The seafaring livelihoods of Myanmar’s sea gypsies, a nomadic ethnic group also known as Moken or Salone in Burmese, are being threatened by a plan to expand pearl farming in an archipelago they inhabit off the Southeast Asian country’s southern …
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1 in 5 Rohingya Child Refugees Suffer Severe Mental Health Issues
BANGKOK Almost one in five children under the age of 18 living in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh suffers from a severe mental health problem, according to aid groups operating in the camps.
“We’re dealing with a mental health crisis,” …
Expert: North Korean Call for UN to Cut Aid Staff Seen as Pressure for Sanctions Relief
North Korea’s call on the United Nations to cut its international staff involved in humanitarian work there could be a move to gain leverage over sanctions relief, a human rights expert said Thursday.
Pyongyang told the U.N. in an August …
Joe Biden Draws Line Against Progressives on Health Care
DES MOINES, IOWA – Joe Biden is taking an aggressive approach to defending the Affordable Care Act, challenging not just President Donald Trump but also some of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination who want to replace the current …
Joe Biden Draws Line Against Progressives on Health Care
DES MOINES, IOWA – Joe Biden is taking an aggressive approach to defending the Affordable Care Act, challenging not just President Donald Trump but also some of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination who want to replace the current …
North Korea Says Released Australian Student Was Spying
SEOUL – North Korea said Saturday that an Australian student who it detained for a week had spread anti-Pyongyang propaganda and engaged in spying by providing photos and other materials to news outlets with critical views toward the North.
Pyongyang’s …