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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Oct 2001
Vol. 8, No. 23 (155)

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 10
Entries rejected: 12

29 Oct 2001
4star
Tapol, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign
Tapol, Surrey, UK
Self-description: "Campaigning to expose human rights violations in Indonesia, East Timor, West Papua and Aceh."
Site contents: About Tapol; News + Statements; Press Releases; Tapol Bulletin - Oct 2001 [163]; Bulletin Archive [online copies of the Bulletine since the issue #149/150 Dec 1998]; Reports + Papers; Publications; Other sites; How you can help.
[Tapol - which means political prisoner in Indonesian - monitors human rights situation in Indonesia and East Timor - ed.]
URL http://www.gn.apc.org/tapol/
Link reported by: Paul Barber (plovers@gn.apc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./News/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

27 Oct 2001
3star
Professor Emeritus Seung-bog CHO
www.members.aol.com, France
Supplied note: "The [forthcoming] memoires of Professor Emeritus Seung-bog CHO. Professor Cho was the first holder of the chair in Japanology at the University of Stockholm."
[Since 1994 Honorary President of the Research Association for Korean Culture (Dong Yon Hoi), Seoul, Korea - ed.]
URL http://www.members.aol.com/rosesukhi/Professor_Cho
Link reported by: Suk-hi Cho (eurasie_se@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

27 Oct 2001
3star
Global Service Corps - Thailand Program
Global Service Corps, San Francisco, CA , USA
Supplied note: "Global Service Corps offers short-term programs, long-term programs, and accredited internships.
Our Thailand program offers a variety of projects such as working in rural schools, monasteries, nunneries, or community health centers. Participants can teach conversational English, assist in health clinics, provide HIV/AIDS awareness education, or assist with the development of our new environmental program. Additionally, Buddhist cultural immersion, may tutor them in English. Global Service Corps now offers college credits for an additional tuition fee through San Francisco State University if your own institution does not offer credit for overseas service-learning programs. Contact GSC for details. Please note: In addition to the semester internship dates listed in our schedule, internships can be arranged beginning with any other scheduled short-term project."
URL http://www.globalservicecorps.org
Link reported by: gsc@earthisland.org
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

18 Oct 2001
5star
The Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen)
Long Bow Group, USA
Supplied note: The Gate of Heavenly Peace website, which explores the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and related topics, has a new address: [below] This site contains extensive information about the 1989 protests, along with background material on recent Chinese history and human rights issues. It has over 1200 pages in English and 800 pages in Chinese, as well as a tour of Tiananmen Square and a Media Library with posters, photographs, music and more than fifty video clips. The site also includes information on the documentary, 'The Gate of Heavenly Peace,' a three-hour film about the 1989 protests. "
Site contents: Film/Media [online film clips and images - [incl. Tourists on Tiananmen Square; Tiananmen Gate; Mao's Portrait; The Great Hall of the People; The Monument of the People's Heroes; Parades; Red Guards; Young Pioneers; Mao Images by Zhang Hongtu; A Swarm of Uglies - 1966 - ed.]; Tour; Themes (Democracy, Reform and Revolution, Human Rights, Making the News, Making History, Nationalism, Parallel Cultures); Chronology; Readings/Links (Readings available on this website, Links to other sites, Bibliography of further readings); Chinese Frontline; ITVS; NAATA; PBS.
URL http://tsquare.tv
Link reported by: Nora Chang (nora@longbow.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

16 Oct 2001
3star
Vietnam Red Cross
Vietnam Red Cross Society, Hanoi, Vietnam
Site contents: Vietnam Red Cross; Agent Orange Victims Fund; Red Cross in Action; Humanity Magazine; Humanity in Action.
[A site in VN and En - ed.]
URL http://www.vnrc.org.vn/index_e.html
Link reported by: Tij Kools (tijkools@home.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

11 Oct 2001
999star
The Azerbaijani Economist
AzEcon Private Initiative, Azerbaijan
Supplied note: "A [...] web site developed by a group of students from various coutries with [...] information about the Azerbaijani economy. The site's main feature is working papers of Azerbaijani and foreign economists. The site is divided into 3 main parts: analytical/academic papers, news articles, statistics. The project is still in its developing stage and we welcome anyone wishing to take part and assist us."
[Site under construction - ed]
URL http://azecon.aznet.org
Link reported by: Eldar Aga (eldar_aga@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents/News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

04 Oct 2001
3star
Chinese Japanese Korean Translation by Foreign Ink Ltd.
Foreign Ink Ltd., Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Supplied note: "We are a translation company [est. 1989 - ed.] located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. We specialize in translating and typesetting Asian languages, specifically Chinese [traditional and simplified], Japanese and Korean [as well as Thai - ed.]."
URL http://www.fornink.com/index.html
Link reported by: Gregory Stricherz (greg@fornink.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

04 Oct 2001
3star
Inquest Korea
Inquest Korea, Pusan, South Korea.
Supplied note: "Inquest Korea is a research assistance service for international clients in academies, think tanks, and business who have difficulties acquiring the most current local data and information due to their limited knowledge of Korean sources and the language barrier. With professional knowledge on diverse data sources in Korea, it is dedicated to supporting their academic and business research needs, providing customized and timely data translated into English with full citation details and executive summaries. Its specialty areas include: Data and Information Search and Retrieval Service; Political Risk Watch Service; and Press Clipping Service."
[The service is provided by Chun Hongchan (Ph.D., U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.), currently a Professor of Political Science at Pusan National University, South Korea. - ed.]
URL http://www.inquestkorea.com
Link reported by: Chun Hongchan (master@inquestkorea.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

03 Oct 2001
4star
Mayerdak - Human Rights News from Bangladesh
Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM), Santa Clara, CA, USA
Supplied note: "Mayerdak is a monthly newspaper [in English - ed.] that documents human rights abuses against minorities in Bangladesh. "
[The site with online Mayerdak issues since Dec 1999 (no 1, vol 3), and ample links to online Bangladeshi newspapers in English and Bangla - ed.]
URL http://www.mayerdak.com
Link reported by: Ashoke Halder (registrar@hrcbm.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

03 Oct 2001
4star
Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM)
Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM), Santa Clara, CA, USA
Supplied note: "HRCBM is a human rights organization dedicated to end human rights abauses against minorities in Bangladesh."
URL http://www.hrcbm.org
Link reported by: Ashoke Halder (registrar@hrcbm.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./News/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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