for gold, top; government attempts to disrupt illegal operations brings resistance
MEXICO CITY: In the first week of 2016, Peruvian Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano announced the...
Palm oil is Indonesia’s most valuable agricultural export and the industry employs nearly 2 million people. Indonesia has laws prohibiting the slash-and-burn method of clearing fields for large plantations, explains Pavin Chachavalpongpun, of Kyoto University’s Centre for Southeast Asian Studies....
Oil and smoke : Indonesian drive to export more palm oil (top) led to burning to clear land for plants and sent plumes of haze affecting the region. Singapore residents don masks to protect themselves.
KYOTO: Palm oil plantations and processing have...
A new mosque in Managua is sparking suspicions in the Nicaraguan capital, as citizens come to terms with the religion of the small Muslim community there. A variety of rumors are circulating about the mosque – that it was built by Iran, that all Muslims there are Taliban, and that all Muslims are...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- With just 300 or so Muslims in all of Nicaragua, it became an instant mystery here when a big new mosque suddenly seemed to spring up recently in a residential neighborhood.
The ever-present Managua rumor mill quickly turned to...
