China arrests 6 monks in Jomda County
China has arrested four monks of Wara Monastery in Thangpu Township, Jomda County (Ch: Jiangda xian) in Chamdo Prefecture, “Tibet Autonomous Region” (‘TA
China cracks down on widespread stimulus-linked graft
China disclosed widespread corruption Thursday linked to its 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus, announcing that thousands of officials have been punished for taking bribes, embezzlement and other abuses
NKorea warns of war if punished for ship sinking
South Korea accused North Korea on Thursday of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country’s worst military disaster since the Korean War
Buddha Park all set for inauguration by the Dalai Lama
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar traveled to Dharamsala and met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and formally invited the Tibetan leader to visit Patna to inaugurate the proposed Buddha Memorial Park in Patna. “Who can be better suited
The joy of activism: Tenzin Tsundue
In the early 1980s, when a government contractor arrived in the Gharwal Himalayas armed with chain-saws to fell trees for ‘urban development’, hundreds of women from