June 12, 2013
[World Council of Churches press release] In a World Council of Churches (WCC) consultation in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, participants reflected on “Asia’s human security challenges” today and how to strengthen efforts of working towards “sustainable peace with justice in Northeast Asia.”
In a communique issued at the end of the consultation, participants affirmed the diversity of their ethnicities and nationalities as a “celebration of God’s image” compelling them to “protect...
June 6, 2013
[World Council of Churches] “A new framework for negotiation for peace and unification of the Korean peninsula is the need of the hour…especially in the context that the armistice agreement declared 60 years ago lost its effect,” said Dr. Lee Jae-joung, former minister of the Ministry of Unification of the Republic of Korea at an international consultation on Asian peace and security being held in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, 3 to 6 June.
The international ecumenical...
- Taiwan Church News
3197 Edition
June 3-9, 2013
EditorialEditorial: Caring about what is happening in Asia – starting from the little things
Translated by Lydia Ma
During the Meiji Restoration in Japan...
May 21, 2013
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- B’nai B’rith International has opened its Flood, Tornado and Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund in the wake of the devastating tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on May 20, killing at least 24, injuring many more and flattening much of the town. The death toll is still expected to rise.
The funds raised will be used to help the victims of the tornado as they look to rebuild their town, which has...
May 20, 2013
- "Fair Deal" seeks to maintain access to knowledge, economic opportunity, fundamental rights. The Canadian-based organization Open Media International (http://openmedia.org/) announced on May 16 that it is launching an international coalition called "Our Fair Deal (http://ourfairdeal.org/)," seeking to counter the potential restrictions on the Internet posed by an international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (http://www.ustr.gov/tpp) (TPP). The TPP is currently being...
- "Fair Deal" seeks to maintain access to knowledge, economic opportunity, fundamental rights. The Canadian-based organization Open Media International (http://openmedia.org/) announced on May 16 that it is launching an international coalition called "Our Fair Deal (http://ourfairdeal.org/)," seeking to counter the potential restrictions on the Internet posed by an international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (http://www.ustr.gov/tpp) (TPP). The TPP is currently being...
May 19, 2013
- "Fair Deal" seeks to maintain access to knowledge, economic opportunity, rights. The Canadian-based organization Open Media International (http://openmedia.org/) announced on May 16 that it is launching an international coalition called "Our Fair Deal," seeking to counter the potential restrictions on the Internet posed by an international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is currently being negotiated by Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Peru, Malaysia,...
- "Fair Deal" seeks to maintain access to knowledge, economic opportunity, rights. The Canadian-based organization Open Media International (http://openmedia.org/) announced on May 16 that it is launching an international coalition called "Our Fair Deal," seeking to counter the potential restrictions on the Internet posed by an international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is currently being negotiated by Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Peru, Malaysia,...
May 15, 2013
- Taiwan Church News
3193 Edition
May 6-12, 2013
Headline NewsPro-Taiwanese organizations promote “Festival on Taiwanese Romanization” to raise awareness about POJ
Reported by Chen Yi-hsuan
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