Cambodian Court Case Stokes Fear Of Crackdown
A court in Cambodia has convicted a prominent journalist and pro-democracy activist on charges of convincing villagers in eastern Cambodia to rise up and declare independence from the country. Civic...
View ArticleKing Sihanouk, An Artist And Architect Of Cambodia
Cambodia's former King Norodom Sihanouk dominated his country's politics through more than a half century of foreign invasion, genocide and civil war.The monarch of the small Southeast Asian country,...
View ArticleCambodia Vs. Sotheby's In A Battle Over Antiquities
The governments of Cambodia and the United States are locked in a legal battle with the auction house Sotheby's over a thousand-year-old statue. The two governments say the statue was looted from a...
View ArticleIsraeli Prime Minister Congratulates Obama
Israel is the United State's closest ally in the Middle East, and home to a large number of overseas American voters. Israelis have been debating which candidate, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, would do...
View ArticleViolence In Gaza Strip Intensifies
Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.The day had started with more intense air attacks between...
View ArticleGaza Strip Crisis Unites Palestinian Factions
Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: For more on the politics within the Palestinian territories, we turn now to NPR's Anthony Kuhn in Gaza. He reports that the current conflict has helped unite...
View ArticleSome Restaurants In Israel Declare A Kosher Rebellion
The Carousela cafe in West Jerusalem is one of a handful of restaurants and cafes in Israel staging a bit of a rebellion by defying Jewish religious authorities who claim they are the only ones who can...
View ArticlePalestinian Olive Harvest Turns Bitter As Economy Sputters
Across the West Bank, olive harvesting season is drawing to a close once again. But this year, the usually joyous occasion has become grimly purposeful because the Palestinian economy, according to...
View ArticleIsrael, Christians Negotiate The Price Of Holy Water
One of the holiest sites in Christendom has also been one of the most contested. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem lies on the site where Jesus Christ is said to have been crucified and...
View ArticleDaughter Of A Dictator Favored In S. Korean Election
Her presidential campaign rallies present blaring pop music and dancing supporters, but Park Geun-hye's campaign involves managing some tricky legacies.Her father, Park Chung-hee, was a military...
View ArticleSouth Korea's New Leader Promises Moderate Path
South Korea will have its first female president, following Wednesday's close presidential election. Park Geun-hye says she will be open to better relations with North Korea, but she leads a...
View ArticleJakarta's New Governor Seen As A Rising Star
Residents give a boisterous welcome to Jakarta's newly elected governor, Joko Widodo, when he shows up for a town meeting with the residents of a Jakarta slum where residents' shacks overlook the...
View ArticleSouth Korea Prepares The Young For A Rapidly Aging Population
At a clean and sunny community center in Seoul, the South Korean capital, senior citizens make clay models of their own faces in an arts class. Some of the faces are vivid and lifelike. Others are...
View ArticleIn Myanmar, A Hunt For Fabled Cache Of Buried WWII Spitfires
For the past few weeks a team of scientists, archaeologists and documentary makers has been digging at Yangon's international airport in Myanmar, also known as Burma. They are searching for a legendary...
View ArticleAn Indonesian Extremist Trades Rifle For Spatula
Tucked away in a back street of Semarang, a city in Indonesia's Central Java province, is a tiny, four-table restaurant. In the cramped kitchen, Mahmudi Haryono whips up a plate of ribs — lunch for two...
View ArticleAfter Long Isolation, Myanmar Now Has Suitors
For decades, Myanmar was isolated diplomatically, an economic backwater that seemed almost frozen in time amid a Southeast Asian region that was modernizing at a rapid pace.But the political reforms...
View ArticleNow A Politician, Aung San Suu Kyi Is The Object Of Protesters
Last year, Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was greeted by adoring crowds during triumphant tours of Asia, the U.S. and Europe.
View ArticleJourney To Java's 'Tempeh Village': Where Soybean Cakes Are Born
For centuries, Asia has been home to sophisticated vegetarian cultures. In recent years, Americans have gradually discovered cooking with meat substitutes like tofu and an Indonesia soybean cake called...
View ArticleAs Myanmar Reforms, Old Tensions Rise To The Surface
The town of Meiktila in central Myanmar presents a tranquil scene on a hot April day: A woman presses juice from sugar cane while customers loll around in the midday heat. The town is right in the...
View ArticleHe Helped Discover Evolution, And Then Became Extinct
Ask most folks who came up with the theory of evolution, and they'll tell you it was Charles Darwin.In fact, Alfred Russel Wallace, another British naturalist, was a co-discoverer of the theory —...
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