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Malaysia policing mobile porn
Malaysia has launched a crackdown on porn
stored on mobile phones, with police authorised to carry
out random spot checks to catch culprits, a report said
on Monday. 31-8-2005
Thai PM asked to curb casual sex among youth
Academics have called on Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra to spearhead attempts to tackle what
they call an increasing trend among Thai youths to
indulge in casual sex, saying the problem must be
treated as a national agenda.
24-8-2005
American arrested in Philippine cybersex raid
Philippine police arrested a 39-year-old
American man after raiding a "cybersex" den he was
suspected of running near a former US airforce base
north of the capital Manila, officials said on Tuesday.
24-8-2005
Indonesia: 67 foreigners nabbed for prostitution
Jakarta Police have nabbed 67 female
foreigners for allegedly working as prostitutes at
entertainment centers, beauty salons and sauna houses,
police spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono said on Wednesday.
24-8-2005
'Former cop' on sex charges in Thailand
An Australian man claiming to be a former
police officer has been charged with sexually abusing an
under-age girl from the northern Thai province of Chiang
Rai, police said overnight.
24-8-2005
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
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
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
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
Philippines' officials at a loss over lack of laws to combat cybersex
Without a
legal definition in the statute books, senators and law
enforcers are at a loss as to how to attack the
burgeoning problem of online pornography or cybersex.
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
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
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
'Comfort women' seek apology anew
Filipino women who allegedly forced into
prostitution by Japanese troops during World War II
renewed on Sunday their demand for compensation and an
apology from Japan, saying Tokyo would never gain the
world's respect unless it admits-and pays for-the crime.
15-8-2005
Justice eludes Filipino "comfort women" 60 years after war's end
Priscilla
Bartonico shivered and tears welled in her eyes as she
recalled that afternoon in 1943 when two Japanese
soldiers barged into the family's thatched house in the
eastern Philippine province of Leyte and took her away.
12-8-2005
Thailand OKs gay, transsexual soldiers
Thailand on Wednesday removed
restrictions on gays and transsexuals serving in the
military. Thailand has a draft but gays and transsexuals
have been barred from serving under the "mental
disorder" exemption. 11-8-2005
Singapore striving to prove that life begins at 40
Singapore turned
40 this week in the midst of a makeover designed to
reposition itself as an arts and entertainment hub to
rival some of the most vibrant capitals around the
world. 11-8-2005
Philippines: 200,000 Pinoys now offering cyber sex
Manila More than
200,000 Filipinos - women, men and possibly children -
are offering sex via the Internet, Catanduanes Rep.
Joseph Santiago revealed Sunday.
9-8-2005
Homosexuality: Daring to care in Thailand
Yutthachai Preeyamas feels comfortable
with his sexual orientation, and is accepted by his
family and friends as a 'Man Who Have Sex with Men,' or
MSM. But when the 27-year-old went to see a doctor with
a rectal problem, he was surprised by the doctor's
reaction. 9-8-2005
Phuket's sex trade eyes Andamans
Is the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on the
fast lane to becoming the next best alternative to
Phuket's sex industry?
7-8-2005
Mobile porn craze in Cambodia
A teenage craze for sending doctored
naked images of female celebrities to each other by
mobile phones has led to a demand by a Cambodian
minister for government action against pornography.
6-8-2005
Vietnamese domestic workers in Taiwan: Voices crying for help
Many young
Vietnamese went to Taiwan seeking for a better life,
seduced by the Japanese movie "Osin" in which a maid
saved money and managed to make a new life for herself
after a difficult indentured life. But the reality, as
Viet Tide reports, turns out far worst than the movie,
and in many cases, tragic.
1-8-2005
Commentary
Dispelling ignorance and disinformation on Thailand's sex industry
Whenever one
tries to understand any of the tragedies and injustices
that beset this tired old world, one encounters many
barriers. High on the list of these are ignorance and
its first cousin, deliberate disinformation.
30-7-2005
Thai monk caught tricking women into sex
A defrocked Buddhist novice who roasted a
baby to create a powerful ghost has been arrested for
allegedly tricking women into giving him cash and sex
during useless animist rituals, according to police and
anti-corruption officials.
29-7-2005
Commentary
The tourists who fuel a Thai tragedy
Australia should be helping to clean up
the devastating sex trade it is driving, says Amanda
Fairweather. 29-7-2005
'China dolls' in Malaysia on valid passes, say police
Police are
finding their hands tied in acting against the "China
dolls" offering their favours for a fee to elderly men
in the Manjung district.
27-7-2005
Thailand: Man held for nude photos on internet
A man was arrested Sunday by the Crime
against Children, Juvenile and Women Suppression
Division (CCSD) for posting nude pictures and the
telephone number of a girl on the internet.
27-7-2005
Burma's HIV threat overshadows political instability
While
political reform in Burma is set to dominate next week's
meeting of South-east Asian foreign ministers in Laos, a
deadlier subject, HIV spread in the region, cries for
attention. 24-7-2005
In the world of human trafficking, Vietnam remains a 'supply country'
While visiting Saigon last December I
asked a group of well-educated young women for their
thoughts on Vietnamese women being sold abroad. Their
answers were surprisingly tempered.
24-7-2005
Philippines tagged as destination of US child sex tourists
Washington
identified the Philippines as a known destination of
child sex tourists from the United States, a report by
the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said
Thursday. 24-7-2005
Gays in Singapore gather to pray in nation that outlaws homosexuality
In a
country where homosexual sex is punishable by prison
time and the government bans gay-themed parties, the
Free Community Church stands out. It is the only place
of Christian worship willing to accept gays and lesbians
in Singapore. 23-7-2005
Vietnamese bride forced into prostitution by Malaysian husband
When
Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Hong Que married a Malaysian, she
was looking forward to a happy life; but her dreams were
dashed when she was forced by her husband to work as a
guest relations officer at a karaoke lounge in Petaling
Jaya. 23-7-2005
Filipino labor attaché in Japan faces probe for sexual harassment
A Filipino
labor attaché in Osaka, Japan is under investigation
after a female administrative assistant complained of
"unwelcome advances," Labor Secretary Patricia Sto.
Tomas said in a statement Tuesday.
20-7-2005
Foreign sex workers posing threat to stability of Malaysian families
Malaysia has
witnessed a sharp increase in foreign sex workers in
recent months and they are now posing a threat to the
stability of Malaysian families.
19-7-2005
Men's clinic fills sexual-health niche in Thailand
Different sexual orientations have
disparate problems when it comes to sexually related
diseases and sexual health. And while there are many
medical
clinics geared towards heterosexuals, none has specialised
in the broader social group known as "men
who have sex with men". But that changed when
a clinic focusing on homosexuals, bisexuals and
straight male prostitutes whose customers are gay opened last year.
19-7-2005
Religious oppression: Sex bomb in the Asian city
Young people who
blow themselves and other people up in the name of Islam
are not "fundamentalists"; on the contrary, they are
rebelling against the tight-assed fundaments of their
religion. It is the sexual repression of their parents,
teachers and religious leaders that is screwing them up
- and innocent people are paying the price.
16-7-2005
Religion and same-sex marriage in Thai terms
The endorsement by the Spanish parliament
of same-sex marriage has turned Spain into the third
country in the European Union that recognises the rights
of homosexual couples, after the Netherlands and
Belgium. 15-7-2005
Thailand: Young Muslims facing high risk of being infected with HIV
AIDS is spreading
among young women in the southern provinces because
condom use contravenes religious beliefs and there is
little sex education, which puts young Muslims at
high-risk of infection, an HIV/AIDS prevention worker in
the South said. 14-7-2005
Sex tourism gains US Congressional attention
G&F Tours
specializes in sex travel, a type of international
tourism that guides travelers to international brothels,
massage parlors and bars where prostitution is legal or
ignored by police. 12-7-2005
Malaysia's rights commission seeks crackdown on trafficking of females
Malaysia must
make new laws and work closer with countries such as
Thailand, India and the Philippines to stop women from
being trafficked into the country for prostitution and
other illegal work, the national human rights board
said. 12-7-2005
Taking a second look at gay and lesbian studies in Asia
A moment in
February 2003 helped define what Indonesia's sexual
minorities are up against: academies that are against
opening their doors to serious examination of that
Muslim country's culture of gays, lesbians and
transgender people. 9-7-2005
Meet on Asian gay communities begins
Transsexual movie actors and anti-gay
discrimination were among the topics on the agenda in
Bangkok on Thursday at the opening of the first-ever
international conference on Asia's gay, lesbian and
transgender communities.
9-7-2005
Sex education lagging and ineffective in Malaysia
Rhetoric and
'dramatic' steps are no solutions to a problem. When
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi recently announced
that 'sex focused' articles, questions and answer
columns and advertisements featured in the print media
were prohibited, one wonders what is the real rationale
behind this order. 8-7-2005
 Exploring
Singapore's Invisible Trade
Welcome to the very real, largely hidden,
and often surreal world of high-class sex for sale in
Singapore, where the sexual desires of this tiny island
run the gamut from simple missionary zeal to the
cracking of the whip. 1-7-2005
First international conference on Asian 'queer' studies comes to Bangkok
Next week
Bangkok will play host to one of the world's largest
gatherings of scholars, human rights activists, artists
and film-makers involved in researching and documenting
Asian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered,
transsexual, bisexual and queer (LGBTQ) cultures.
30-6-2005
A doctoral thesis on Thai wives
A few years ago, when Hannu Sirkkilä was
on what was his first and so far only tourist visit to
Thailand, he quickly observed an interesting fact: a
considerable number of Western men going around with a
Thai woman. 23-6-2005
'Naughty' Net users warned in Malaysia
Heads of department have been directed to
throw the book at "naughty" civil servants who misuse
Government computers. These are staff who download music
and movies, send personal messages via the Internet and
surfing porn sites. 22-6-2005
Malaysia: Divorce via SMS valid, but...
Selangor Deputy Mufti Datuk Abdul Majid
Omar said pronouncing a divorce using the Short Message
Service (SMS) method is valid because it is similar to
doing it by letter. 22-6-2005
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.
Child prostitution in Cebu alarming - ILO
There are more child prostitutes in
Cebu City than in the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu,
last year's study of the International Labor
Organization-International Program for the Elimination
of Child Labor (ILO-IPECL) revealed.
Singapore bans Benetton magazine for sexual content
The latest edition of a magazine
published by Italian fashion house Benetton has been
banned in Singapore because of its explicit sexual
content, the government's media regulator said on
Thursday.
Cambodia
brushes off being added to US human trafficking blacklist
Cambodia's Prime
Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday shrugged off the kingdom's
addition to a US blacklist of the world's worst human
trafficking violators. Cambodia, notorious mostly for
child sex trafficking, joined North Korea and Myanmar on
the "Tier 3" blacklist.
Singapore
gay party to be held in Phuket
One of Asia's most popular
international gay and lesbian festivals will be moved
from Singapore to Phuket this year after the Singapore
police turned down an application for a permit to stage
the party, organisers said yesterday.
Philippines
vows to tighten curbs on human trafficking
The Philipppine government said on
Sunday it was doing its best to curb human trafficking
in the country, which remains on the US State
Department's watch list of nations failing to make
progress in eliminating the global problem.
Vietnam women in Taiwan 'abused'
A Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest
in Taiwan is providing shelter and assistance to around
20 women who claim to have been raped or sexually
assaulted by two labour brokers. Up to 50 female
overseas workers in Taiwan could have been victims of
the men, who run an employment agency in Tainan.
Indonesia takes aim at pornography, indecency
Irked by rampant cases of rape,
sexual assault and abuse, the government will launch a
campaign next month to combat pornography and indecency,
with children and youth being the target. The plan comes
despite the fact that the definition of pornography
remains debatable in the predominantly Muslim
nation.
Four jailed in
Malaysia for nude dancing
Four women were charged at the
magistrate's court here yesterday with dancing nude at a
nightclub in Damansara Utama. The four, aged 23 to 32
(whose names are withheld), face up to three months in
jail or a fine, for stripping at the China Town Nite
Club.
Philippines official seeks to bar access of students to porn websites
Senator
Manuel Villar Wednesday filed a bill requiring schools
with Internet access to install software that will block
pornographic websites. Villar filed Senate Bill (SB) 751
as he expressed alarm over the increasing amount of
pornography as well as violence in the
Internet.
Killings
of adult site operators in the Philippines raises questions
Two Dutch
nationals who ran adult websites were gunned down by
police this week during a raid on their offices in the
Philippines, despite the fact that no law exists barring
such sites. Brothers Willen and Hendrikus Von Engelburg
both died while being treated for gunshot wounds at a
nearby medical center.
Vietnam's
'social evils' campaign busts Korean-run prostitution ring
The 46-year-old
man, named Ko Kab Ok, was detained as he boarded a
flight to Seoul on Monday for questioning about sex
trade at a lounge named Cheers Karaoke Bar at the
Heritage Hotel on De La Thanh Street in Hanoi that he
owns, the Hanoi Police-run An Ninh Thu Do
reported.
Islamic
leader: End talk of sex
A Muslim leader in
Thailand's South has called for an end to talk about
soldiers having sexual relations with local Muslim
women. Abdullahman Abdulsomat, chairman of the
Narathiwat Islamic Committee, said he did not want the
matter to be further touched upon, to protect the
dignity of Muslim women.
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