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Lee Myung-bak, former mayor of Seoul, South Korea and a presidential candidate, answered a question about abortion for a newspaper “Fundamentally I am opposed, but there would be unavoidable cases. We should accept inescapable abortion like when fetuses have obstacles.” Bloggers show how handicapped people would feel and snapshots of their strikes, “Does that mean all handicapped people should not have been born?”
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Storify user @Jaemin posted a review on the President's Barber, a movie which well depicted how ordinary people's lives suffered under a dictatorial military regime back in the 1970s and 80s in South Korea.
An atheist blogger who works as an English teacher in South Korea, Chris Hallquist wrote about some efforts made to strip evolution out of science textbooks. Based on his experience in South Korea which he defines as ‘a pretty secular country', the blogger commented on the Christian organizations' influence on publishers.
Again, a Chinese man was brutally killed on May 15 by dipper when he tried to stop his home from being razed by the government-employed demolition team in Heilongjiang province. (Ministry of Tofu has translated the news.)
Jennifer Cheung from China Labour Bulletin introduces how workers in China make use of micro-blog to tell their stories in different artistic forms.
CJMyanmar uploaded photos of the protest against the electricity shortage in Mandalay, the second largest city of Myanmar. Hundreds who joined the activity lighted candles and peacefully protested in front of the government office of Electricity Supply and Chinese Embassy.
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As they say here, Morsy is the first presidential candidate ever to run for presidency...
What the f***? A african man again...why people want to deleted on the worldwide Africans or...
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