Asia Cast Saturday 18th August
Two weeks ago, police officers arrested over fourty Falun Gong practitioners, including Ms. Hu Yanrong, in Liaoning Province.Ms Hu was tortured and died from severe brain injuries in four days. Police threatened and forced Hu¡¯s family to not tell of the news of Hu¡¯s death and cremated her remains. All other practitioners are currently imprisoned. [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 17th August
In the first of a number of weather related reports in this bulletin, we report that residents of Manila and northern Philippines braced for more flooding and possible landslides on Thursday as Typhoon Sepat gathered strength northeast of the archipelago en route to Taiwan.The tropical cyclone, which has intensified into a category 5 super typhoon, [...]
Asia Cast Thursday 16th August
A powerful earthquake rattled Peru Wednesday, killing at least fifteen people and injuring more than two hundred, as homes collapsed. Peru’s state television station said fifteen people were killed in the coastal province of Ica but gave no further details. The quake had a magnitude of 7.9 and office workers ran onto the streets in [...]
Asia Cast Wednesday 15th July
Mattel Incorporated, the largest U.S. toy company, recalled millions more Chinese-made toys on Tuesday due to hazards from small, powerful magnets and lead paint, sending its shares down as much as six percent.The toymaker’s second recall this month came as Mattel launched a national advertising campaign to assure consumers it is on top of product [...]
Asia Cast Tuesday 14th August
The boss of a Chinese toy manufacturing company involved in a Mattel recall after its products were found to contain excessive lead levels has hanged himself. Zhang Shuhong, a Hong Kong businessman in his fifties and boss of the Lida Toy Company in the southern province of Guangdong, was found dead in his factory workshop [...]
Asia Cast Monday 13th August
The crash occurred just before dawn after the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle on the North-South Expressway, which runs from the Thai border to the Malaysian peninsula’s southern tip. It is reported to be one of the country’s worst ever traffic accidents. Many passengers were flung through the exposed roof and others died [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 12th August
Taleban militants in Afghanistan say they have freed two women from among the 21 South Korean Christian aid workers they have been holding as hostages for more than three weeks. A Taleban spokesman, told the BBC the women were sick and had been released as a “sign of goodwill” but as yet neither Afghan or [...]
Asia Cast Saturday 11th August
On the ninth of August the official launch of the Human Rights Torch Relay, an initiative led by the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG), has kicked off in Greece.Leading CIPFG member and Secretary-General of Interfaith International, Dr. Charles Graves, gave the first speech which was an account of the [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 10th August
After deciding to hold off declaring a state of emergency which would bolster military rule and suspend democratic freedoms, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is being urged by US President George W Bush to now hold free and fair elections.A recent report from the International Crisis Group said Musharraf was considering imposing a state of emergency [...]
Asia Cast Thursday 9th August
A week after a deadly bridge collapse, U.S. Navy divers cut through tangled debris with underwater torches and saws on Wednesday in the search for victims, while investigators identified a possible flaw in the 40-year-old span’s design. The Aug. 1 rush-hour collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge hurled vehicles into the Mississippi River 65 feet [...]
