Vietnam orders monks to stop profiting from karma rituals

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 04:19:20 +0000

Vietnam orders monks to stop profiting from karma rituals

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese authorities have ordered monks at a popular Buddhist pagoda to stop “soul summoning” and “bad karma eviction” ceremonies after an investigation found the rituals were a scam. Tens of thousands of worshippers have been paying the 18th century Ba Vang pagoda in northern Quang Ninh province between 1 million and several […]

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Outrage in Vietnam over $8 fine for elevator sexual assault

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:58:24 +0000

HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnamese citizens were outraged after a man was fined $8 for forcibly kissing a woman in an elevator, a rare public outburst in a country where sexual assault is scarcely spoken about openly.

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Vietnam urges Malaysia to free 2nd woman in North Korean killing

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:13:33 +0000

Vietnam has urged Malaysia to release the second woman accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader.

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North Korea’s Kim tours Hanoi after summit breakdown

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:57:36 +0000

North Korea’s Kim tours Hanoi after summit breakdown

A day after his stunning summit breakdown with Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured Vietnam.

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POWER Digest [March 2019]

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The Distribution System Is Newest Energy Transition Frontier in Europe. The European power sector is urging member states and regulators within the European Union (EU) to speed up development of

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Trump: I don’t think North Korea’s Kim had role in US student’s death

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 08:39:09 +0000

Trump: I don't think North Korea's Kim had role in US student's death

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t think North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was involved in the mistreatment of an American college student.

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Trump says North Korea demanded too much during talks

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 08:30:46 +0000

Trump says North Korea demanded too much during talks

US President Donald Trump said his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fell through after the North demanded a full removal of US-led international sanctions in exchange for the shuttering of the North’s Yongbyon nuclear facility.

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