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'Misbehaving Monks': Massive Sex Scandal Shakes Thailand's Buddhist Clergy
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.
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Life Inside This Ethnically Diverse Country Is Much More Complex, Nuanced
After research work in Mashhad, an anthropologist reflects on 15 months in Iran, uncovering the diversity of opinions about the Islamic Republic.
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Security Forces Foiled Coup Plot Involving Senior Cleric, Says Armenia PM
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday said security forces had foiled a coup plot involving a senior cleric, amid his escalating standoff with the leadership of Armenia's Apostolic Church.
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Why Iranian Women Are Getting Rid Of "Persian Nose"
All of the women in Iranian model Azadeh's family have had nose surgeries, each feeling the pressure to conform to Western beauty standards in a country where female bodies are heavily policed.
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South Korea's 'Heartbreaking' Wildfires Expose Super-Aged Society
The inferno has laid bare South Korea's demographic crisis and regional disparities: it is a super-aged society with the world's lowest birth rate.
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India, China To Have Issues "For The Foreseeable Future": S Jaishankar
As China and India push to mend ties, strained for nearly half a decade, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that "what happened in 2020 was not the way to address issues".
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Indian-Origin Sentenced For Abusing Teen At Singapore Society Management Unit
An Indian-origin man has been handed a jail sentence of 10 years and six months for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy in 2007.
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Low Birth Rates, Ageing Population Make South Korea 'Super-Aged Society'
South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy recorded just 0.7 births per woman late last year -- one of the lowest birth rates in the world.
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Temples Set On Fire, Centre Burnt Down In Dhaka, Claims ISKCON
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Saturday alleged that its centre in Dhaka district in neighbouring Bangladesh was burnt down earlier in the day.
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Bangladesh Stops 54 Iskcon Members From Crossing Into India: Report
Bangladesh's immigration police on Sunday turned back 54 members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) who possessed valid travel documents and wanted to cross into India from the Benapole border checkpoint.
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"Peaceful": Bangladesh Hindu Leader Slams Petition On ISKCON Ban
Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance General Secretary, Mrityunjay Kumar Roy on Wednesday, strongly condemned the petition demanding ban on International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh.
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ISKCON A "Fundamentalist" Group: Bangladesh Government To Court
Bangladesh has called ISKCON, or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a "religious fundamentalist" group in an affidavit filed in that country's High Court.
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Everything To Know About Taliban's New "Vice And Virtue" Law In Afghanistan
The Taliban government's new law to "promote virtue and prevent vice" has codified their austere rules for Afghan society, dictating strict controls according to their vision of Islam.
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Taliban Told To "Include Women" In Public Life At Their First UN Meet
Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha.
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Japan's Princess Aiko, 22, To Start Working At Red Cross After Graduation
Princess Aiko, 22, is set to start working at the Japanese Red Cross Society in April after completing her graduation from Tokyo's Gakushuin University.
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'Misbehaving Monks': Massive Sex Scandal Shakes Thailand's Buddhist Clergy
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.
-
Life Inside This Ethnically Diverse Country Is Much More Complex, Nuanced
After research work in Mashhad, an anthropologist reflects on 15 months in Iran, uncovering the diversity of opinions about the Islamic Republic.
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Security Forces Foiled Coup Plot Involving Senior Cleric, Says Armenia PM
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday said security forces had foiled a coup plot involving a senior cleric, amid his escalating standoff with the leadership of Armenia's Apostolic Church.
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Why Iranian Women Are Getting Rid Of "Persian Nose"
All of the women in Iranian model Azadeh's family have had nose surgeries, each feeling the pressure to conform to Western beauty standards in a country where female bodies are heavily policed.
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South Korea's 'Heartbreaking' Wildfires Expose Super-Aged Society
The inferno has laid bare South Korea's demographic crisis and regional disparities: it is a super-aged society with the world's lowest birth rate.
-
India, China To Have Issues "For The Foreseeable Future": S Jaishankar
As China and India push to mend ties, strained for nearly half a decade, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that "what happened in 2020 was not the way to address issues".
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Indian-Origin Sentenced For Abusing Teen At Singapore Society Management Unit
An Indian-origin man has been handed a jail sentence of 10 years and six months for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy in 2007.
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Low Birth Rates, Ageing Population Make South Korea 'Super-Aged Society'
South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy recorded just 0.7 births per woman late last year -- one of the lowest birth rates in the world.
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Temples Set On Fire, Centre Burnt Down In Dhaka, Claims ISKCON
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Saturday alleged that its centre in Dhaka district in neighbouring Bangladesh was burnt down earlier in the day.
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Bangladesh Stops 54 Iskcon Members From Crossing Into India: Report
Bangladesh's immigration police on Sunday turned back 54 members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) who possessed valid travel documents and wanted to cross into India from the Benapole border checkpoint.
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"Peaceful": Bangladesh Hindu Leader Slams Petition On ISKCON Ban
Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance General Secretary, Mrityunjay Kumar Roy on Wednesday, strongly condemned the petition demanding ban on International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh.
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ISKCON A "Fundamentalist" Group: Bangladesh Government To Court
Bangladesh has called ISKCON, or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a "religious fundamentalist" group in an affidavit filed in that country's High Court.
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Everything To Know About Taliban's New "Vice And Virtue" Law In Afghanistan
The Taliban government's new law to "promote virtue and prevent vice" has codified their austere rules for Afghan society, dictating strict controls according to their vision of Islam.
-
Taliban Told To "Include Women" In Public Life At Their First UN Meet
Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha.
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Japan's Princess Aiko, 22, To Start Working At Red Cross After Graduation
Princess Aiko, 22, is set to start working at the Japanese Red Cross Society in April after completing her graduation from Tokyo's Gakushuin University.
