SASKATOON ASIAN NEWSWEEK www.sask-asiannews.com Monday, August 6, 2018 Vol.65 FREE
Take Precautions Against West Nile Saskatoon Folkfest 2018
Virus US Calls on Countries to Maintain Sleep safety for babies, infants and Sanctions on North Korea
children Slavery Survivor Recalls Trafficking
US Navy's Top Admiral Cites Increased Horrors
Threat in Ocean Nearest Washington
Marijuana Legalization: To Embrace or to Cast?
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www.sask-asiannews.com 4. Take Precautions Against West Nile Virus [email protected] 4. Strong Tourism Growth in Saskatchewan Tel. 306-241-8262 5. Saskatoon Exhibition/ Nutrien Festival Fireworks/ 5. YXEATS/ Broadway Street Fair / Jon Park: Publisher / Editor 5. Saskatoon Comic and Entertainment Expo [email protected] 6. Sleep safety for babies, infants and children Edward Park: Editor-in-Chief 6. Seal Coating - Slow Down and Save Your Windshield [email protected] 7. Saskatoon Folkfest 2018 Georgina Bone: Senior writer [email protected] 8. Marijuana Legalization: To Embrace or to Cast? Dr. Daniel Huang : Senior Editor 10. US Calls on Countries to Maintain Sanctions on North Korea [email protected] 10. WHO: Yemen May Be on Verge of New Deadly Cholera Epidemic Maria Yoo: Reporter 11. Pope Remembers Paul VI, 'The Great Pope of Modernity' [email protected] 16. Fun and Bedlam Reigns in the Kingdom of the “Kusina Kings” Mary Joyce Malayba: Editor [email protected] 16. On its 5th year, Filipino Loveteam LizQuen Continues to Soar Md Majharul Islam: Web & Graphic Designer 19. Conflict and Diplomacy on the High Seas [email protected] 20. China Lashes Out as Retaliatory Moves Fail to Stop Trump Trade Actions James Yoo : Photographer 21. US Navy's Top Admiral Cites Increased Threat in Ocean Nearest Washington [email protected] 21. Deadly Quake Kills 98 on Indonesian Resort Island Isagani Fabi: Editor 22. UN Urges India Not to Strip Millions of People of Their Rights [email protected] 23. Student Protests Surge in Bangladesh Capital Teresa Kim: Editor [email protected] 23. Slavery Survivor Recalls Trafficking Horrors Kevin M. Jung: Editor 24. North Korea Stole Their Children [email protected] 26. Community Information’s
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Take Precautions Against West Nile Virus Most people who become infected with West can collect water, bushes, shrubs, lawn Nile Virus experience no symptoms or have overgrowth and debris). mild illness (fever, headaches, body aches). So far this season, there has been one “A small number of people develop a more positive West Nile Virus lab test. A positive serious illness called West Nile Virus lab test does not necessarily indicate a neuroinvasive disease,” the province’s Chief current WNV infection. Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab said. West Nile Virus was first identified in “If you develop serious symptoms like a Saskatchewan in 2002. Significant outbreaks persistent fever, confusion, neck stiffness or of WNV infection in humans occurred in an unusually severe headache, seek medical Saskatchewan residents are reminded to 2003 and 2007. Between 2003 and 2017, attention immediately.” protect themselves against mosquito bites, there were 158 cases of WNV neuroinvasive as the peak season for West Nile Virus (WNV) Mosquitoes are most active on warm disease; 17 resulted in death. approaches. There is increased risk of West evenings and between dusk and dawn. Take For up-to-date WNV risk levels, maps and Nile Virus in late July and August when the precautions against getting bitten. Use surveillance results, visit mosquitoes that carry the virus (Culex mosquito repellent, cover up and reduce the https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/h tarsalis) are most active and present in time spent outside when mosquitoes are ealth/diseases-and-conditions/west-nile- higher numbers. Currently, the risk is highest most likely to bite. Maintain door and virus/west-nile-virus-risk-level-and- in southern Saskatchewan where positive window screens so they fit tightly and are surveillance-results. For advice on pools of mosquitoes have been found for the free of holes. Reduce mosquito habitat symptoms or when to seek care call past two weeks. around your home and yard (such as HealthLine 811. Released on August 2, 2018 standing water, old tires and other items that ______Strong Tourism Growth in Saskatchewan residents travelling within the province, and average time spent on the site up by 85 spent $1.88 billion in 2017. per cent. "We are delighted by the growth in the "Tourism Saskatchewan made a shift to province’s tourism sector in the domestic focus on digital marketing strategies in market," Minister Responsible for Tourism recent years, and this move is paying Saskatchewan Gene Makowsky said. dividends in visitor engagement and "Saskatchewan has an abundance of spending,” Tourism Saskatchewan CEO Mary attractions and beautiful natural scenery, Taylor-Ash said. "It is gratifying to see that and it is good to see visitors from Canada visitors are coming to the province in ever-
discovering what we in Saskatchewan have greater numbers to enjoy our diverse and Saskatchewan’s tourism sector made always known." unique tourism experiences." significant gains in 2017. To further increase engagement and drive Improvements to the consumer website, Visits to and within the province by visitation to the province, Tourism TourismSaskatchewan.com, include a new Canadians increased by 9.4 per cent from Saskatchewan has introduced new interactive map, advanced search capability, 2016, placing Saskatchewan well ahead of technologies and online capabilities over the re-categorized and revised tourism operator Canada’s overall growth rate of 2.1 per cent. last year. Engagement on Tourism listings, and a new approach to vacation Visitor expenditures showed even higher Saskatchewan’s consumer website has offerings. Further enhancements to the growth, with a jump of 10.4 per cent. grown significantly between 2017 and 2018, website will be introduced in the coming Canadian visitors, including Saskatchewan with a 99.5 per cent increase in page views months. Released on July 23, 2018 ______Dear Readers of Saskatoon Asian Newsweek, On behalf of more than 10 books and 100 articles, some of am confident he will make great the Saskatoon which are published in England, Germany, contributions to the cultural and economic Asian Hong Kong and Canada, and collected in SCI exchanges between Saskatchewan and Asia Newsweek, I and EI. His articles have been cited many as well as to the community development. welcome Dr. times and even read over the radio. He has We look forward to the future and Daniel Huang also been interviewed by CBC several times. development of Saskatoon Asian Newsweek in joining our With his strong university teaching and for our readership. Editorial research background, his experience at Board as University of Oxford and his profound Yours Truly, editor and reporter. Dr. Huang has published knowledge of Asian culture and economy, I Saskatoon Asian Newsweek Team
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 4 Saskatoon Exhibition YXEATS Broadway Street Fair
September 05 - 09, 2018 September 08, 2018 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. August 07 - 12, 2018 Location: Various restaurants in Location: Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon, Location: Saskatoon Prairieland Park Riversdale Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Address: 503 Ruth StreetCity: Saskatoon, Website: riversdale.ca/yxeats Website: broadwayyxe.com/ SK S7K 4E4 Get ready to... "GET YOUR EAT ON" This year marks the most exciting Street Admission: See website for details YXEats is back for a fourth year! YXEats is Fair yet, as we reveal our new Broadway Phone: 306-931-7149 all about eating and having fun while branding and freshly paved roads. The Website: www.saskatoonexhibition.ca exploring the diverse, vibrant, historic Broadway BID is in its 32nd year of Saskatchewan's largest annual event Riversdale - exploding with a vigor and animating Saskatoon's beloved urban midway, grandstand, free entertainment, energy never before seen in Saskatoon. village to local visitors and tourists. With Kidsville, chuckwagon races, trade show Featuring set price menu's and daily deals new branding in place and a renewed and much more! at locally owned restaurants, a long table vision for the future, the BBID looks brunch, progressive dinner, and more! forward to this exciting time for Broadway. ______YXEats is fun, fresh, with a hip, cool vibe. As always, the event features sidewalk Set price feature menu's ($10, $15, $20, sales, music and dance stages, silent Nutrien Festival $25). auction, and for the kids - Sasktel's FREE Fireworks Ticketed Events (available at Kids Kingdom behind Victoria School, www.picatic.com, or click on "Other which also includes petting zoo and pony websites" above): rides. Returning this year due to popular ______demand is the super slide, dunk tank by Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational 1st Annual Fall Berry Society, and the British Cars show! Festival and Huge ______Outdoor Market Saskatoon Comic and Entertainment Expo
August 31, 2018 - September 01, 2018 Location: River Landing and Friendship Park Time: 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Phone: 306-652-1400 Website: September 09, 2018. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00pm nutrienfireworksfestival.ca/Entertainmen German Cultural Centre t, cultural performances, vendors, kids' 160 Cartwright Street East Saskatoon, SK September 15 - 16, 2018 activities, and of course, world class .Admission: FREE Admission Prairieland Park, fireworks shows choreographed to music. Phone: 306-244-6869 www.saskexpo.com Fun for the entire family! Website: saskgerman.com If you have an interest in the wonderful The Friendship Park Mainstage starts at Annual Fall Berry Festival Huge Outdoor world of comics, cosplay, pop culture, sci- 5:00 p.m. and will play until the fireworks Market featuring homemade baking, fi, horror, cartoons, or simply feeding begin! canning, crafts, flea market, garage sale, your imagination, then you're in the right place! Come join us! Children's Activities, All vendors welcome. Fantastic "berry" foods for sale.
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 5 Sleep Safety for Babies, Infants and Children
to know about children's Provide a smoke-free environment for your safety when sleeping: child both day and night.
The safest place for an Place your baby's crib in your bedroom for infant to sleep is alone in a the first 6 months. crib that meets current safety regulations. Products such as carriages, strollers, car seats, infant swings, bouncers or playpens Never let infants sleep on are not intended for infant sleep and should standard beds, water beds, not be used for extended periods. air mattresses, futons, sofas, armchairs, or in cribs with Do not allow your baby to sleep in an soft bedding, bumper pads, upright or semi-upright position -- when stuffed toys or pillows. asleep his or her head can fall forward and make breathing difficult. Always place your infant on his or her back The golden rules to sleep -- this reduces the risk of Sudden Sources Health Canada. Here are some of the most important things Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). for parents and caregivers
______Seal Coating - Slow Down and Save Your Windshield
properly, while also saving sharp pavement drop, lane closure or travellers windshields from loose gravel are examples of hazards that damage. warrant a slower posted speed. Some of the seal coating If you’re planning to travel, check the work this week includes: Highway Hotline at www.saskatchewan.ca/highwayhotline, Highway 16 near Wynyard; which provides up-to-date information on and construction, emergency road closures, Highway 55 near Prince the status of ferries, barges and other road Albert. activities. Information is also available by calling 511. Seal coating is also scheduled for later this A weekly highway construction update is More than 445 kilometres of seal coating construction season at a variety of also published on is planned across Saskatchewan this locations including: www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/transpo summer. During the seal coating process, rtation/highway-construction- Highway 1 near Wolseley, Indian Head, hot liquid asphalt is sprayed on the road projects/weekly-highway-construction- Qu’Appelle, Mortlach, Parkbeg, Chaplin before crushed gravel is spread over the update to provide the travelling public and Waldeck; asphalt and packed down. with the latest details on projects Highway 2 near Prince Albert; underway to help plan safe and efficient “Seal coating is a cost-effective treatment travel. You can also report a highway that provides a waterproof surface, which Highway 7 near Alsask; work zone signing problem by calling 306- in turn prolongs pavement life,” Highways Highway 10 near Fort Qu’Appelle; 244-5535. and Infrastructure Minister David Marit said. “We appreciate everyone’s patience Highway 11 near Lumsden, Chamberlain, The Government of Saskatchewan has during the busy construction season and Davidson and Duck Lake; invested more than $8.4 billion in remind travellers to please pay attention highways and infrastructure since 2008, Highway 16 near Wynyard and in work zones, obey the signage and slow improving more than 13,000 kilometres of Maidstone; and down.” provincial highways. Highway 39 near Lang and Midale. Seal coats require about 24 hours to cure, Released on July 26, 2018 resulting in speed reductions even while There are many reasons work zones have workers are not present. These speed temporary speed reductions left in place reductions allow the seal coat to cure even when workers are not present. A
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Folkfest attendees will be able to easily partnered with Saskatoon Transit. They sample a world of food and customs just as have Park and Ride programs at major Dr. Kalra said. This year’s festival will malls including Market Mall and feature three new pavilions from Prairieland Park. There will be shuttle Cameroon, Siri Lanka, and Japan. services to all pavilions via three routes, and travel on city buses will be free for Over 5000 volunteers have come together Folkfest Passport holders. to create another special summer event for the city of Saskatoon. In addition to the For event maps and general information, individual volunteers, businesses have visit the website at From Left Terri Rau, Dr. Jay Kalra, Sam Sambasivam, come together to ensure Folkfest’s success. www.saskatoonfolkfest.com or call the office at (306) 931-0100. For people Folkfest Passports allow unlimited access interested in joining the Folkfest team, To officially announce Folkfest 2018, the to all pavilions. They are available at Mac’s volunteering information can also be organizers gave their annual press convenience stores, Circle K stores, found on the webpage. conference at the Folkfest headquarters Saskatoon Coop, Tourism Saskatoon, and on Avenue D North. Speaking at the select hotels. They are also available at For the last 39 years, Folkfest has been a conference were President Dr. Jay Kalra, pavilion gates. This year’s Passports are special summer experience in Saskatoon. and Executive Director, Terri Rau. Folkfest $16 each, and children under 12 are free As Executive Director, Terri Rau, says, it is Board of Governors Secretary, Sam when accompanied by an adult. Children a time to make “lasting memories and Sambasivam, was in attendance. This will can also enter contests to win back-to- bring harmony in our lives.“ The tireless be the festival’s 39th year, and it will be school backpacks or a night at the work done by organizers and volunteers held from August 16 to 18. Sheraton Cavalier for their family. along with the overwhelming support form the city will ensure another amazing “Travel around the world in three days,” To continue their environmental festival. See you at Folkfest 2018. ( SAN) says Dr. Kalra. With 21 culture pavilions, commitments, Folkfest has again
Pavilion Places Address Bus No. Asia Pacific Pavilion Aden Bowman Collegiate 1904 Clarence Ave South 150 South. Bangladesh Pavilion Royal Canadian Legion Branch 362 3021 Louise St. Bus #151 East. 151 South Cameroon Pavilion Global Village Archibald Arena 1410 Windsor Street, 152 South Central America & Mexico Lion’s Arena McEown Avenue 151 East German Pavilion German Cultural Centre 160 Cartwright Street 150 South Ghanaian Pavilion Global Village Archibald Arena 1410 Windsor Street, 152 South India Pavilion Brunskill School 101 Wiggins Ave. North 151 East Indian & Métis Pavilion Indian & Metis Friendship Centre 168 Wall Street, 152 North Irish Pavilion Nutana Curling Club 2002 Arlington Ave. 151 East Japan Pavilion Global Village Archibald Arena 1410 Windsor Street, 152 South Nepal Pavilion Global Village Archibald Arena 1410 Windsor Street, 152 South Norway Pavilion Holy Cross Highschool 2115 Mceown Ave. 151 East Sri Lanka Pavilion Global Village Archibald Arena 1410 Windsor Street, 152 North
Prairieland Park Area
Caribbean Pavilion Hall “B” – Prairieland Park 503 Ruth Street West. 150 South Greek Pavilion Hall E – Prairieland Park 503 Ruth Street West, 150 South Hungarian Pavilion Prairieland Park- Kicking Horse Saloon 503 Ruth Street West. 150 South Pakistan Pavilion Prairieland Park- Kicking Horse Saloon 503 Ruth Street West. 150 South Philippines Pavilion Hall C – Prairieland Park 503 Ruth Street West. 150 South Scottish Pavilion Hall A – Prairieland Park 503 Ruth Street West. 150 South South Sudan Prairieland Park- Kicking Horse Saloon 503 Ruth Street West. 150 South Ukrainian Karpaty Hall D – Prairieland Park 503 Ruth Street West. 150 South
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 7 Marijuana Legalization: To Embrace or to Cast?
By Daniel Huang Regulations (ACMPR) issued by Health function of brain cells in any person who Canada, and for seed, grain and fibre smokes marijuana will change." Professor production under license by Health Walter Fratta of biology at the University Canada. On October 17, 2018, Canada is to of Cagliari of Italy emphasized: “Long-term become the third nation in the world, after heavy consumption of marijuana can lead Uruguay and Georgia, to formally legalize to changes in the molecular elements of the drug (in spite of NB in Sept 2017). It the brain structure responsible for will also become the first G7 and G20 addiction and withdrawal.” For people nation to do so. Cannabis was banned in with a weak will, marijuana, like cigarettes, Canada from 1923 until regulated medical is an anesthetic, and An anaesthetic is not cannabis became legal in 2001. The a good thing for a country that needs to be recreational use legalization is one of awake. While middle-aged men have a Trudeau’s campaign promises. The plan tendency to get overweight, women often was to remove cannabis possession for have a harder time discontinuing pot after personal consumption from the Controlled heavy use, with symptoms such as Drugs and Substances Act; however, new irritability and sleep disruption, and laws would be enacted to strengthen smoking cannabis while pregnant may be punishment of those convicted of either associated with lower birth weight. Long- supplying cannabis to minors, or of term use of marijuana can cause
impairment while driving a motor vehicle. respiratory damage, damage bronchial I. General Introduction Bill C-46 includes new powers for police cilia, and reduce the bactericidal ability of On June 18, 2018, something happened and harsher penalties for driving under alveolar macrophages. There are also which would affect every Canadian’s life. the influence of alcohol or drugs like medical researchers who believe that On that day, the House of Commons voted forcing drivers to submit to random smoking marijuana may increase the risk 205-82 to accept some of the Senate’s breath tests (without any reasonable of cardiovascular disease and proposed amendments of Bill C-45. The suspicion of impairment) that could detect pneumothorax. Car accidents are also House of Commons turned down some of the active ingredient in marijuana. In the incurred. In Colorado, for example, after the Senate's proposed amendments, U.S., medical marijuana is legal in more the state legalized marijuana, the including a ban on pot producers selling than two dozen states, and recreational marijuana-related car accidents rose 16% branded merchandise and giving marijuana is legal in nine states and in number, and the crime rate in Denver, provinces the power to ban homegrown Washington, D.C . Colorado's capital, increased by 7%. . marijuana, according to CTV News. The According to a Washington State Senate voted 52-29 to approve the II. Benefits and Harm of Marijuana Transportation Safety Board report, the number of deadly car accidents involving government’s newest version of Bill C-45. Cannabis products probably do, based on marijuana increased by 48% from 2013 to The conflict between the elected House of current evidence, help treat chronic pain, 2014 after marijuana legalization. The Commons and the unelected Senate prevent nausea in cancer patients under consensus in medical research is that ramped up last week with the chemotherapy, and improve patient- cannabis affects adolescents and weakens government’s rejection of several key reported outcomes for muscle problems in their memory. Long-term smoking can Senate amendments — most notably one people with certain diseases. There’s lead to mental anxiety or schizophrenia. linked to home cultivation. Quebec, moderate evidence it can help certain
Manitoba and Nunavut have all decided kinds of patients with their appetite and III. Discussion on Justification for they don’t want to allow home grows, in sleep . the Legalization spite of the federal government’s desire to permit four plants per household. The However, there are many bad effects . As far as the writer knows, there are three Senate decided to side with the provinces, Cannabis affects the central nervous reasons for the present Federal inserting a provision that would allow system of people, especially the central government to legalize marijuana: them to ban home grows if they desired. nervous system of young people. As a commitment to past voters, soliciting The bill would lift a 95-year-old ban on hallucinogen, it brings an illusion that is votes of about a third in quantity of the recreational marijuana and sets the out of control, making behavior that is voters in the coming election and potential government up to regulate production, incomprehensible and controllable, and its tax revenue from the industry. As for the possession and sale of marijuana to harmfulness is unpredictable. Cannabis former two, a means should serve a goal, Canadians over the age of 18. users are significantly less likely to be but not vice versa. A government only cognitive, data processing, and high-level looking for keeping its position may not be Cannabis—or marijuana—is currently executing. According to an article welcome, and realizing a disputed promise legal in Canada only for medicinal published in the Spanish magazine "Fun", cannot be put as an achievement. purposes, under conditions outlined in the Jennifer Snyder, a psychology professor at Continued on next page 9 >>> Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Harvard Medical School, pointed out: "The
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 8 >>> Continued from page 8 Legalization: To Embrace or to Cast? As to revenue, after the legalization of marijuana must come from a medical something can be done on the provincial recreational marijuana in Oregon, the local marijuana supplier. “Uruguay has done level. Due to its many bad effects, the cannabis planted has sprung up and prices well to keep with a strict regulatory model, province needs to put strict regulations on have fallen sharply. According to the while expanding the space,” said John it. Those regulations may include: (1) Oregon Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Walsh, co-director of drug policy for the prohibited to be used in work places; (2) retail price per gram of cannabis has fallen Washington Office on Latin America. “If prohibited to be sold or used in schools by about 50% since 2015. According to you start strict, it’s easier to loosen up and child care centres, with marijuana Stephen Easton, a professor of economics later.” retail stores at least 250 metres away; (3) at Simon Fraser University and a senior prohibited to make advertisements and researcher at the Fraser Institute, the put on an alluring package; (4) prohibited market for cannabis is to be condensed or put already quite large, and together with drugs like if you try to create a meth, cocaine or heroin; (5) legitimate market, the prohibited to be put in price and the supply is candies or disserts or bound to fluctuate other edibles for children, greatly . If this happens, and special warnings need the tax revenue will not to be provided on the probably increase package if put in a drink; rapidly. Also, when Lisa (6) permit for a grower Raitt asked about the and limit on the amount to fact that a Quebec be grown; (7) cannabis company Requirement for a grower founded by the former and retail store to provide Chief Financial Officer a certificate of origin and of the Liberal Party install a bar code tracking received over $200 system; (8) license for a million in anonymous retail store and limit on ‘investments’ from a the amount an adult can company in the Cayman Islands, and the (Image credit from: Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty) buy; (9) Need to have designated places to company’s investors were kept secret, the smoke marijuana like put in Quebec’s Bill Liberal Party had no direct answer to that . Marijuana is not a common good because 157; (10) Tax set to be low in the first half Therefore, even if there may be a great some people may develop dependability year and medium to high after the first increase in tax revenue from cannabis, the on it, because the information one collects period, in order to first encourage all general public will probably not be better tends to be incomplete with its past businesses to compete on a fair ground at off with all the cannabis revenue to be closeness, and because it is not so easy to first and crowd out organized criminal channelled to Cayman Islands. oversee the market with criminal groups groups, just as done by the US when easily taking advantage of the loopholes. removing the ban on alcohol. IV. What We Could Do Marijuana cannot be treated the same as alcohol or cigarettes because: it can be put V. Conclusion A Cuomo-commissioned report, led by the in candies or drinks or disserts, which may New York State Health Department, Marijuana is not a common good, nor is it greatly affect children; it can be mixed recently concluded that the positive like tobacco or alcohol. Strict regulations with meth, cocaine and heroin, with no impacts of a regulated marijuana market should be set, and the model of Uruguay heed of others; it may cause brain damage, in New York outweigh the potential should be studied and drawn on. which may become more dangerous than negative impacts. However, legalization alcohol and cigarettes. Although it is hard [email protected] won’t end illegal pot , as a judge said when to overturn the legalization process, a grower got fined $700 as processed
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 9 US Calls on Countries to Maintain Sanctions on North Korea
ways to navigate around the sanctions that it has not been clear on when and how it imposed over the North's nuclear weapons will disarm. program. Pompeo said the U.S. is taking any Pompeo emphasized "the importance of infringement of the sanctions very seriously. maintaining diplomatic and economic "We have seen reports that Russia is pressure on North Korea to achieve the final, allowing for joint ventures with North fully verified denuclearization that DPRK has Korean firms and granting new work permits agreed to," using the initials of the North's to North Korean guest workers," Pompeo official name. said. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho "If these reports are proven accurate, and we said his country "stands firm in its have every reason to believe that they are, determination and commitment for that would be in violation "of U.N. sanctions." implementing" the terms of denuclearization he said. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, "in a responsible and good-faith manner." greets North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri At a meeting of regional foreign ministers in The minister said, however, that recent U.S. Yong-ho as they prepare for a group photo at Singapore Saturday, Pompeo and Ri attitudes are "alarming" and "go back to the the 25th ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat in approached each other during the "family old, far from its leader's intention." Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. photo," shook hands and exchanged a few The U.N. report said North Korea has had a words. The United States has urged countries to be "massive increase" of illegal ship-to-ship diligent in maintaining sanctions on North Pompeo said, "We should talk again, soon." transfers of oil products at sea to evade Korea. sanctions. "I agree," Ri said. "There are many Pyongyang, meanwhile, says it is alarmed by productive conversations to be had." The report also documented violations of a recent U.S. attitudes, but remains committed ban on North Korean exports, including coal, Following that exchange, the U.S. to its nuclear deal. iron and seafood which generate millions of ambassador to the Philippines gave Ri a U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on dollars of revenue for Pyongyang. letter from President Trump to North Korea countries Saturday to strictly enforce Chairman Kim. The White House said it was There are also indications that the North is sanctions on the isolated nation. His remarks a response to a letter Kim had written to continuing to build rockets and concerns followed the release of a United Nations Trump earlier in the week. report warning that North Korea has found ______
WHO: Yemen May Be on Verge of New Deadly Cholera Epidemic
Yemen has had two major waves of cholera "And, not only more cases because of that, epidemics in recent years. but even higher death rates among the cholera cases that do occur because people The World Health Organization reports that just do not have the physical resources to an increasing number of cases in several fight the disease any longer." heavily populated areas over the past few weeks indicate the country may be on the The United Nations is calling for three days cusp of a third major wave of this deadly of tranquility between August 4 and 6. It
disease. wants the warring parties to stop fighting FILE - A Yemeni woman suspected of being during this period so WHO and its partners WHO's emergency response chief, Peter infected with cholera receives treatment at a can carry out a massive oral cholera Salama, told VOA another cholera epidemic hospital in the capital Sanaa, July 24, 2018. vaccination campaign. is likely to be more life-threatening than the previous ones because the population is Salama said 3,000 health workers are being seriously weakened after three years of civil mobilized in three districts in northern GENEVA — The World Health Organization war. Fighting has been raging between the Yemen. Their aim is to vaccinate more than (WHO) warns Yemen may be on the verge of government and rebel forces. 500,000 individuals above the age of one. another cholera epidemic, which could be Last year, cholera cases in Yemen topped one deadlier than previous ones because of "What we are likely to see is that interplay million in the world's worst outbreak of the widespread malnutrition in the war-torn with cholera and malnutrition occurring disease. VOA country. more and more and food insecurity," he said.
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 10 Pope Remembers Paul VI, 'The Great Pope of Modernity'
At the Angelus, Pope Francis marks the open our existence to a broader horizon the servants must perform the tasks that 40th anniversary of the death of than the daily wories of feeding ourselves, the master has assigned them, to have his Montini, whom he will canonize on dressing ourselves, our jobs, and so on. benevolence. It's something we are all October 14th. Encounter with Jesus Therefore, turning to the crowd, he familiar with. Therefore, the crowd wants goes "beyond the immediate exclaims: "You seek me not because you Jesus to tell them what they need to do to satisfaction of material needs". God's have seen signs, but because you have please God. But Jesus gives an unexpected work does not consist in "doing" things, eaten of those loaves and have satiated" answer: "This is the work of God: believe but in "believing" in the One He has sent. (v.26). So he urges people to take a step in the One whom He has sent" (v. 29). The memorial of the dedication of the forward, to wonder about the meaning of Today, these words are also addressed to basilica of Saint Mary Major, "the Virgin the miracle, and not just to take advantage us: God's work does not consist in the Mary, Salus populi romani". of it ". 'doing' of things, but in 'believing' in the One he has sent; or rather, faith in Jesus Jesus "invites the crowd not to procure allows us to do the works of God. If we Vatican City allow (AsiaNews) - Pope ourselves to Francis be involved in commemorated the this 40th anniversay of relationship Pope Paul VI today of love and involking "a round trust with of applause" for Jesus, we will "this great pope of be able to do modernity" who good works died August 6, that have the 1978. Speaking to odour of the the pilgrims Gospel, for gathered in Saint the good and Peter's Square for the needs of the recital of the our brothers Angelus, before the and sisters". final greetings, he "The Lord - he added: "We concluded - remember him with invites us not such veneration to forget that, and gratitude, awaiting his canonization, food that does not last, but that which even though we need to worry about on October 14th. From heaven may he remains for eternal life (see v. 27). It is a material bread, it is even more important intercede for the Church that he loved so food that Jesus gives us every day: his to cultivate our relationship with him, to much and for peace in the world ". Word, his Body, his Blood. The crowd strengthen our faith in him, which is the" listens to the Lord's invitation, but does Previously, Francis paused to comment on bread of life ". To satiate our hunger for not understand its meaning ... Jesus' the Sunday gospel (18th per year, B, John truth, our hunger for justice, our hunger listeners think that He is asking them to 6: 24-35), which tells how people sought for love. May the Virgin Mary, on the day observe the precepts in order to obtain Jesus after the multiplication of the loaves. when we remember the dedication of the other miracles such as the multiplication "But to Jesus - he explains - it is not enough Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, the of the loaves. It is a common temptation, for people to look for him, he wants people Roman Salus populi, sustain us on our this, to reduce religion only to the practice to know him; he wants this search for him journey of faith and help us to abandon of laws, projecting the image of the and encounter with him to go beyond the ourselves with joy to God's plan on our relationship between the servants and immediate satisfaction of material needs. life". Jesus came to bring us something more, to their master on our relationship with God:
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TFC Press Release Fun and Bedlam Reigns in the Kingdom of the “Kusina Kings” chef-entrepreneur, while Ronnie is a klutz in (Miss Universe Philippines 2016 Maxine the kitchen. As their restaurant struggles to Medina (left) and Nathalie Hart (right) play take-off, Benjie takes on the Kusina Kings the love interests of Ronnie (Zanjoe Marudo) Challenge where they will be competing with and Benjie (Empoy Marquez) in “Kusina rival contender Gian Nyeam (Ryan Bang). Kings”) A pinch of culinary blunders, a dash of “Kusina Kings” is Marudo’s comeback to bizarre occurrences, a sprinkle of naughty comedy after his remarkable portrayals in humor, and a generous serving of comedic movies like 'Bromance' and 'Kimmy Dora' genius make a recipe for a sidesplitting, (2013) and 'My Illegal Wife' (2014). Marquez, gratifying movie. This comedic masterpiece meanwhile, continues to spread his box- is helmed by Victor Villanueva who directed office charm coming from his blockbuster the critically-acclaimed indie film ‘Patay na si hits last year, the suspense thriller “Bloody Hesus’ (Jesus is Dead). Crayons” and hit indie movie “Kita Kita.” Marudo said that he and Marquez have Villanueva admits that while his black talked about doing a project together and he comedy “Patay na si Hesus” went for a is glad that it is finally happening. deadpan style of humor, his first mainstream movie, “Kusina Kings,” wears its comedy on “Kusina Kings” also stars Tiny Corpuz, Jun its sleeve. He also reveals he drew Sabayton, Joma Labayen, Hyubs Azarcon, inspiration from anime shows like Cooking Nonong Ballinan, Nathalie Hart, and Miss Master Boy and Food Wars: Shokugeki no Universe Philippines 2016 Maxine Medina.
Soma. DALY CITY, Calif., August 1, 2018 -- TFC at “Kusina Kings” will be screening the Movies kicks off the month of August internationally in the following regions, with with a buffet of comedic proportions in their corresponding start dates: Brunei and “Kusina Kings” (Kitchen Kings) which starts Papua New Guinea (Aug 2), Saipan (Aug 3), screening August 2 in Brunei and Papua New U.S and Canada (Aug 3), Middle East (Aug 9). Guinea, August 3 in Saipan, the U.S. and Go to mytfc.com/kusinakings, Canada, and August 9 in the Middle East. emea.kapamilya.com, and Facebook page applicable for your country for a list of "Kusina Kings" tells the story of forever best theaters in your area. friends Ronnie (Zanjoe Marudo) and Benjie (Empoy Marquez), who have been buddies through good times and bad. Benjie is the ______On its 5th year, Filipino Loveteam LizQuen Continues to Soar
Last January, the pair went on a holiday to This even though “Bagani” is not in the Europe, visiting London, Paris and Madrid, comfort zone genre of LizQuen which is the among other major cities. Enrique has rom-com. “Bagani” is a stunt-laced, action- introduced Liza to his family in Spain who packed fantasy drama inspired by Filipino welcomed her with open arms. pre-colonial mythology. It has warriors, hunters and tribes in a war between the In March, not only did the pair celebrate defenders of the land called Sansinukob their 5th anniversary as an on-screen couple; under the benevolent god Apo and the they also officially confirmed what millions monsters that the evil god Sarimaw has
of LizQuen fans already fantasized: that they unleashed to conquer the land and its people. are “exclusively” dating in real life. This was HAPPY 5th! ABS-CBN TFC love team It is a visual delight with the swordfights, met with loud cheers and applause at the Lizquen’s (Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano) intrigues, sacrifice, manipulation, and yes, press conference that month for their ABS- celebrate their perfect moments on their 5th romance between the LizQuen’s characters, CBN fantaserye, “Bagani”. anniversary as an onscreen, and now Lakas (which means “strength” in Filipino) officially off-screen, couple. (Samsung And speaking of “Bagani”, LizQuen and Ganda (which means “beauty”). Philippines Facebook) continues to ride high as a loveteam with this From their beginnings in the now classic daily series which has registered rom-com series, “Forevermore”, to their MANILA, PHILIPPINES, July 23, 2018 – The consistently high ratings. The July 19 huge international box-office hit, “My Ex and year 2018 has been marked with key national ratings from Kantar Media Whys”, to their current hit, “Bagani”, the milestones both in the professional and Philippines showed “Bagani” ranking third journey of LizQuen has been one memorable personal lives of ABS-CBN The Filipino with ratings of 27.6% -- only ABS-CBN’s and beautiful moment after another. Channel (TFC) stars Enrique Gil and Liza phenomenal “FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano” and Soberano, known globally together as the flagship news program, “TV Patrol”, ranked Cheers and here’s to more years with this loveteam, LizQuen. higher. beloved international Filipino loveteam!
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Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 18 Conflict and Diplomacy on the High Seas
One-third of global maritime traffic. An estimated disputed reefs and islands. At best, China views while Beijing defended its actions. Obama $5 trillion in annual trade. Six claimant nations. U.N.-backed codes of maritime governance as responded by sending a guided-missile destroyer One body of water. And that’s just on the surface. incompatible with domestic laws; at worst, it sees to protect the Impeccable. them as instruments of Western hegemony Welcome to the South China Sea, the geographic Such incidents, engineered or otherwise, are designed to undercut its expanding influence as a commons of Southeast Asia’s navigable rimland. likely to continue defining the dispute as it unfolds world power. Its 3.5 million square kilometers of underlying in real time. Until broader questions of maritime bedrock contain oil and natural gas deposits that, On the horizon sovereignty are resolved, the waterway promises by official U.S. estimates, are at least equal to to remain a fulcrum upon which the geopolitics of If Asia’s astonishing economic growth of the past Mexico’s and, by some contested Chinese international trade, and thus the global economy, two decades continues, however, regional estimates, might be second only to Saudi Arabia’s. pivots. We’ll keep close tabs on developments stability will remain a matter of global Also home to lucrative fisheries and supply routes here as they occur. consequence. Beyond China’s increasingly that carry 80 percent of China’s crude imports, the assertive land grabs and island-building territorially disputed region may be the most campaigns—some 1,300 hectares of tiny islets strategically important waterway of the 21st have been landfilled to sustain mostly military century. infrastructure, including runways long enough to Tracing shorelines of sprawling, hard-to-govern accommodate bombers—low-level skirmishes archipelago nation-states to the south, the sea is between Chinese naval patrols and civilian fishing bound to the north by China, whose contentious fleets from neighboring countries could spark claims to more than 95 percent of the region— international conflict. first espoused by the nationalist government in In July, a five-judge panel in The Hague 1947—cite ancient maritime records. unanimously rejected the legal basis of nearly all of China’s maritime claims. Within weeks, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued a regulation stating a “clear legal basis for China to safeguard maritime order,” in which Beijing vowed to prosecute any foreigners found fishing or prospecting in disputed waters. Other means of settling complex territorial South China Sea disputes also appear ineffective. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ long-delayed code of conduct for the South China Sea, which Beijing officials said they would finalize in 2017, would Beyond a sign that says “Nansha is our national do little to resolve conflicting claims of land, sacred and inviolable,” Chinese troops patrol sovereignty. Much like the Hague-based tribunal’s artificial terrain in the Spratly Islands, which are ruling, any legally binding ASEAN declaration known as a Nansha in Mandarin, February 9, would lack meaningful mechanisms of 2016. enforcement. While the United States has long said it does not take an official position on South China Sea For centuries, these waters also have been vital to disputes, it steadily criticizes China’s behavior the economic survival of neighboring Vietnam, there and plans to expand defense alliances with Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines. countries that have overlapping claims. By 2021, The waters are also prized by regional non- U.S. Navy officials plan to expand the Pacific claimants. For U.S.-allied Japan and South Korea, Fleet’s overseas assigned forces by approximately situated far to the north, South China Sea shipping 30 percent. lanes provide access to trade-intensive waters of As President Donald Trump assumed office, some the Indian Ocean, via which more than half of their observers speculated that, like his immediate respective energy needs are met. For non- predecessors, he might be called upon quickly to claimant Indonesia, Natuna Sea fishing grounds handle another South China Sea crisis. Just along the southern fringe of the contested region months into his first term, former President hold vital natural gas reserves. George W. Bush faced an international dispute Many nations have urged Beijing to abide by the triggered by a midair collision between a U.S. spy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea plane and a Chinese fighter jet near Hainan Island. (UNCLOS), which sets maritime zones of control Less than seven weeks after former President based on coastlines. The United States, which has Barack Obama took office, Chinese ships and signed onto UNCLOS without ratifying it, often planes confronted the USNS Impeccable, a relies on the international agreement to settle surveillance ship in waters south of Hainan, and territorial disputes. China has refrained, invoking ordered it to leave. The U.S. said that it had the intertemporal laws based on the deep historical right to be there and that the ship was harassed, record, such as archaeological findings on
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 19 China - USA China Lashes Out as Retaliatory Moves Fail to Stop Trump Trade Actions
“They switched gear a bit because, I think, they impacts from the U.S.-China trade dispute. They realized that they have the weaker hand here in expect solid economic growth momentum amid terms of their ability to retaliate, partly because policy fine-tuning," it said. they import far less from the U.S. than the U.S. imports from China, but also [because] a portion of [goods] they import from China is, you know, high-tech that are quite difficult to import from elsewhere,” Julian Evans-Pritchard, senior China economist at Capital Economics told VOA. FILE - Shipping containers are seen on a cargo Washington says its actions are aimed at vessel at the Dachan Bay Terminals in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, July 12, 2018. correcting the level playing field because the U.S. suffers from a severe trade deficit in its business
with China. BEIJING — Chinese state media are reacting to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade actions against FILE - A clerk counts Chinese yuan and U.S. dollar China in diverse ways. While denouncing the U.S. Reassuring markets banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Taiyuan, China, Jan. 4, 2016. leader’s actions, Beijing is also using its media to Chinese officials are trying to reassure markets calm markets and express concern about the and the local population that the U.S. moves would impact on the Chinese economy. have little impact. Huang Libin, a spokesman for "Leading China's economy on a stable and far- An editorial in the Communist Party's People's the Ministry of Industry and Information reaching path, we have confidence and Daily said that by raising tariffs and then offering Technology recently said there has not been any determination," another commentary in the main negotiations, the Trump administration is trying significant impact on industrial output. edition of the People's Daily said. to use "carrot-and-stick diplomacy to bully China “We hear complaints from [Chinese] companies Another reason China is worried is because into unilateral trade concessions." The paper that U.S. clients have requested a suspension of Washington’s actions have come when the went on to say "China will eventually defeat the orders and deliveries, but so far it has had only a domestic Chinese economy is going through a bad trade blackmail of the U.S. and it is impossible to limited impact on the industrial sector,” he said. time. The last three months have seen a series of force China into surrender to the U.S. coercion." corporate defaults besmirching China’s However, a Chinese senior official attached to the reputation for many fewer loan defaults as country’s Supreme Court recently expressed compared to most developed countries. worry that the trade friction with the U.S. would “[The] economy is now slowing and balance result in bankruptcies for state-owned companies. sheets are coming under strain after they “It is hard to predict how this trade war will tightened monetary policy last year and pushed develop and to what extent,” Du Wanhua, deputy up borrowing costs. This is the main reason why director of an advisory committee to the Supreme we are seeing this uptrend in bankruptcies and People’s Court said in an article also in the uptrend in corporate bond defaults,” Evans-
People’s Daily. Pritchard said. “I think the main driver is domestic. FILE - White House National Economic Council Obviously, the U.S. tariffs won't help and they are “But one thing is sure: if the U.S. imposes tariffs on Director Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters at going to cause some damage,” he said. Chinese imports following an order of $60 billion, the White House in Washington, June 27, 2018. $200 billion, or even $500 billion, many Chinese In its latest report, Capital Economics said that it companies will go bankrupt,” he said. would be naive to dismiss the possibility of The state-run Global Times, responded to White financial instability given the rapid rise in debt House economic adviser Larry Kudlow's remarks levels in the country over the past decade. Chinese Ineffective retaliation that China should not underestimate Trump's banks face the grave emerging scenario of bad Beijing recently slapped additional duties ranging resolve, saying that China was not afraid of loans and non-performing assets weighing from five to 25 percent on $60 billion worth of "sacrificing short-term interests". "China has time heavily on their balance sheets, it said. to fight to the end. Time will prove that the U.S. American goods. This was in response to Trump By Saibal Dasgupta administration's proposal of a 25 percent tariff on eventually makes a fool of itself," the paper said.
$200 billion worth of Chinese imports. The official China Daily has joined government Experts said China has realized that retaliatory officials in an effort to reassure the market. action would not persuade the U.S. President to "Market participants foresee a relatively stable stop his trade actions. Chinese currency in the near term, without fear of
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 20 US Navy's Top Admiral Cites Increased Threat in Ocean Nearest Washington “We're talking about more (activity) than we've devices much like those used against U.S. ground seen in 25 years,” Richardson said. troops operating in Syria. U.S. officials worry that Moscow may try to use its Richardson said sailors had “absolutely” submarines to cut or tap into undersea cables that encountered Russian jamming devices while connect the two continents. operating in international waters. 2nd Fleet “This is an emerging part of our business now," he told VOA. Due to these increased complexities in the North Atlantic, the United States has recently FILE - Navy Admiral John Richardson reactivated a command to secure the ocean on its eastern coast. PENTAGON — Chinese military vessels are now operating in the Northern Atlantic, and Russian U.S. 2nd fleet helps fulfill new guidelines under submarines are prowling those same waters at a Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis’s National pace not seen since the end of the Cold War, the Defense Strategy, which makes great-power Navy’s top admiral told VOA (Voice of America) in competition, rather than terrorism, the primary an exclusive interview. focus of U.S. national security. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson The fleet was deactivated in 2011 because the said China's military movements from the North Navy needed the funds for acquisitions. It was Atlantic into the Mediterranean Sea is a "new reactivated in Norfolk on July 1. dynamic." (FILE - U.S. Navy, guided-missile destroyer USS Richardson will preside over the fleet’s formal Bulkeley participates in a replenishment-at-sea "Even five years ago, we wouldn't have seen establishment ceremony aboard an aircraft with fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall anything like this,” Richardson said. carrier in Norfolk on August 24. in the Gulf of Oman.) According to Richardson, the Chinese navy is a The 2nd Fleet commander will also head NATO’s global one that is both "ready and capable" of Joint Forces Command Norfolk. Richardson said operating wherever Beijing wants. the dual-hatted command structure allows the U.S. Admiral John Richardson and VOA reporter Carla and its allies to adapt together as they confront Babb at the Pentagon. “They're certainly a pacing competition for us in the rising Russian challenge. terms of the naval threat,” he told VOA. Richardson did not elaborate on how the jamming Russian jamming affects the Navy. Electronic warfare attacks have However, Chinese operations near the United the potential to disturb navigation and States' eastern shore are not as threatening as As the U.S. Navy adjusts its geographic commands, communication systems. Russian vessels lurking below the ocean’s surface. Richardson said it also must stay ahead in the NATO allies from North America to Europe are competitive realm of information warfare. “Those disruptive technologies…are really going increasingly concerned about the uptick of to be decisive in the future fight, and we've got to Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic. Navy sailors on the high seas are having to defend make sure that we're investing in those as well,” themselves from Russian electronic jamming Richardson said. VOA Carla Babb ______Indonesia Deadly Quake Kills 98 on Indonesian Resort Island
government hospital near Denpasar, Bali, neighboring Gili Islands as well as Bali, Sumbawa Indonesia August 5, 2018.) and parts of East Java. Much of the evacuation efforts are focused on the tiny Gili islands, three tiny vacation islands near Efforts have begun to evacuate more than a Lombok. Tourists lined up on the small beaches thousand foreign tourists from Indonesian resort early Monday waiting for the boats that would islands a day after a powerful earthquake killed at take them to the larger Lombok island. least 98 people and left more than 200 seriously injured. Indonesia's Garuda Airlines said it was adding extra flights from Lombok to accommodate Sunday's quake, recorded at magnitude 6.9 by the tourists seeking to leave. U.S. Geological Survey (revised down from 7.0), struck at a depth of 10.5 kilometers in the Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the northern part of Lombok, triggering a brief country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency, (Patients are seen outside a hospital following a tsunami warning. It was also felt on the strong earthquake on nearby Lombok island, at a Continued on next page 22 >>>
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 21 >>> Continued from page 21 pictures of the destruction on his Facebook page ran to the street and a large field outside the and said his 10th-floor hotel room shook violently mosque. We're still traumatized by the previous told reporters Monday that most of those killed and walls cracked. earthquake a few days ago which was also quite and injured were on the northern side of Lombok, large.” "It was quite impossible to stand up. Heard which sustained massive damage. screams," he wrote. "Came out, and made my way Last week, 17 people were killed when a 6.4- Nugroho says the death toll is expected to rise as down a staircase, while building was still shaking. magnitude earthquake hit Lombok. search and rescue crews reach more affected Power went out for a while. Lots of cracks, fallen Like Bali, Lombok is known for its pristine areas. He said no foreign tourists are among the doors." beaches and mountains. dead. Australia/s Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Indonesia is prone to earthquakes due to its Electricity was knocked out in several parts of the Dutton, was also on Lombok. He said he was location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire,'' an arc of city and patients were evacuated from the main knocked to the floor of his room on the 12th floor volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Ocean hospital. of a hotel . Basin. In December 2004, a magnitude-9.1 Singapore Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Mutya Aryani, a local resident in Sumbawa, told earthquake off Sumatra island triggered a Shanmugam, who was in the Lombok town of VOA by phone, “Most of people were at the tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen Mataram at the time of the quake. He posted mosque when the earthquake happened. People countries. ______
India UN Urges India Not to Strip Millions of People of Their Rights Lisa Schlein The U.N. refugee agency says it is too soon to Spokeswoman for the High Commissioner know the implications of India’s recent for Human Rights Ravina Shamdasani agrees decision to strip more than four million with the UNHCR it is premature to talk about people of their citizenship. People statelessness. But, she told VOA it is critical threatened with statelessness are those or for the Indian government to ensure that descendants of those who have arrived in whatever processes it carries out are done in Assam State after March 1971 when a transparent and non-discriminatory Bangladesh became independent. manner.
The prospect of what lies ahead is very “There must not be any disenfranchisement. worrisome for an organization that is They should ensure that people have access An activist holds a placard during a rally in campaigning to end statelessness globally to their basic services; that they are solidarity with those affected by the final for some 10 million people by 2024. UNHCR adequately informed about the policies, the draft of the National Register of Citizens spokesman William Spindler told VOA the situations and, if necessary, they have (NRC) in the northeastern state of Assam, in nationality status of those excluded is not yet avenues for legal redress," said Shamdasani. Kolkata, India, Aug. 1, 2018. clear. The U.N. agencies say they will be closely GENEVA — U.N. agencies are urging Indian “Many may ultimately be declared Indian monitoring the situation. They are urging the authorities to ensure that more than four citizens at the end of this process. At the Indian authorities to provide these millions million people threatened with statelessness same time, others may be at risk of of people living in limbo with all the retain their basic rights and access to statelessness... The process is still under way opportunities and help they need to file their services while their claims of citizenship are and we are appealing to the Indian claims for citizenship. VOA under review. authorities to ensure that even those who do not qualify for citizenship are not subject to deportation,” he said.
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 22 Bangladesh Student Protests Surge in Bangladesh Capital
Protests have flared repeatedly in Dhaka leaders has dominated Bangladesh's politics since two students were killed last week by for more than a decade. speeding buses. Zia's party has formally extended its support The pro-government activists, members of a to the protesters, but Hasina has also political youth league, also attacked at least reached out to the demonstrators by five journalists, including an Associated pledging to improve road safety. Press photographer who was briefly Unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles hospitalized with a head injury. Footage of and speeding buses are commonplace on the the attack on social media showed him Thousands of students join in a protest over roads in Bangladesh, where police surrounded and beaten by nearly a dozen recent traffic accidents that killed a boy and corruption is rife and traffic enforcement men in the city's Dhanmondi neighborhood. a girl, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 5, 2018. often nonexistent. At least 12,000 people die The protests have become a serious each year in road accidents in the country. DHAKA — Thousands of angry young people embarrassment to the government of Prime took to the streets of Bangladesh's capital The demonstrating students have stopped Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of a general again Sunday to demand safer streets, facing thousands of vehicles during the protests, election due in December. Her party is police firing tear gas and pro-government including those of top officials, demanding to blaming the main opposition, led by Prime activists who attacked them with clubs. see if the cars were registered and the Minister Khaleda Zia, for using the student drivers licensed. VOA anger to create chaos for political gains. Political feuding between the two political ______Slavery Survivor Recalls Trafficking Horrors Molina in New York City with the 2018 Disoriented and humiliated, Molina’s first Fashion for Freedom Award, a tribute to her weeks in the United States consisted of one advocacy for labor trafficking victims and for meal per day, 18-plus-hour shifts, and zero the “conscious consumerism movement” in communication with her family back home. the ethical fashion industry, according to Atop a shared mattress in a small storage Free the Slaves special projects manager room, she slept beside finely crafted dresses Allie Gardner. worth seemingly more than her dignity. Locked in the factory “What [Molina’s experience] reminds us is Labor trafficking survivor and movement that slavery isn’t something over there. It’s That first California winter, Molina endured leader Flor Molina received the 2018 something over here,” said Maurice verbal and physical abuse at the hands of her Fashion for Freedom Award in New York. Middleberg, executive director of Free the “boss,” a woman she described to VOA as old (Courtesy Anthony Cali) Slaves. and manipulative. The "boss" coerced Molina NEW YORK — “In this country, dogs have to work for her to repay her for smuggling “As long as it exists anywhere, we run the more rights than [you].” the then-26 year old into the U.S. risk of having the slave next door, the slave who’s serving us, the slave who’s working for Those are the words a Los Angeles-based Within the first week of Molina’s duties, her us. And I don’t think any decent American trafficker used to dehumanize Flor Molina, trafficker decided that arranging for Molina’s wants to be party to that,” Middleberg said. an immigrant from Puebla, Mexico, after commute and housing was wasting her time, locking her inside a sewing factory in January and that it would it be better if Molina slept From survivor to advocate 2002. in the factory. There was no shower there, Before she ever left Mexico, Molina suffered and Molina was denied a change of clothing. Nearly 17 years after her escape, Molina’s from depression, due to her newborn child’s She was forbidden from venturing outside or story is one of survival and overcoming steep death following a high-risk pregnancy. talking to anyone else in the building. odds to become a champion for victims of Unable to afford hospital expenses, she labor trafficking. It also underscores the “With trafficking, they take away what makes determined she would find a way to take care vulnerabilities migrants continue to face in you feel good about you,” Molina said, of her mother and remaining three children. 2018. describing her experience. “She started She was lured into an “opportunity,” she pulling my hair, pinching me, slapping me — thought, that would help her achieve her Over the weekend, Free the Slaves, an making me feel bad about my origin all the dream of owning a sewing business. advocacy organization dedicated to the time. Making me feel that I have no value.” eradication of global trafficking, honored Continued on next page 24
Monday, August 6, 2018 Saskatoon Asian Newsweek 23 Continued from page 23 She became involved with the Los Angeles- In the U.S., an estimated 403,000 people based Coalition to Abolish Slavery and continue to live in modern slavery, or 1.3 of But at the onset, she relinquished her Human Trafficking (CAST) and testified on every 1,000 people, according to a 2018 identification documents to the trafficker, behalf of two separate bills: the California report by the Global Slavery Index. “for [her] safety.” When conditions worsened Trafficking Victims Protection Act (AB 22), Worldwide, an estimated 24.9 out of 40.3 at the factory, the trafficker warned her that which made trafficking a crime in California million people living in modern slavery are no one would believe her story. After all, she in 2005, and the California Transparency in victims of forced labor. was an undocumented Spanish-speaker, and Supply Chains Act of 2010 (SB 659), which knew no one outside the factory. “It’s the most impoverished, the most required large retailers and manufacturers stigmatized, and marginalized — the people After incessantly pleading for permission to to disclose their efforts “to eradicate slavery who are most at-risk — that traffickers then attend church, combined with hardworking and human trafficking from their direct exploit,” Middleberg said. gestures to prove she “deserved” the supply chains.” opportunity, Molina was allowed to go. She “That’s certainly the case here in the United “We, as consumers, have a bigger would never return. States with undocumented immigrants right responsibility because we are the ones who now,” he added. “They deserve special Following her escape, Molina cooperated are paying for the goods,” Molina said. “We protection.” with federal authorities who were already have to make sure there’s no slavery in the investigating the garment factory. They supply chain.” VOA Ramon Taylor allowed her to remain in the United States In 2015, Molina was appointed by former under a T visa provided to certain victims of President Barack Obama to the U.S. Advisory human trafficking and qualifying family Council on Human Trafficking. Her efforts members. continue today.
______North Korea North Korea Stole Their Children
But that was enough to keep the abductees’ Obtaining information on the fate of the fate near Japan’s heart. To this day, the remaining 12 abductees has emerged as a victims’ families and support organizations top priority for Japanese Prime Minister regularly hold meetings and ask people to Shinzo Abe. Although North Korea says the sign petitions in their determination to issue has been resolved, Abe has met with prevent Japanese citizens from being U.S. President Donald Trump four times abducted by a foreign force again. since January 2017 and has raised the abductions at each meeting. In 2002, there was a partial breakthrough in the mystery when then-North Korean leader In early June, Trump promised, “We will try Kim Jong Il admitted that North Korean and bring those folks back home.” agents had abducted 13 Japanese citizens Abe has said Trump raised the issue at the WASHINGTON — As the United States and and allowed five of the abductees to return to U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, but North Korea engage in rare, high-level Japan. North Korea and Japan do not agree on there was no mention of it in an agreement diplomacy to resolve disputes over the the number of abductees. signed by Trump and North Korean leader North’s nuclear weapons program, there’s Identity theft Kim Jong Un. new attention focused on Pyongyang’s abduction of Japanese citizens four decades “The true motivation was identity theft,” Abe continues to push for direct talks with ago. said Masami Abe, a former Sankei Shimbun North Korea. “Of course, I wish to directly reporter who first raised the abduction issue face North Korea and talk with them so that Tokyo and Pyongyang have long been at in 1980. “North Korean spies used the the abduction problem can be resolved odds over the truth-really-is-stranger-than- victims’ identifications to pass themselves quickly,” Abe said. “To this end, I am fiction stories of abductions by North Korea off as Japanese nationals.” determined to take all possible means.” in the 1970s and 1980s, and what happened to the victims, most of them snatched from While many details of the abductions Robert Boynton, author of The Invitation- locations scattered on Japan’s western shore. remain unknown, victims who were released Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea’s testified that they were used to teach Abduction Project, holds out little hope that The 17 people identified as victims by the Japanese language and culture to North Abe will get his wish. Japanese government included college Korean spies, suggesting the abductions students, couples, a mother of toddlers, and “The North Koreans are very good at were part of North Korea’s espionage a teenager. In a nation known for conformity, playing the long game,” he said. "They’ll wait program. not one of them stood out for anything other until the generation that really cares most than disappearing. about the abductions dies off.” VOA
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Asian Community Information’s Bangladesh/ Community Association Malaysia/Embassy of Zakir Hossain 306-717-8234 195-A Bank Street, Suite 102 1-800-715-2075 Mahamudul Hasan Chowdhury 306-881-2610 Ottawa, ON K2P 1W7 613-777-0408 Bhutan/ Consulate of Mongolia / Embassy of 146 Yorkville Av, Toronto, ON M5R 1C2 (416) 960 3552 151 Slater St #503, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3 (613) 569-3830 Brunei /High Commission of Myanmar / Embassy of 395 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa, ON K1N 6R4 : (613) 234-5656 336 Island Park Dr, Ottawa, ON K1Y 0A7 (613) 232-9990 Cambodian/ Association of Nepal / Embassy of Darren Touch / Email: [email protected] (403) 402 9020 408 Queen St, Ottawa, ON K1R 5A7 (613) 680-5513 Chinese –Federation of Saskatoon :(604) 734-7492 Pakistan / Consulate General of 306-880-5638 3380 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3K3 306-880-0559 7880 Keele St #14, Concord, ON L4K 4G7 (905) 532-0042 Hong Kong /Embassy Canada Philippines (FILCAS) Association 306-653-4499 515 St. Patrick Street, Ontario, K1N 5H3 +613-7893434 115 3 Ave S, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1L7 306-292-6452 India / Canada cultural Association 306-384-8047 Singapore / Consulate of Kishore/ Pinky 206-280-0303 1700 - 1095 West Pender St, BC V6E 2M6, 1-604-622-5281 Indonesia/ Consulate General of Sri Lanka/ Consulate General of 1630 Alberni St, Vancouver, BC V6G 1A6 (604) 682-8855 301-36 Eglinton Av.W, Toronto,M4R 1A1 416 323 9133 Japan/ Embassy of Taiwan / Economic and Cultural Office +1-613-2315080 255 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9E6 (613) 241-8541 1960-45 O Connor St, World Ex. Plaza Ottawa +1-613-7626090 Korean Saskatoon Association Thailand / Royal Thai Embassy Pres. Kim Kanghyun 306-220-1068 180 Island Park Dr, Ottawa, ON K1Y 0A2 :(613) 722-4444 Macao/ Embassy of Vietnam / Saskatoon Association 306-374-6066 515 St.Patrick St,KIN 5H3, Ottawa +1-613-7893434 Trung Nguyen / Anh Dinh 306-374-8806 Chinese Language School [email protected] Korean Language School [email protected] Aden Bowman Collegiate t Aden Bowman Collegiate 306-381-3751 306-373-0368 Confucius Institute at the U. of S. 306-966-1200 Bangla Heritage Language School Rm 205, Arts Building, 9 Campus Drive, confucius.institute Aden Bowman Collegiate Sat. 10:30am – Web: confuciusinstitute.usask.ca @usask.ca http://www.bhlssaskatoon.org/ 1:00pm Saskatoon Chinese Christian Church [email protected] Korean Church of Saskatoon 2810 Louise Street, Saskatoon, SK S7J 0P4 306-373-1707 1602 Sommerfeld, Saskatoon, S7H 2S5 306-381-3996 Saskatoon Vision Korean Church 401-4th Ave, N. Saskatoon, S7K 2M4 306-281-6801
TWO-STOREY TOWNHOMES IN STONEBRIDGE 1312 to 1426 sq. ft. | 2 & 3 bedroom options | 2.5 bathrooms | Single or double attached garage Snow removal & yard maintenance provided
SHOW HOME: 51-115 Veltkamp Cres, Stonebridge VICTOR RD Mon to Thurs: 5 - 8 pm | Sat, Sun & Holidays: 1-5 pm HWY 11 For more information, text or call Daryl at 306.371.0777 or email HUNTER RD VELTKAMP CRES [email protected].
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