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...when we began planning our East Asian summer vacation, it was no surprise that culinary aspects took center stage. We quickly established one guiding principle: our hotels could be low budget, but under no circumstances would we skimp on the food. No less than the best dishes China and Japan had to offer would suffice...
...Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has promised that politics will not influence the outcome of the trial. But any link to such a lurid murder can't be good news for Malaysia's ruling party. The case will likely continue over the next couple months, just as the southeast Asian nation celebrates 50 years of independence. With local newspapers covering the case with unprecedented enthusiasm, Malaysians can look forward to a most salacious summer...
...loyal wife who, despite allegations of her husband's involvement in the plot, has worn a T-shirt to the murder trial that says "Mrs. Abdul Razak Baginda" on the front, "and proud of it" on the back. Welcome to what may be the most sensational case in an Asian courtroom today...
Malaysia, a tidy Southeast Asian nation that is often held up as a model of a Muslim-majority democracy, doesn't usually play host to a murder trial that seems better suited to an episode of The Sopranos. But the political implications of the death of model-turned-interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu last October have riveted this country of 25 million, leading some to doubt the succession hopes of the current Deputy Prime Minister. For others, the trial, which opened on June 18, will serve as a bellwether of the integrity of Malaysia's legal system and its burgeoning press. Last...
Nothing can rattle the cool, calm demeanor of Shoichi Nakagawa as quickly as mention of Japan's World War II abuses committed against "comfort women" -those citizens of captive Asian nations forced into prostitution by the Japanese military. The conservative No. 3 man in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) can't hide his annoyance at the resolution, currently nearing a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, calling on Japan's Prime Minister to fully apologize for its role in abusing the "comfort women...