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You would think that the first requirement in reporting a natural disaster would be getting the name of the geographical location right, especially in the case of an

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

The recently concluded U.S.–China human rights dialogue presents an opportunity to reflect on the nature of bilateral engagement with China. Just as intended when such d

So after months of rumors and a couple of false reports, Kim Jong-il finally departed for China. This time his visit produced a palpable irritation in Seoul. Suspicions about Pyongyang's involvement in the Cheonan disaster

On a remote hillside, a Tibetan woman mourns for her mother as flames consume hundreds of bodies in a mass cremation of the dead after a devastating earthq

The young as well as the elderly know their dialect in Kyegu. It is a town where people end their conversations with traditional blessings, “Tse Ring,” May you

When I saw photographs of the tough, determined looking monks digging through the ruins of Kyegu town, I was struck by a sense of helplessness and frustration. Probably, some of you readers felt that way too. I wanted to be out there with those mo

On April 14, 2010, a massive earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck the Land of Snow. Jyekundo and the region around it bore the brunt of the disaster. As o

I have often described Kyegu as an old American western frontier town to friends in San Francisco, an association as arbitrary as the names given to Kyegu by the media in the days since the earthquake in Tibet. On the morning of April 1

The 6.9 magnitude earthquake that ravaged eastern Tibet’s Kyegundo on April 14 has brought to sharp relief the region’s contentious place in China’s geopolit