Central
Asia: What's being done about AIDS?
Sasha is a 33-year-old drug user who lives in the Kazakh city of Almaty.
Two years ago, he was diagnosed with AIDS. At that time, he says, the situation
seemed hopeless. 12-31-2004
Porn
VCD sent to Hyderabad based forensic lab
The VCD of a porn movie, purportedly featuring former Jammu beauty queen
Anara Gupta, which was seized by the police has been sent to Hyderabad-based
forensic lab to ascertain its authenticity, police sources said in Jammu. 12-30-2004
Ahmednagar
sex workers donate money
Sex workers in Ahmednagar and the district have come forward to donate over
Rs 13,000 -- their day's earning -- as a humanitarian gesture for those
affected by Tsunami tidal waves in southern India. 12-29-2004
HIV
infections build in Uzbekistan as prostitution flourishes
The 30-year-old prostitute refuses to give her name. She says she
discovered she was infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, roughly two
years ago. 12-29-2004
1 Out of 6
Korean students experiences sexual harassment: Survey
About one out of six students, or 15.9 percent, have experienced sexual
harassment in schools, according to a survey released by the Ministry of Gender
Equality on Wednesday. 12-29-2004
Anara
Gupta's family approaches NHRC
Alleging that they were tortured by Jammu and Kashmir police for several
days, the family of the main accused in the porn CD case Anara Gupta today
approached NHRC seeking a CBI probe into the matter. 12-28-2004
HK young people
more conservative towards sex
A recent survey finds Hong Kong young people have become more conservative
in their attitude on sex - with an increasing number of them disapproving of
divorce, abortion, pre-marital sex and multiple sex partners. 12-28-2004
China shuts
down 1,287 porn and cult websites
China has shut down 1,287 websites which spread "harmful information" on
religious cults, superstition and pornography, a government Internet watchdog
said Monday. 12-28-2004
Thai
man jailed and caned for prostitution
A 33-year-old Thai man was jailed for one year and six months with
three strokes of the cane for having lived in part off the earnings of three
Thai prostitutes, before the Bandar Magistrates' Court yesterday. 12-28-2004
Crackdown
on porn surfers in Raipur
Cyber cafes doubled surfing rates as Chhattisgarh police began a crackdown
on users of pornography websites here. 12-28-2004
Anara
case: NCW asks Home Minister to ensure "proper probe"
Concerned over allegations of police torture levelled by family members of
main accused in the porn CD case Anara Gupta, National Commission for Women
(NCW) today asked Home Minister Shivraj Patil to enure a "proper probe", if
need be by the CBI, so that their faith in the investigation was
restored. 12-27-2004
The
trafficking trap persists in border towns
A Burmese woman sits on the wooden floor of a small room in Ranong, a
Thai town bordering southern-most Burma. Over the sound of a whirring fan, the
18-year-old who is just over four feet tall recounts her past. 12-27-2004
Jharkhand
govt to approach CBI over website porn links
Taking serious note of a website registered as www.Jharkhand.Com in
America, having links to pornographic material, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun
Munda today said his government would approach the CBI to trace the source and
its origin. 12-27-2004
Israeli
ministry to restrict porn on mobile phones
Israel's Communications Ministry said Sunday it amended licenses for mobile
phone operators to restrict access to pornographic services following
complaints that too many children were exposed to erotic material. 12-26-2004
Indian
court gives bail to teenager in sex video scandal
A teenager who sparked a national scandal after using a camera phone to
film himself having oral sex was granted bail Wednesday despite prosecution
demands he be put in psychiatric care for showing "animal
instincts." 12-26-2004
Cyber
cafes open up to curb porn
Cyber cafe owners across the city are getting wiser to customers accessing
pornographic sites and even at the cost of privacy, several of the cafes are
taking steps to curb such activity. However, the absence of a proper monitoring
system still means the Net is used for accessing porn. 12-26-2004
No sure
solution in prostitution fight
Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas admitted Sunday that the government
cannot do anything about Filipino entertainers who practice the oldest
profession in Japan as Tokyo employs a stricter policy to curb human
trafficking starting next year. 12-26-2004
Teen
sex video sold online exposes changes in India
It was a private act of two hormone-charged teenagers that lasted 2 minutes
and 37 seconds on digital video. 12-26-2004
Sex
and scandal in the world’s fastest growing mobile market
Modern technology is showing up “traditional” values in India as snatched
shots from mobile telephone cameras inspire heated debate, voyeuristic
television shows and three arrests. 12-26-2004
China starts to
introduce more puberty sex knowledge books
China has recently introduced its first cartoon book series on puberty and
sex education from the Republic of Korea. 12-25-2004
A porn
site named Jharkhand
An accidental discovery of an adult site - www.jharkhand.com - registered
in America has got the state police working overtime to get the site blocked. 12-25-2004
US
gov't effort to stem human trafficking helps very few
She could be a Thai woman who thought she was coming to the United
States to be a housekeeper but, under threats of bodily harm to her and her
loved ones, wait on her masters hand-and-foot 18 to 20 hours a day, seven days
a week. 12-17-2004
Japan requested
to cancel Lee's visa
China yesterday urged Japan to cancel a visa for a former Taiwan leader
to avoid damaging its ties with China, warning that Lee Teng-hui would promote
"Taiwan independence." 12-17-2004
Crusader
takes on criminals to 'rescue' sex workers
For the past eight years, Pierre Legros refused to be cowed by the
death threats that often followed his mission - helping to free girls and women
trapped in Cambodia's sex industry. But now, the Frenchman has a reason to
pause. 12-17-2004
Thailand
links up with ASEAN to battle human trafficking
The 5th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial
meeting on social welfare and development kicked off in Bangkok today with a
pledge to stamp out human trafficking throughout the region. 12-17-2004
MMS
porn concerns MPs
A Lok Sabha MP Thursday asked the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry
to set up a committee to examine the peddling of pornography through MMS. 12-17-2004
Management
college in India inundated with porn mail
The Bhubaneswar-based Xavier Institute of Management has been trying to
manage a strange case lately, with little success. 12-17-2004
Cops
to arrest DPS 'porn-maker' kid
After the arrest of an IIT-Kharagpur student for peddling the infamous DPS
pornographic MMS clip online, Delhi Police are now gunning for the standard XI
student who shot the clip. 12-16-2004
DPS
sex scandal: IIT student remanded to three day
A Delhi court on Thursday remanded IIT student Ravi Raj, arrested for
allegedly transmitting the infamous DPS R K Puram sex clip through Internet, to
police custody for three days. 12-16-2004
Japanese
rent-a-doll blows hooker market wide open
It's hard to tell whether it's a condemnation of Japanese men or
Japanese women, but workers in one of the fastest-growing sectors of the
country's thriving call girl market are all absolute dolls - really, according
to Spa!. 12-16-2004
China slams
Japan over wartime sex abuse
China called on Japan to face up to its military's wartime use of sex
slaves after a Tokyo court rejected a lawsuit by four elderly Chinese women who
said they were raped repeatedly by Japanese soldiers. 12-16-2004
Buying
or selling porn in India means trouble
The MMS sex clip involving two Delhi Public School students has opened a
Pandora's box. The 2.37-minute clip was passed from one phone to another and it
reached all over the country and even abroad. 12-16-2004
Bazee
school-sex video seller is an IIT student
A meticulous piece of cross-country sleuthing—from Delhi to Mumbai to West
Bengal—into the online sale of a school-sex cellphone video led to the dramatic
Tuesday-evening arrest of a scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Kharagpur. 12-16-2004
China moves to
ban late term abortions
One of the world's least controlled abortion regimes will be tightened next
month, when the Chinese city of Guiyang introduces a pilot programme aimed at
halting the widespread termination of female foetuses. 12-16-2004
Nude Pamela
Anderson poses for China censor
A naked Pamela Anderson will beckon from Chinese billboards in a new
anti-fur campaign -- if the former "Baywatch" star can get past the
censors. 12-16-2004
Singapore
exporting its baby-making fragrances
Fragrances aimed at getting Singaporeans in the mood for love will soon
be sold abroad, after being used in a government-backed campaign aimed at
boosting the city-state's declining birth rate. 12-16-2004
Philippine
gov't urged to step up anti-human trafficking efforts
The United States Wednesday urged the Philippine government to exert
more efforts in the fight against human trafficking. 12-16-2004
Disabled
Iranian faces execution
Iran plans to execute a mentally disabled 19-year-old woman for "acts
contrary to chastity," alleged crimes stemming from her having been forced into
prostitution as a child, Amnesty International says. 12-15-2004
IIT
student arrested in porn video case
A student of IIT, Kharagpur was on Tuesday arrested by the Delhi Police in
connection with the online sale of obscene mobile phone video clips featuring
two Delhi Public School (DPS) students, which had created a sensation in the
city and triggered off debate on the misuse of information technology by school
children. 12-15-2004
Malaysia's
political princess a rare liberal gadfly
She has a title and a famous father, but among Asia's political
princesses Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir is something of a rebel. 12-15-2004
Neil Bush:
Goodwill ambassador or sex tourist?
Neil Bush was best-known for his role in the collapse of the Silverado
Savings and Loan. But we have come to find out, he is actually the romeo of the
Bush family. 12-15-2004
In
denial of a human trafficking problem
I must say that this headline really grabbed my attention: Malaysian
brothel unearthed in pigsty (Asian Gazette Gazette, Dec 10). At first
glance, it sounded like something really kinky was going on in our Malaysian
backwoods. 12-15-2004
Wartime sex
slaves' compensation bid rejected
An appeal by four elderly Chinese women forced to become sex slaves for
Japanese soldiers during World War Two was rejected today by a court in Japan
that said the current government wasn’t responsible for the atrocities
committed by wartime rulers. 12-15-2004
Study suggests
sex education poor in Japan
The revelation that 11.4 percent of high school students who have had
sexual intercourse do not know they have been infected with chlamydia has
highlighted the need to review sex education. 12-15-2004
Thailand
to seek int'l cooperation against internet pornography
Thailand will ask for international cooperation to fight against
internet pornography, local press reported on Wednesday. 12-15-2004
US
urges Cambodia to support police action on human trafficking
The United States has urged Cambodia to praise and support, not punish,
a policewoman who led the rescue of 84 female sex trafficking victims from a
brothel. 12-15-2004
Mentally-ill
girl who was sold for sex faces death penalty in Iran
A teenage girl with a mental age of eight is facing the death penalty for
prostitution in Iran. The trial comes only four months after the hanging of
another mentally ill girl for sex before marriage in a case that has prompted a
human rights lawyer to prepare a charge of wrongful execution against the
presiding judge. 12-14-2004
'Girls
sent illegally to UAE forced into prostitution'
The Government has advised the Labour Ministry to take immediate measures
to meet the potential dangers of Indian girls sent illegally to Dubai and other
countries and forced into prostitution, the Lok Sabha was informed today. 12-14-2004
TV show to
unmask sexual taboo
China's first nationally-televised show about sex will get participants
talking freely but allow them to wear masks to avoid embarrassment, a state-run
Chinese newspaper said on Tuesday. 12-2-2004
Marriages in
China - without sex
A matchmaking bureau has been set up in eastern China offering platonic
marriages to people who want a spouse but don't want the sex, a news report
said Monday. 12-14-2004
Porn web site
operators sentenced in China
Porn web site operators stood on trial in four district courts in Guangzhou
on Monday on charges of spreading pornographic material on the Internet. 12-14-2004
 Japanese
men lapping up new foam pillow
Japanese men who want to rest their weary heads this Christmas season
are finding comfort in the lap of a woman - made of foam. The torso-less "lap
pillow" stands upright like a small cushion and resembles a woman's legs in a
miniskirt. 12-14-2004
Ex-TV announcer
caught filming up girl's skirt
A former announcer of Higashi Nippon Broadcasting Co. who used a video
camera to secretly film up a high school student's skirt has been arrested,
police said. 12-14-2004
Man arrested
for pulling schoolgirls' pants down and taking pictures
A jobless man who pulled down the pants of two girls in an elementary
school playground here and took photos of the lower parts of their bodies after
offering to pay them 1,000 yen, has been arrested, police said Tuesday. 12-14-2004
Female officers
to interview sexual assault victims
The National Police Agency announced Tuesday its plan to protect the
rights of sexual assault victims while apologizing for the mishandling of the
recent gang rape committed by some 42 high school students in Miryang, South
Kyongsang Province. 12-14-2004
Vietnam
cracks down on sex trade, targets under-18s
Vietnam has banned hotels, restaurants, massage parlours and Internet
cafes from employing people under the age of 18 as it moves to crack down on
widespread prostitution, state media reported on Tuesday. 12-14-2004
Singapore
police stop gay holiday party
Police in Singapore have refused to grant a permit for a gay holiday
circuit party because it is "against the moral values" of the country's
population. 12-14-2004
3
QC minors rescued from Sta. Ignacia prostitution den
Three female minors, who all happen to be from Quezon City, were rescue
by combined police operatives from a suspected prostitution den in Sta.
Ignacia, a town some 10 kilometers northwest of this city. 12-14-2004
Sex
clip: Cops probe portal, Palika sales
A team of Delhi Police Crime Branch today reached Mumbai to investigate the
sale and tansmission of the MMS clip involving two students of Delhi Public
School in a sexual act. 12-13-2004
 China
awaits crowning of Miss Plastic Surgery
China will soon host the finals of the country's first beauty contest in
which every contestant has gone under the knife. A competitor in China's first
artificial beauty pageant receives final touches before the opening
presentation in Beijing December 12, 2004. 12-13-2004
Journey into
artificial beauty
It is 9:30 am on a Friday morning. A dozen patients are sitting in the
waiting room of the plastic surgery section of Beijing Union Medical College
Hospital: a 50-year-old woman accompanied by her daughter, a 12-year-old girl
and a 10-year-old boy with their parents, a pretty lady in her 30s, a
middle-aged man. 12-13-2004
Raunchy manga
concerns Japanese parents
Tokyo housewife Yoshimi says she got the fright of her life when she
had a look at the type of manga her 12-year-old daughter was reading. "I
started shaking in terror from the moment I turned the page. I never dreamed my
daughter was reading such a shocking manga." 12-13-2004
Thailand,
setting the standard for sex changes
American Robert Higgins was just a toddler when he first longed to be a
woman. Fifty years later that dream has become a reality with the help of
surgeons half a world away, in Thailand. 12-13-2004
Murali
wants CBI probe into sex scandal case
The popularity of the Oommen Chandy government in Kerala has hit rockbottom
in the wake of sexual abuse charges against Industries Minister P K
Kunhalikutty, senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan said on Sunday and
demanded a CBI probe into the entire episode to clear all doubts. 12-13-2004
USFK in drive
to cut crimes
The U.S. Forces Korea has been mounting a concerted effort to maintain
strong military readiness and to mitigate any friction with the local community
by toughening measures on drinking and driving and cracking down on offenses
related to prostitution. 12-13-2004
North Korea
reportedly revises criminal codes
Though North Korea is generally regarded as a dictatorial state, the
country does have a long-standing criminal code, and now Pyeongyang is
undertaking a number legal reforms to adapt laws to be more market
friendly. 12-13-2004
Law
blamed for illegal abortion rise among Asians in New Zealand
A law change forcing thousands of foreign fee-paying students and
visitors to pay for health services is feared to be behind a rise in illegal
abortions. Since October 30 last year, people on student or visitor visas have
been ineligible for free health care - meaning they must pay $1000-$1500 for an
abortion. 12-13-2004
The
4th Taiwan International Documentary Festival: A sweet and sour slice
Independent filmmaker Thunska Pansittivorakul knows too well the
long-rooted stereotypes about Thailand and Thai films -- the beach, the sex
industry, the lush countryside and the beautiful images of ancient
grandeur. 12-13-2004
Asian
honour crimes conference, London
As many as six unexplained deaths in Brent and Harrow could be
reinvestigated under a Crown Prosecution Service crackdown on so-called "honour
crimes" in Asian communites announced this week. 12-13-2004
'If
she doesn't have Aids already, she will get it'
The string of flickering lightbulbs above my head is swaying gently in
the evening breeze, struggling to illuminate the neat row of giggling Cambodian
schoolgirls lined up in front of me like fragile porcelain dolls. 12-12-2004
Miss
Overtly Charming Barza Muslim Sister
Miss Overtly Charming Muslim Sister sat on a wooden armchair with a cherry
finish. “Assalamu Alaikum!”, she said. Is that not the over-generalized,
watered down Arabic phrase Muslims utter to wish “peace” upon each other? 12-12-2004
Israel
reviews fathers' custody rights
The Israel Ministry of Health and the Israel Ministry of Justice are now
taking a hard, serious look at the benefits of joint custody in the Jewish
state. 12-12-2004
Sex-starved
Japanese wives get men on prescription
Champions of conventional concepts of matrimony may well be shocked --
dismayed, even -- by the current slew of stories in Japanese magazines
detailing just how likely the nation's married women are to have sex outside
their marriages. 12-12-2004
80
rescued sex workers kidnapped in Cambodia
About 30 men and women, some armed with handguns, attacked a shelter in
Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, and kidnapped more than 80 sex workers whom
authorities had rescued earlier this week, a newspaper reported
yesterday. 12-12-2004
Korean sexual
assault case provokes uproar
Police have arrested 12 high school boys and booked 29 other students
from Miryang, South Kyongsang Province, on charges of sexual assaults on five
middle school girls. 12-12-2004
U.S.
demands Cambodian action in sex trafficking case
The top U.S. diplomat in charge of combating trafficking in people
demanded on Friday that Cambodia free 91 women and children abducted from a
shelter a day after police had rescued them from a brothel. 12-12-2004
Cambodian
monks in bizarre scandal
A Buddhist monk was disrobed after he attempted to engineer his
superior's sacking by hiring a sultry singer to claim his rival had slept with
her, religious officials said. 12-12-2004
Malaysian
police probe sex allegations at elephant shelter
Malaysian police were investigating allegations that foreign volunteers
at an elephant shelter had been raped or sexually assaulted in the past few
years, a report said Sunday. 12-12-2004
Malaysian
boy rapes cousin after watching porn
A 12-year-old boy allegedly raped his four-year-old cousin at a
sugarcane plantation here, after watching a pornographic movie. He was arrested
and will be remanded until Monday. The incident on Tuesday was detected after
the girl complained of pain in her private parts. 12-12-2004
Jammu
porn suspect cries police pressure
Former Miss Jammu Anara Gupta has retracted her confessional statements,
saying these were made under police pressure. Anara, who was barred by Jammu
and Kashmir High Court from speaking to the media about a fortnight ago, made
the retraction in the form of a petition filed in court yesterday. 12-10-2004
Doctor
does sex-change op 'live'
Thailand's renowned plastic surgeon Preecha Tiewtranon performed a
sex-change operation live on videoconference on Friday before an audience of 35
visiting doctors in Bangkok to attend Asia's first sex-reassignment
workshop. 12-10-2004
Hooters a hit
in Shanghai
The owl may be the logo found on the sign outside Hooters, which opened
recently in the crowded Shanghai City Centre, but the US restaurant chain's
true trademark found inside - is its scantily-clad waitresses. 12-10-2004
Russia:
high rates of marriage and divorce
Russians are No 1 in the rate of marriage, divorce, abortions and children
in residential care, a U.N. survey of more than two dozen nations
concludes. 12-10-2004
 Kyoko's
nude spread shows metamorphosis from breaststroke to butterfly
Olympic gold medallist Kyoko Iwasaki has bared it all for the
cameras...sort of, according to Asahi Geino. Iwasaki had Japan smitten 12 years
ago when aged just 14 she became the country's youngest ever women's swimming
Olympic champion in a shock and gushed, "this is the happiest I've ever been in
my life up until now.". 12-10-2004
Newly-weds
paraded nude for not seeking parents' consent
A newly wed man and wife were on Thursday paraded naked for daring to tie
the knot last week without the consent of their parents in a village in Khunti
subdivision of Jharkhand, according to police sources. 12-10-2004
Iranian
film wins top award in India
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's "Beautiful City," a grim tale of a sister
trying to save her brother from a death sentence, won the top honor Thursday at
the International Film Festival of India. 12-10-2004
Shanghai
rejects Playboy club
Authorities in Shanghai said today they had rejected an application to open
a Playboy club in China's largest city. The rejection came only a day after the
Chinese joint venture company of the US group had announced plans to open the
venue. 12-9-2004
China to stop
massages below the shoulders
Guangzhou is to forbid masseuses in beauty salons from massaging customers
below the shoulders. The move is aimed at preventing prostitution. This is the
first time the city has issued service guidelines for hair and beauty
salons. 12-9-2004
Thais
to perform first live sex change operation
Thai surgeons will perform the world's first live sex change operation
on Friday in an attempt to boost the country's booming cosmetic surgery
industry. 12-9-2004
Malaysian
brothel unearthed in pigsty
The authorities in Malaysia have closed down a brothel that was
operating from a disused pigsty. Police moved in after women in Tanjung Sepat
village reported seeing their husbands making regular visits to the sty, for no
apparent reason. 12-9-2004
Jammu
'porn queen' sues police
Former Miss Jammu Anara Gupta, who was involved in a pornography scandal,
has filed a Rs 1 crore suit against the Jammu and Kashmir police for "coercing"
her to make confessional statements. 12-9-2004
Pakistan:
Marriages made in hell
At an Islamabad women's refuge, with an address cloaked in secrecy and a
perimeter guarded by barbed wire, 21-year-old Sharzia - whose name has been
changed to protect her identity - broke down in tears as she described the
horror of her forced marriage. 12-9-2004
Israeli
lawmakers welcome directive on rights for same-sex couples
Many members of the political establishment yesterday welcomed Attorney
General Menachem Mazuz's directive under which the state will recognize
same-sex couples when it came to issues of money and property. 12-9-2004
China faces up
to Aids challenge
In a picturesque village of bamboo huts near China's border with Burma,
37-year-old Sha Wang complains he has been sick for over a year. "I always feel
tired, and I can't work in the fields. I haven't been to the doctor as I don't
have any money," he said. 12-9-2004
Randy Japanese
pensioner busted for stalking high school girl
An elderly man who stalked a high school girl 52 years younger than
himself and persistently asked her to date him has been arrested, police
said. 12-9-2004
University
soccer team red carded for gang raping schoolgirl
A whopping 15 members of the university club were arrested Dec. 1 for
gang-raping a 15-year-old schoolgirl. Allegedly leading the pack rape was
defender Takashi Hamano, who was arrested for breaking the Child Welfare
Law. 12-9-2004
Russia:
14-year-olds allowed to marry
Local lawmakers in the central Russian region of Oriol have approved a new
law permitting marriage from the age of 14, four years earlier than the age
recommended - but not strictly mandated - by federal legislation, an official
said today. 12-9-2004
New Korean name
for condom too close for comfort
South Korea has shelved a plan to replace the English word for condom
with a Korean word after a string of complaints from people with identical or
similar sounding names. 12-8-2004
When
sex gets out of the cupboard
It is an episode that has stirred the roots of Indian society: two senior
students of a prestigious private school in Delhi indulged in an intimate
sexual act in the chemistry laboratory. 12-8-2004
Japan adopts
action plan against human trafficking
Japan adopted an action plan today, aimed at preventing human
trafficking, following the release of a U.S. report this year that accused
Tokyo of not doing enough to protect its ''thousands of victims of sexual
slavery''. 12-8-2004
Human
trafficking on alarming rise through 14 border points of 6 districts
Incidents of trafficking of women and children rose alarmingly through 14
border points of six districts in southwestern region recently. Bangladesh
Development Partnership Centre (BDPC), an NGO revealed this after a survey
conducted for 16 months. 12-8-2004
Playboy's
Shanghai 'Lifestyle Club' plan may stall
Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s plan to open a "lifestyle club" in Shanghai next
year won't be approved, the Beijing Morning Post newspaper reported today,
citing an unidentified official from Shanghai's Commerce Bureau. 12-7-2004
From Bangkoking
backpackers to L.A. lays, callgirls Japan's latest sexport
Much of Japan was shocked earlier this year after the U.S. State
Department listed the country as a prime destination for female sex slaves, but
being the export powerhouse that it is, Japanese women selling their bodies
overseas are making sure it's not all one-way traffick, according to Spa!.
. 12-7-2004
Anti-trafficking
plan targets fake nuptials in Japan
Japan wants to get off rights 'watch list' with stricter laws. Tokyo
intends to crack down on sham marriages as part of its plan to eradicate the
human trafficking of foreign women, sources said over the weekend. 12-7-2004
Asian
suicides may be 'honour' killings
The deaths and disappearances of hundreds of Asian women are to be reviewed
to ensure they were not victims of "honour" killings. The suicide rate among
Asian women is almost three times that of the general population. 12-7-2004
Revisionist
text author to join Saitama education board
The Saitama Prefectural Government will nominate to its board of
education one of the authors of a controversial history textbook criticized for
having a nationalist bias, it was learned Monday. 12-7-2004
Pakistan:
Civil society role central to combat human trafficking
Given the lack of economic and human resources in Pakistan, civil society
should shoulder the responsibility of reducing human trafficking by developing
skills and employment opportunities in general, and for victims in particular,
anti-trafficking activists say. 12-7-2004
Human
trafficking: It can happen to you
Women and children are the leading victims of trafficking. Often, they
are trafficked by someone they know - either a relative, a neighbour or a
friend. 12-7-2004
From
Russia, for love
Those who hear Katerina Sheridan's story wonder how she could have been so
foolish. How could she marry a man she hardly knew and go to a land she had
never seen? 12-6-2004
Tokyo police
crack down on sex ads
Tokyo police may soon bring charges against tabloid newspapers and
men's magazines that run ads for illegal sex services, Mainichi Shimbun
reported Monday. 12-6-2004
Rapacious
Japanese pantie collector mounts one snatch too many
Fukuoka fuzz got the shock of their lives when a routine license check
ended up delivering into their hands a notorious purloiner of putrid panties,
according to Shukan Jitsuwa. 12-6-2004
Russian
commercial envoy downplays prostitution allegations
Valeri Shlyamin, the commercial representative of the Russian Federation in
Finland, says that the suspicions of pimping directed at two Russian diplomats
stationed in Helsinki are "strange". 12-6-2004
Anti-sex
trafficking group slams cops for abuse
An anti-sex trafficking group yesterday castigated the Philippine National
Police for the "despicable treatment" suffered by prostituted women in the
hands of policemen who allegedly use the women for sex before arresting them
for vagrancy or for engaging in lascivious acts. 12-6-2004
FIA
proposes changes in human trafficking ordinance
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has proposed to amend the Preventive
Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance (PCHTO) of 2002 for the introduction of
effective prosecution services against human traffickers, FIA sources told
Daily Times on Friday. 12-6-2004
Indian
police rescues eight minors forced into prostitution
Police in Mumbai on Friday rescued eight minor girls, forced into
prostitution racket, from a red light area. Police said the girls, from
tribal-dominated states of Jharkhand and Orissa, were below 16 years of age. 12-6-2004
Six of
a family jailed over sexual exploitation bid in India
A local court has convicted six members of a family for trying to sexually
exploit the wife of one of the accused. The complainant's husband, his sister,
two brothers and their wives were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for
compelling her to have sexual relations with the male members of the family and
torturing her following her refusal to do so. 12-6-2004
Saudi
sex-change ruling is talk of the town
A judge in Saudi Arabia has provoked controversy within the strictly
Islamic kingdom by ruling in favour of a transsexual whose scandalised family
tried to strip him of half his inheritance after he became a woman. 12-5-2004
Playboy to open
club in Shanghai, a first for China
Iconic brand Playboy plans to open a club in China's commercial capital of
Shanghai - a first for the communist nation which still bans the company's
flagship men's magazine. 12-5-2004
Porn
CDs case: Hunt begins for MLA, three others
The Jammu Kashmir police is looking for an MLA and three other people in
connection with the production of porn CDs featuring a local girl - Miss Jammu
2001, Anara Gupta. 12-5-2004
Coming late
night sex TV show expected to be embraced by Chinese
"The Mask," the late night TV talk show dealing with sex-related issues
that will premier in China on Jan. 1, may find a receptive audience. The
half-hour program will explore various issues from common Chinese people's
daily sex lives. A group of experts on hand to offer advice. 12-5-2004
Singapore
may start testing couples for HIV
Couples in Singapore may face mandatory HIV tests before marrying,
Singapore media reported on Sunday, a week after the government said all
pregnant women would be screened for HIV/Aids to stem a rise in new
infections. 12-5-2004
Living large in
Asia - Rent-free
With salaries higher than their Western counterparts, unbounded
entertainment options, killer sound systems and frenetic nightlife scenes,
Asian 20-somethings are on the leading edge of urban chic — if they don't mind
living with Mom and Dad. 12-5-2004
A
caring society?
Kuppu is a grandmother who is about 60 years old. Some years ago, her
husband left her for another woman. But she had plenty of other things to think
about. Her daughter, son-in-law and their five children were living with her.
Kuppu helped look after them. 12-5-2004
Singapore's
lovers are 'too tired for sex'
Married couples in Singapore are too tired to have sex, according to a
survey published on Sunday in the city-state, which is facing a chronic
shortage of babies. 12-5-2004
China reveals
data on HIV and gay men
China has released an official estimate of its gay population for the first
time, in what many see as the first steps towards improving treatment of
lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the Asian country. 12-3-2004
Makati
bans ads with nude models
Billboards with nude or scantily-clad models in objectionable or
sexually suggestive poses are now banned in Makati. The Makati City Council has
passed an ordinance requiring advertisers to secure a special permit from the
city government before installing billboards in the city. 12-3-2004
Human
trafficking has swelled in Pakistan since 9/11, says Basharat
Human trafficking is an extreme form of irregular migration causing
concerns in governments throughout the world, said Muhammad Basharat Raja, the
provincial minister of Law and Local Government. Mr Raja was addressing a
seminar titled ‘Pakistan Thematic Group on Human Trafficking’. 12-3-2004
US
helps Vietnam combat human trafficking
The US embassy has revealed its Government's decision to channel
155,000 USD through the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to help
combat trafficking of persons in Viet Nam, according to a press release made
available to VNA on Thursday. 12-3-2004
 Playboy
chooses Asian co-ed for college girls edition
University of Maryland sophomore Yen Hoang is featured in the special
"Girls of the ACC" issue of the magazine, one of four Maryland women featured
alongside 34 others from the 10 other conference schools. 12-2-2004
TV show to
unmask sexual taboo
China's first nationally-televised show about sex will get participants
talking freely but allow them to wear masks to avoid embarrassment, a state-run
Chinese newspaper said on Tuesday. 12-2-2004
Thai
teenage sex education vital, say activists
On a recent Friday afternoon, the students at a secondary school on the
outskirts of this town in northern Thailand took a break from their books to
watch a play that produced steady bursts of laughter. 12-2-2004
Japanese
official apologizes for remarks about textbooks
Japan’s education minister apologized Tuesday for praising history
textbooks that barely mention Japanese atrocities during the last century,
saying he should not have expressed his personal opinion. 12-2-2004
Iran's
growing AIDS crisis shifts from the needle to the bed
Health experts warned that Iran's growing AIDS problem was moving away from
drug users and into the bedroom, and appealed to mullah authorities to go
further in breaking a taboo over all things sexual. 12-2-2004
Save
"Leila" from execution in Iran
Imagine you are a 19 year old woman, faces imminent execution in Iran. What
childhood you have had has been marred with physical and sexual abuse from the
age of 8, giving birth to your first child at the age of 9. 12-2-2004
Battle
to beat Pakistan's Aids taboo
Pakistan is a good example of a country that is learning fast but late
about the threat of HIV/Aids. Unlike India, recorded prevalence in Pakistan is
small and the authorities are working to keep it that way. 12-2-2004
New
Light for Pakistan HIV sufferers
Nazir Masih is HIV positive and has been for more than a decade. He is one
of few Pakistanis willing to talk candidly about a still highly taboo subject.
After being diagnosed in 1990, Nazir adopted a new mission in life as founder
of the Aids charity New Light. 12-2-2004
Rate
of HIV infection doubles in Philippines
The rate of new infections with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
that causes AIDS has doubled in the Philippines as the disease spreads beyond
sex workers to the public, the Health Department warned on Wednesday. 12-2-2004
Tamil
sex workers observe World AIDS Day
Hundreds of sex workers and homosexuals participated in a street march here
on Wednesday to spread awareness about the dangers of AIDS on the occasion of
World Aids Day. 12-2-2004
South
Asia rallies on World Aids Day
Thousands of people have taken to streets in South Asia to mark World Aids
Day. India, which is second only to South Africa for HIV infections, announced
a major health awareness campaign and will distribute 1.5bn condoms. 12-2-2004
 World
AIDS Day
When the entire world observes World AIDS Day today, we ought to know
the increase in the number of HIV affected people in the world and its
consequences. A stark truth reveals that India has the second largest ADS/HIV
cases in the world nearly 4 million. 12-1-2004
Asia
marks World AIDS Day
Activists, entertainers and health workers gathered across Asia to mark
World AIDS Day on Wednesday amid warnings that the risk of catching the disease
is rising for women and girls. 12-1-2004
Asia
women's next obstacle: AIDS
The new epicenter of the global AIDS pandemic is Asia, and its new
faces are Asia's young girls and women. This was highlighted by a recent United
Nations report on HIV/AIDS and the theme of World AIDS Day 2004, which is
today, "Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS." 12-1-2004
AIDS
experts say focus on sex industry
Ignoring the sex industry will allow AIDS to spread unchecked, aid
workers said Tuesday at a conference aimed at fighting the pandemic in
Asia-Pacific, where even discussing sex is taboo in many countries. 12-1-2004
Women:
Champions in the fight against HIV/AIDS - Kofi Annan
In his message on World AIDS Day - Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the
United Nations pays a glowing tribute to women for their role in combatting
HIV/AIDS and calls them the most courageous and creative champions in the fight
against the epidemic. 12-1-2004
World
AIDS Day focusses on women, girls and HIV/AIDS
World AIDS Day is an annual campaign to raise awareness of HIV AIDS
worldwide and stimulate appropriate remedial action. It was first observed on
December 01, 1988 following a recommendation by a summit of world health
ministers. 12-1-2004
Central
Asia: HIV infections mount in Uzbekistan as prostitution rises
The 30-year-old prostitute refuses to give her name. She says she
discovered she was infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, roughly two
years ago. 12-1-2004
 Dehli
schoolboy porn-maker 'sold' clips
So, there's yet another interesting revelation in the infamous pornographic
mobile phone video case involving two Delhi Public School students, for which
both of them were expelled. The boy "sold the clip" to his batch mates for "Rs
100 each," a "close friend" reveals. 12-1-2004
Missing
Thai teenager turns up in porn video
A fruit vendor who had not seen her 16-year-old runaway daughter since
August saw her on Friday - in a sex video left near her street market stall, a
news report said on Wednesday. 12-1-2004
Japan logs on
to cyber porn
Japanese condom sales are sagging as a passion for the internet leads
the Japanese to choose unprotected sex, if any sex at all, the nation's largest
condom manufacturer has said. 12-1-2004
Saudi
son faces the cruellest cut of all
A young Saudi man who had a sex-change operation is fighting to save the
fortune he inherited from his father. Relatives insist that, under Islamic law,
as a woman he is entitled to only half as much. 12-1-2004
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