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WORLD REFUGEE DAY
/ By OnAsia Photographers. June 20th is World Refugee Day. It is estimated that over 40 million people are victims of conflict, natural disasters or persecution living as refugees or as displaced persons within their own countries.
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BUDDHIST EXPRESS
/ by Sanjit Das. More than 2500 years ago, the young prince Siddhartha Gautama decided to turn his back on a life of privilege and seek enlightenment. Better known as Buddha, he still inspires millions of pilgrims to visit the holy places that marked his spiritual journey. For the pilgrims in need of comfort, the Maha Parinirvan...
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MOURNING PRESIDENT ROH
/ by Woohae Cho. South Korea’s former President Roh Moo-hyun has committed suicide, apparently jumping off a cliff near his retirement home after his reputation as an upstanding political leader had been tarnished by a corruption scandal. His grief-stricken supporters gathered in the capital Seoul to mourn him at a makeshift...
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REMEMBERING TIANANMEN
/ By Peter Charlesworth. 20 years after the bloody repression of pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen square, China has become a major economic powerhouse. Democracy, however, is still shunned by the ruling party which fears a repeat of the 1989 pro-democracy riots. (For additional images of the Tiananmen square...
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TIANANMEN SQUARE - A FOCAL POINT
/ by OnAsia Photographers. Tiananmen square has often been a focal point for political life in China. It was here that, in 1949, Mao Zedong famously declared the People's Republic of China. And it was here, on the 4th of June 1989, that China's communist government brutally repressed a pro-democracy uprising. Today, Tiananmen is...
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SIANG RIVER RAFTING
/ by Ahtushi Deshpande. From the Class 6 (suicidal to run) "Tooth Fairy" rapids to long stretches of peaceful floating, the 180-kilometer rafting run on the Siang River in northern India offers some of the best whitewater in the world. Between massive rapids, the seven-day expedition also offers tranquil paddling between swathes...
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SWINE FLU ALERT IN HONG KONG
/ By Gerhard Joren. Up to 300 guests and staff of the Metro Park hotel in Hong Kong have been quarantined for seven days after a Mexican visitor tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus, commonly known as swine flu. Four days later, no other case had been detected in the city, including among people stuck in the hotel. OnAsia...
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ONE YEAR AGO: BURMA'S KILLER CYCLONE
/ by Onasia photographers. It has been a year since Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar, leaving an estimated 134,000 people dead or missing and more than 2.4 millions without shelter, wrecking the country’s rice basket. In January, the World Food Program signaled that the region still faced a food shortage...
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BANGKOK RIOTS
/ by OnAsia photographers. After forcing the cancellation of the ASEAN summit in Pattaya, Thai anti-government "Red shirts" militants from the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) have gone on a rampage in the streets of the capital Bangkok, erecting roadblocks, burning buses and even clashing with local...
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