Nobel Peace Prize – Asia Times

Nobel Peace Prize winner Belo an alleged pedophile

by John McBeth October 5, 2022October 10, 2022

JAKARTA – A political bombshell could be about to explode over the deeply-Catholic state of Timor Leste following revelations that the Vatican covered up long-rumored accusations that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was a serial pedophile. The Vatican has now confirmed the 74-year-old Belo has been under disciplinary sanctions in Portugal […]

Myanmar military flexes and preens amid a bloodbath

by Bertil Lintner March 27, 2021April 5, 2021

Mensa Mirabilis: Trump’s three Peace Prizes

by Mike Phillips September 21, 2020September 21, 2020

Who deserves Peace Prize in a time of pandemic?

by Vijay Prashad June 16, 2020June 16, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi risks image defending Rohingya genocide

by Richard Sargent and Hla-Hla Htay December 8, 2019February 18, 2020

Mohammad Yunus created microfinance by experimenting with lending to poor women in Bangladesh. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Bangladesh, South Asia

Bangladesh continues defamation of Grameen Bank

by Sabria Chowdhury Balland November 20, 2019February 18, 2020

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan

Abe nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, pre-Kim summit

by Andrew Salmon February 16, 2019February 18, 2020

Nadia Murad (L) and Lamia Haji Bashar, public advocates for the Yazidi community in Iraq and survivors of sexual enslavement by the Islamic State jihadists, are awarded laureates of the 2016 Sakharov human rights prize at the European parliament in Strasbourg in 2016. Photo: AFP/ Frederick Florin

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, India, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Human Rights Day: fighting indifference with justice

by Vijay Prashad December 12, 2018

Malala Yousafzai with her father Ziauddin, who recently launched his book 'Let Her Fly' based on her rise to become an activist for girls' education and his struggle in a patriarchal society. Twitter @Malala

Afghanistan, India, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Malala’s father talks about his book ‘Let Her Fly’

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Is Trump set to give away the store in Korea?

by Bradley K. Martin October 7, 2018February 18, 2020

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies before the House Armed Services Committee. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

All roads lead to Singapore, but will Trump undo Mattis?

by Richard A. Bitzinger June 12, 2018

Iranians burn an image of US President Donald Trump during an anti-US demonstration outside the former US embassy headquarters in the capital Tehran on May 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Atta Kenare

AT Finance, Iran, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Is Trump getting ready to take home the Nobel Peace Prize?

by George Koo May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attend a banquet on the Peace House at the truce village of Panmunjom. Photo: Press Pool/via Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Denuclearization premiums and discounts

by William Pesek April 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Inside a Catholic church in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, World

Tiny Vatican City under pressure from Asian giant

by Xuan Loc Doan February 16, 2018

Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi pays her respects to her late father as Myanmar marks the 70th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2017. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

The ties that bind Suu Kyi’s hands

by Bertil Lintner October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint a press conference with Sweden's prime minister on June 12, 2017, in Stockholm. Photo: AFP / Jonathan Nackstrand

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, World

The deep complexities of Suu Kyi’s fall from grace

by Xuan Loc Doan September 20, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin make a statement after talks at the Kremlin on July 4, 2017. Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Why it’s difficult to trust China or Russia

by Todd Royal July 20, 2017

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is seen in this undated photo released by his family. Photo: Handout via Reuters

The two sides of late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

by George Koo July 17, 2017

This file handout photo released by the Liu family and taken on October 22, 2002 shows Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia in Beijing. China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Xiaobo died on July 13, 2017, aged 61. Image: Agence France-Presse / Liu Family Handout

Beijing, China, France, Germany, World

China’s Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies aged 61

by Becky Davis July 13, 2017February 18, 2020

'Free Liu Xiaobo' will be one of the themes at this year's July 1 protest march. Photo: Asia Times

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

‘Free Liu Xiaobo’ cries to go up at annual July 1 protest

by Asia Times staff June 28, 2017February 18, 2020

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