Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page North Korea Times .com http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/cat/ed68ecccb9e5520c/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 23:41:52 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:41:52 -0400 30 THE general election is over. For some, the battle has been won but for others, it is a lost cause and they cannot wait for the next election to come. There have been many unpleasant comments made by politicians in the newspapers, radio, television and social media that you begin to see how fragmented our society has become. There are those who engage in race baiting to unite their own citizens ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701879/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:30 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701879/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c In Bangladesh, a unique school that teaches English to children living in slum areas provides interesting lessons that we can emulate. SINCE we cannot expect much change in our education system in the next few years, let me present some observations of two different schools ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701878/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:30 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701878/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c THIS picture tells the whole story. I was on the road around 3.30pm on May 21 when I noticed this lorry overloaded with recycled items. I followed it from Tesco/IOI Puchong until the junction of Kinrara, near the army camp, before the driver turned off from main Puchong road. All the way, the driver was driving on the right lane meant for fast vehicles. I kept a safe distance from the lorry and ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701881/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:29 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701881/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c I WAS brought up in a non-English-speaking family. As my parents could not afford tuition for their children, I had to struggle with my English during the first few years of my school days. Fortunately, I was blessed to have very good educators in school, whom, together with my own perseverance, helped me get a distinction in the MCE. So much is being said of the English language but I must also ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701880/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:29 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701880/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c AS a doctor, I am saddened to read about the way student activist Adam Adli is being treated. Firstly, no one should be treated like a criminal until proven guilty. Should all arrests require the suspect to be handcuffed? Obviously not, because no one should be considered guilty till proven that they are, and the handcuffs should be reserved for potentially dangerous and violent criminals. Next, ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701883/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:28 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701883/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c I READ with extreme concern the latest incident in Trengganu where the roof of a village mosque came crashing down . Fortunately there were no injuries or fatalities. It was a close shave for the villagers performing their Isyak prayers. The Kampung Binjai Kertas mosque, which cost RM1.7mil, was opened in 2008 to replace an older village mosque. In 2009 a major part of the Sultan Mizan Zainal ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701882/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:28 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701882/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c I CAME from a very wealthy family who owned a fleet of lorries, two timber mills, a plywood factory and acres of forests in Gua Musang during the 1970s/80s. But the family lost all these when my father was killed in a road accident in 1980 and that changed my ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701885/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:27 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701885/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c NEWLY-appointed Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin will have his hands full in reviving a number of sports that are under-performing, including football, athletics and even badminton. Last night our Sudirman Cup badminton team failed miserably by losing 3-2 to Germany. A day earlier we lost 3-2 to Taiwan. Both these countries are minnows in badminton. Badminton has been our star ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701884/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:27 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701884/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c THE 13th general election is over. It has been the most hotly contested elections to-date. The winners and losers have been declared and the respective state governments are already in place. Those who continue to dispute the results can go to the courts for a decision. The rallies being organised to show discontent should henceforth cease. Many of us who are apolitical are sad by the turn of ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701886/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:26 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214701886/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c MOORE, Oklahoma -- For years Anita Zhang's neighbors joked that if a tornado ever bore down on her Chinese restaurant, folks could take refuge in its roomy walk-in ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214696267/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:51 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214696267/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c ALGIERS, Algeria -- Official assurances about the improving health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalized in France in April, have failed to convince many Algerians, as analysts warn that hiding such details is harder than it ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214696268/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:50 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214696268/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c SAVAR, Bangladesh -- Mamun was hailed a hero for pulling survivors from the ruins of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory complex but now he struggles to sleep, haunted by the memory of sawing off a young woman's ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214696270/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:50 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214696270/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Good, bad or ugly, the 2013 elections are over; and now testing times are ahead for the new incumbents. It is the third coming for Nawaz Sharif, a remarkable turn of fortune for a leader who was ousted from power by the military at gunpoint in 1999 and convicted on treason ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214696269/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:49 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214696269/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c THERE is none so blind, as he who will not see. The hills of the Camerons are dying. Nature is crying out in anguish. And still, there are those who cannot, and will not, see the problem staring in their face. Cameron Highlands is one of the most prominent hill resorts in the country. It is famed for its quaint colonial bungalows and resthouses, tea plantations, vegetable farms ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676698/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:47 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676698/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c How about combining good old quotas with trendy KPIs for a different effect? MY dad was a police officer. During the Emergency, he was the Special Branch officer in the communist-infested area of Labis and Segamat, Johor. He was a handsome young man but lonely as he was shunned by the local Chinese for being ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676699/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:46 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676699/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c One of the hallmarks of great leadership, be it in sports, business or politics, is knowing when to let go. It did not end the way diehard fans had hoped for but the goodbye for the ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676700/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:46 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676700/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c AT a seminar last year, an officer from the Malacca education department pointed out that the prospects of school-leavers who studied in Chinese national-type schools were unlimited. In fact, they enjoyed a distinct advantage, especially in securing jobs involving trading with China and overseas/ cosmopolitan Chinese. Taking a non-political and non-legalistic view, I must disagree for Chinese ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676702/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:45 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676702/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c #Ok Bah! is a regular column on Sabah and Sarawak that starts today. In the lingo of these states, Ok Bah! is the equivalent of the ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676701/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:45 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676701/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c I AM one of those fortunate to be able to receive my regular supply of medicine through the post. Since December last year, the Port Dickson Hospital would send me the medicine, prescribed by its specialist, once a month via Pos Laju. I usually receive the medicine one or two days after it is sent. On April 17, the usual package did not arrive. The pharmacist in Port Dickson called me on April 28 ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676704/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:44 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676704/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c MY brothers who left Penang to settle in Australia 20 years ago expressed dismay when they went around Penang island ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676703/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:44 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676703/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c I HAD an opportunity to strike up a wonderful conversation with a group of youths recently. We talked about almost everything under the sky, especially with regard to ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676705/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:43 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676705/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c I FULLY agree with Razif Sidek (pic) on the need of discipline for anyone who wants to do the nation proud as reported in the ... http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676706/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:42 -0400 http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676706/scat/ed68ecccb9e5520c