Introducing
model Tiara Lestar This month's Dutch Penthouse
magazine features 13 great photos of 23 year
old Indonesian beauty Tiara Lestar (a/k/a:
Amara). Penthouse says that in the Far East she
is considered an international supermodel; the
new Naomi Campbell of Asia.
21-8-2005
Made
in China Westerners are increasingly
adopting Chinese babies and orphans
Singapore: She sells sex toys For those
who don't know her, Madam Jenny Lee has a business
that's bound to raise eyebrows. The 40-year-old works in
one of the notorious lorongs of Geylang.
22-8-2005
Vietnam's global human trafficking an inhuman epidemic The "Tale of Kieu"
is relevant to contemporary Vietnam because, two
centuries after it was penned, it still tells the story
of the Vietnamese people. In order to save their
families from destitution, Kieu's contemporaries sell
themselves en masse - except now they are doing so on
the global stage. 22-8-2005
Sex: Singapore turns to delivery of another kind With one eye on the sagging birthrate,
and the other on its reputation as a safe, clean and
prosperous nation, the government has come up with a
plan to establish Singapore as Asia's premier "education
hub." 22-8-2005
Improving life of sex workers in India The Tamilnadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) will
soon launch a series of training programmes for sex
workers in the State in an effort to supplement their
income and better their living.
22-8-2005
Bahrain: Baker sheltered runaway housemaid for prostitution A Baker
who allowed a prostitute to use his Muharraq flat to
meet clients has been jailed for six months. A runaway
housemaid who turned prostitute and operated out of the
flat has been jailed for three months.
22-8-2005
Myanmar steps up fight against human trafficking Myanmar is stepping up its fight against
human trafficking by finalizing the draft of a new law
on prevention against human trafficking, Thursday's
state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported.
22-8-2005
Nun or prostitute? Tibet's women face few choices It's evening in Shigatse
and the lights are coming on. In the Chinese district of
the Tibetan mountain town, strings of fairy lights
flicker around rows of shopfronts where women perch
waiting for customers and men stumble out from backroom
corridors. 19-8-2005
Massive Asian gay fest hits snag Asia's biggest LGBT festival, already
moved from Singapore, now is facing opposition in its
new home, the popular gay Thai resort of Phuket.
19-8-2005
Cambodia: Rich countries blamed for porn Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on
Tuesday castigated countries producing pornographic
films for fuelling a teenage craze for sending doctored
naked images of female celebrities by mobile telephone.
19-8-2005
Thailand: Let's talk about sex Montira
Chudabuddhi believes that teenagers need guidance on
sexual matters. The Internet and other kinds of media
like radio, magazines, comic books and short movies can
help serve this purpose.
18-8-2005
Thai sex tycoon-turned-politician denied US visa A flamboyant
Thai sex industry tycoon who became a member of
Parliament confirmed Thursday he has been denied a visa
to the United States, saying he may have been barred for
formerly running a string of massage parlors.
18-8-2005
Sex obsession in Indian media garners call for rating system Should
newspapers be classified on the basis of sexually
explicit material contained in them? A Public Interest
Litigation (PIL) raising this question was on Thursday
taken up for hearing by the Supreme Court.
18-8-2005
\US: Lawsuit challenges 'anti-prostitution' clause in AIDS prevention The most
recent move by the Bush administration has been to
require that international groups providing family
planning and HIV prevention activities certify that they
have a policy "explicitly opposing prostitution." That
policy has been challenged in a lawsuit filed against
the U.S. Agency for International Development.
18-8-2005
Shanghai University to offer gay studies A university in Shanghai is offering
China's first class on homosexuality and gay culture and
several hundred students have applied for the 100
openings, a professor in charge of the course said
Tuesday. 17-8-2005
India: The road to ruin Auntie Noorie, a middle-aged eunuch from
the hijra transgender community of Chennai - the huge
south Indian port-city - is in great demand. For the
loneliest of India's lonely hearts, there's no better
matchmaker. 17-8-2005
Asian neighbors not amused by Japan's selective memory This week, as it
solemnly marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World
War II, Japan is - once again - demonstrating a greater
capacity to forget than to remember. And in doing so, it
is promising to generate further conflict with its Asian
neighbors, especially China and the two Koreas.
17-8-2005
Bush hurts women when he nixes funds for UN As she waits for
word on whether President Bush will fund the UN
Population Fund this year, Pat Orvis lays out her
reasons for the United States to make good on all its UN
obligations. The arrears, she says, cost women their
health and their lives.
17-8-2005
Foreign wives to get legal aid in Korea Permanent residency status will be given
to foreigners who have divorced their Korean husbands
from next month if they have stayed for more than two
years in the country, officials said Tuesday.
17-8-2005
Bluetooth helps Saudis break taboos The restaurant, like all Riyadh eateries,
has taken precautions to prevent its male and female
diners from seeing or contacting each other.Circular
white walls surround each table in the family section,
open only to women alone or women accompanied by close
male relatives. Other male diners are on lower floors.
16-8-2005
The first-ever Mr Afghanistan Khosraw Basheri feverishly pumped iron
for years, toning his body so it rippled with muscle and
veins. His hard work paid off when he claimed a historic
title in his war-battered country - Mr Afghanistan.
16-8-2005
India's match making: Made in heaven or sex-driven? As demure
25-year-old Nisha walked into the room under the
scrutinising gaze of strangers, little did she suspect
that this arranged marriage proposal would result in
much trauma a few months later.
16-8-2005
Turkey: Porn cinema comes to an end Perhaps the world's only porn cinema to
be located in a former parliamentary meeting place is to
be closed down in the southern Turkey city of Antakya,
reports said on Saturday.
16-8-2005
Philippines: Child abuse rising but victims afraid to report Cases of child
molestation caused by the rampant selling of
pornographic video and reading materials could be on the
rise, but authorities have no way of checking, because
the victims do not complain to them.
16-8-2005
Over 100 groups urge Bush to enforce anti-prostitution policies In a joint
letter to President Bush, over 100 women's, health and
policy organizations have urged him to protect victims
of human trafficking and "stand firm on legislation and
policies that require groups receiving certain federal
grants to provide written assurance that they oppose
prostitution."
16-8-2005
