According to BBC.co.uk, reports say Sri Lanka’s main airport officials rejected a entry to a British tourist to have a Buddha tattoo on his arm. A Sinhalese immigration officer told a local newspaper that the man had expressed views that would disrespectful endangered his own safety, had entered the country, according to agencies. Sri Lankan authorities are severe with potential perceived insults to Buddhism, which is the religion of the majority ethnic Sinhalese on the island. Read Article
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PETALING JAYA, Malaysia thestar.com.my reported that a 25-year-old American tourist was robbed and raped by two men after being taken on a 80km terror ride in a taxi. The woman had gone shopping at a mall on Monday and hailed the taxi when she had finished. The taxi driver, with a man in the front […]
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globalnation.inquirer.net reported that in OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines—A Danish tourist was found dead in an apartment he was renting in Barangay (village) Barreto here on Wednesday. Police said Soren Andreasen, 48, was found on a sofa at 9 a.m. by Eduardo Acosido, the apartment complex’s caretaker. Acosido said Andreasen had complained on Tuesday of stomach pain […]
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Soon after the verdict the JI members went on rampage, sparking violence across the country that left at least 35 people dead, authorities said. Earlier, the party, Muslim-majority Bangladesh’s largest Islamic bloc, enforced a nationwide general strike to denounce the trial and to demand Sayedee’s acquittal. Read Article
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Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Thursday to protect Japanese territory and called on China to refrain from escalating tensions over the Senkaku Islands. In his first foreign policy address to the Diet, Kishida said there is no territorial issue to be resolved concerning the Japanese-administered islets in the East China Sea, adding that China’s maritime […]
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As reported by japantimes.co.jp a total of 1,009 targeted email cyber-attacks hit Japanese companies and other institutions last year, the National Police Agency said Thursday. The NPA arrived at the figure after analyzing information collected from around 4,900 companies and research organizations in the fields of defense and advanced technologies. Some cases led to leaks […]
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Japantimes.co.jp reported that a fresh rubella outbreak spreading quickly nationwide poses the greatest threat to fetuses, according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases. If a woman catches rubella in the early stages of pregnancy, her child can suffer hearing, heart and eye defects. Five such cases were reported during last year’s epidemic and one […]
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Japantoday.com reported that the equivalent of 125,000 lethal doses of cyanide leaked from a factory in Japan after a snow plow accident, a plant operator said Wednesday. At least five tons of liquid waste containing sodium cyanide spewed out of a tank after it was hit by a snow plow at a plating factory run […]
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As covered by irrawaddy.org, “Robberies of foreign tourists are increasing at Bagan, an ancient temple complex that is one of Burma’s most popular tourist attractions, but local police in Mandalay Division are failing to improve safety, tourist businesses complain.” Read Article
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balita.ph repported that seven people were killed and 34 others injured when a Manila-bound chartered tourist bus carrying graduating tourism students crashed head on with a delivery truck Thursday at around 11 p.m. along Marcos Highway in Taloy, Tuba, Benguet. The mishap occurred some 15 kilometers southwest of Baguio City and 234 kilometers north of […]
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