This article discusses Greenpeace's recent activism against the rampant deforestation in Indonesia. This is a subject that I am very interested in and it caught my attention right away. The method they used was a sort of mock violence as they wielded fake chainsaws and wore masks to protest.
http://www.maple3.com/2008/08/06/protest-against-deforestation-in-indonesia/
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This is an organization that blogs about violence, one particular article i found about the Philippines.Recently a village on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines was under threat by two armed groups who had come within 200 meters of each other. The village elders called for help from the Nonviolent Peaceforce stationed there, who intervened and by communicating with all sides persuaded the armed group to back away. Thanks to mediation, no violence erupted, no lives were lost.
This is a blog that outlines various forms of protest that have taken place in South Korea. It is an interesting and unorthodox take on the world of protesting, which I found to be pretty interesting.
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About 30,000 people march in Manila calling for the President's impeachment and resignation. The President was accused of corruption in gambling. This article is not about overthrowing their government but just about not trusting her anymore. I also that it was interesting that the President was a woman. I guess I view the Phillippines as "old scool" traditions still and not too modern to the idea of a woman in power. I wonder if these accusations will harm other women's chances of being able to be President.
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This type of article really inspires me to try to change policy. This is a unique form of non violent action. Warning this story is not for the faint of heart. View at your own discretion. I would post a picture but I dont know how. Yeah can somebody help me with that anyway.
I really want to see some blog feedback on this one so please let us discuss this one. Tell me what you think. for some time I have been researching this topic.
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This was extremely interesting to me because it is in the form of a blog, and I haven't read too many blogs before. I chose this as East Asia instead of China because Tibet wants to be its own country, and doesn't consider itself China.
I found this online blog site that had an online petition asking bloggers to sign up to formally denounce the Japanese government's harvesting of whales for research purposes.
Post your entries on East Asia by 5pm on Weds, Oct 8th.
This was an issue that I don't think we heard much of. For the past few years South Korea has refrained from importing U.S. beef due to fear of it containing mad cow disease. This is the beef you eat every week... unless you're a vegetarian. Recently the South Korean government had reinstituted imports of U.S. beef, sparking mass protests. There was such a public belief in this that their President's approval rating is 21, he promised to fire several aids who helped negotiate the last deal, and has publically apologized to his nation twice. Is the public overreacting to baseless fears or has our beef industry downplayed the risks?
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