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As U.S. campaigns against China, a growing welcome in India

Asia Pacific Oct 25, 2020

As U.S. campaigns against China, a growing welcome in India

There is a deepening concern in New Delhi about China, which engaged in a deadly border clash with India this year.

Sri Lankan asparagus farmer puts down roots in Nara village

Lifestyle Jun 20, 2020

Sri Lankan asparagus farmer puts down roots in Nara village

by Toma Mochizuki

As her operation has grown, Udara Kametani has been able to provide fresh produce to around 50 stores around the Kansai region.

'Should I buy a mask or food?': South Asia's poor face stark choice

Asia Pacific / Social Issues Apr 29, 2020

'Should I buy a mask or food?': South Asia's poor face stark choice

by Shihar Aneez and Shadi Khan Saif

Buy a mask and let his family go hungry, or buy food and go out into the crowded city without one — that is the stark choice facing Hayatullah Khan, an Afghan labourer whose daily earnings have fallen below $1.50 during the coronavirus pandemic. Like ...

Sri Lankan Tamil women fight for land a decade after war's end

Asia Pacific / Social Issues Mar 6, 2020

Sri Lankan Tamil women fight for land a decade after war's end

Chandraleela Jasinthan was a school teacher in a northern Sri Lankan village when, in the last days of the civil war, she and her neighbors were forced by the army to flee their homes. More than a decade later, their land is still held by ...

Chinese woman Sri Lanka's first confirmed case of coronavirus

Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 28, 2020

Chinese woman Sri Lanka's first confirmed case of coronavirus

Sri Lanka has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, a senior Sri Lankan health official said on Monday. "A Chinese lady, who is in her 40s, arrived on the 19th as a tourist and fell ill on the 25th and was confirmed ...

230,000 people lost in a day: Asia remembers Indian Ocean tsunami

Asia Pacific Dec 26, 2019

230,000 people lost in a day: Asia remembers Indian Ocean tsunami

Communities across Asia commemorated the 230,000 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Thursday, the 15th anniversary of one of the world's deadliest disasters. On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off northern Sumatra triggered tsunami as high as 17.4 ...

Asia Pacific Dec 25, 2019

100,000 who fled Sri Lankan war can't get Indian citizenship under new law

Nearly 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees who are living in India are not eligible for citizenship under a new law, sparking concerns that they may be forced to return to the island nation they fled during a decadeslong civil war, many with no homes to ...

After 16 years in Japan, Sri Lankan woman still classified as an exchange student

National / Social Issues Dec 4, 2019

After 16 years in Japan, Sri Lankan woman still classified as an exchange student

by Chisato Tanaka

Dakshini Siriwardena never expected that the failure of her father's business in Japan would leave her with no choice but to live here as an exchange student — despite having resided in the country for more than 16 years. "It's ridiculous that I had the ...

Editorials Nov 21, 2019

Sri Lanka returns an authoritarian to power

The return to power of the Rajapaksa clan could redirect the country's geopolitical orientation toward China, a potentially important shift given the island's location astride vital sea lanes.

Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings

Asia Pacific Jul 6, 2019

Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings

by Alexandra Ulmer and Omar Rajarathnam

Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some politicians and Buddhist monks blamed the spread of the kingdom's ultraconservative Wahhabi school of Islam for planting the seeds of militancy that culminated in deadly Easter bomb attacks. On April 21, nine Sri Lankans ...

In wake of Easter terrorist attacks, and with an eye on China, Indian leader vows support for Sri Lanka

Asia Pacific / Politics Jun 9, 2019

In wake of Easter terrorist attacks, and with an eye on China, Indian leader vows support for Sri Lanka

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday honored those killed by Islamist militants in Sri Lanka's Easter bombings, vowing support for the island nation as New Delhi seeks to counter the rise of China in the region. The hours-long stop in Sri Lanka was part ...

Commentary / Japan May 20, 2019

What Sri Lanka has to teach the world

by Robert D. Eldridge

Japan and other countries around the world can learn from the South Asian nation's private sector effort to address public policy issues.

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