Asean looks beyond the economy
13 May 2013
Bangkok Post
Drive toward regional integration must not overlook the implications for culture and education.
Rise of Asia positive, not a threat: Prodi
11 April 2013
The Nation
At 73, Romano Prodi, former Italian prime minister and ex-president of the European Commission, is as enthusiastic as ever. In this interview with him, he shares his views on the crisis in Cyprus, the European Union and political and economic conditions in Italy.
Nation TV Interview with President Romano Prodi
7 April 2013
Nation TV
an Interview conducted during President Prodis visit as a Keynote Speaker of the 4th ASEAN "Bridges" event series in Bangkok
Professor Romano Prodi: Vietnam's open economy is the right choice
25 March 2013
Tuoi Tre News
As the final keynote speaker visiting Vietnam as part of the 4th ASEAN “Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace” program, Professor Romano Prodi, a former Prime Minister of Italy, shared his views on political and economic issues.
The changing world and implications for Vietnam
21 March 2013
TalkVietnam
“Vietnam should persistently pursue its open-door policy on economics,” former Italian Prime Minister, Professor Romano Prodi suggested
Former Italian Prime Minister has talks with Vietnamese students
19 March 2013
Peoples Army Newspaper Online
Former Italian Prime Minister, Professor GS Romano Prodi, delivered a talk on the topic “Politics and peace” to Vietnamese students at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi on March 18th.
PM receives former European leaders
19 March 2013
Dan Tri International
PM Nguyen Tan Dung on March 18 hosted separate receptions given to the UK’s former PM Tony Blair and former Italian PM Romano Prodi who are on their visits to Vietnam.
Former Italian PM talks global cooperation
19 March 2013
Tuoi Tre News
Former Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission (EC) Romano Prodi delivered a speech at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam on March 18.
PM receives EC, UK former leaders
19 March 2013
Vietnam Plus
Vietnam attaches importance to and wishes to enhance cooperation with Italy and European Union countries in all fields on the basis of equality for mutual benefits and development, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.
PM greets former prime ministers Tony Blair and Romano Prodi
19 March 2013
VietnamNet
Viet Nam attached importance to enhancing multi-faceted cooperation with the UK and the EU, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in Ha Noi yesterday,
Prime Minister receives former EC President Romano Prodi
18 March 2013
VOVworld
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung expressed his appreciation for the contributions made by former EC President Romano Prodi to Vietnam’s fine relation with Italy and the EU.
Co-operation key for development
18 March 2013
Vietnam News
United Nations Special Envoy and President of the Foundation for World Wide Co-operation Romano Prodi spoke to the Viet Nam News about the importance of co-operation as the pace of globalisation continues to quicken.
Fields Medalist to teach learning methods in Vietnam
13 March 2103
Tuoi Tre
Famous Vietnamese mathematician and Fields Medalist Prof. Ngo Bao Chau is scheduled to deliver a lecture on “Learning Methods” in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the next two days.
In the quest for knowledge, you shouldn't rely on others
13 March 2013
Vietnam News
The 2010 Fields Medal recipient, Professor Ngo Bao Chau from the University of Chicago, discusses the pursuit of learning with Viet Nam News reporter Le Quynh Anh.
Nobel winner bewails dip in science zeal
9 February 2013
Bangkok Post
Nobel Laureate Harold Kroto has expressed his concerns over a dwindling interest in science among both students and teachers, despite technology becoming ever-more crucial...
Reforms need to foster creativity
30 January 2013
Vietnam News
Florida State University Professor Harold Kroto, Nobel Laureate for Chemistry in 1996, spoke to Viet Nam News on the importance of creating a free-minded educational environment.
Prof. Sir Harold W. Kroto arrives in Hanoi
29 January 2013
People's Army Newspaper
Prof. Sir Harold W. Kroto, a Nobel Laureate for Chemistry at Florida State University, has just arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam to participate as a keynote speaker in the 4th ASEAN event series “Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace”.
Physics Nobel Laureate Prof. Douglas Osheroff visits Vietnam
13 December 2012
People's Army Newspaper
Prof. Douglas D. Osheroff, a Nobel Laureate for Physics at Stanford University visited Vietnam on December 13th to be a keynote speaker in 4th ASEAN event series “Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace”.
Working for the love of science
13 December 2012
Bangkok Post
Prof Douglas Osheroff, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 for his discovery of the first of three superfluid phases of liquid helium-3, is among seven scientists invited to share their views on science and technology in the 4th Asean event series "Bridges: Dialogue Towards a Culture of Peace"...
Battling the Big C
11 December 2012
Bangkok Post
The man who won a Nobel Prize for striking a blow against cervical cancer talks about the need to make the HPV vaccine more affordable...
How Dedication Leads to Success
December 2012
Student Newspaper of the International School Bangkok
As part of the "Bridges" event facilitated by the International Peace Foundation, ISB students were fortunate enough to learn from and speak with 2008 Nobel Laureate for Medicine, Professor Harald zur Hausen...
Medicine Nobel Laureate coming to Vietnam
4 December 2012
Health & LIfe
In the framework of the visit to Vietnam on a series of event of the Internatinal Peace
Foundation “Bridges – Dialogue Towards a Culture of Peace”, Prof. Harald zur Hausen,
the Nobel Laureate for Medicine in 2008...
Nobel laureate inspires youth
4 December 2012
Vietnam News
Since winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1996, Stanford University Professor Douglas Osheroff has traveled the world promoting the importance of science. Viet Nam News reporter Le Quynh Anh spoke with him.
Virus publicity to save lives
1 December 2012
Viet Nam News
Professor Harald zur Hausen, awarded the 2008 Nobel Laureate for Medicine for his discovery that human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical cancer...
Medicine Nobel Laureate Prof. Harald zur Hausen visits Vietnam
November 28, 2012
Vietnam Investment Review
Prof. Harald zur Hausen, a 2008 Nobel Laureate for Medicine at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg will visit Ho Chi Minh City today and Hanoi on November 30...
Medicine Nobel Laureate continues 4th ASEAN event series in Vietnam
28 November 2012
Peoples Army Newspaper Online
Prof. Harald zur Hausen, a 2008 Nobel Laureate for Medicine at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, will visit Ho Chi Minh City on November 28 and Hanoi on November 30....
Exercise to keep cancer at bay, advises Nobel laureate
28 November 2012
the Nation
Though many types of cancer can be cured now, the number of patiens is rising at a substatial rate as populations in many parts of the world get older, Nobel laureate Prof. Haald zur Hausen said...
Nobel economist seeks universal answers
16 November 2012
Viet Nam News
an Interview of Viet Nam News with Prof. Roger B. Myerson, 2007 Nobel Laureate for Economics
PM receives Nobel Laureate
16 November 2012
Viet Nam News
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception in Ha Noi yesterday for Prof. Roger B. Myerson, 2007 Nobel Laureate for Econonmics...
Visiting Nobel eonomics laureate confident US will avoid 'Fiscal Cliff'
15 November 2012
the Nation
Dr. Roger Myerson, the 2007 Nobel laureate in economics and a specialist in game theory, is optimistic that US President Barack Obama and his Republican opposition will reach a compromise on the 'Fiscal Cliff'.
4th ASEAN event series starts in Vietnam
14 November 2012
BaoMoi.com
Prof. Roger B. Myerson, a 2007 Nobel Laureate for Economics at the University of Chicago, has just arrived in Vietnam to start the 4th ASEAN event series “Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace”...
Prof. Roger B. Myerson: An Economist urges competition
13 November 2012
Bangkok Post
Most people woulg agree that competition favours consumers, as the invisible hands of the markets result in better choice and services than in markets with few players. Politics is no different....
Any financial system can be unstable
9 November 2012
Hanoi Moi
an Interview of Hanoi Moi with Prof. Roger B. Myerson, 2007 Nobel Laureate for Economics...
Building Bridges to Peace
17 October 2012
Vietnam News
International Peace Foundation chairman Uwe Morawetz spoke to Viet Nam News about the upcoming ASEAN Bridges event series in Viet Nam and Thailand
HCM City welcomes Prince of Liechtenstein
30 May 2012
Quan doi nham dan
On May 29 the Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Le Hoang Quan, held a reception for Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein...
Prime Minister Dung welcomes Liechtenstein prince to Viet Nam
26 May 2012
Viet Nam News
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday received Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein who is here to prepare for a cultural program that will see Nobel laureates coming to Viet Nam in November....
Bridges Program
February 2010
NIST Alumni Newsletter
“Bridges – Dialogues towards a Culture of Peace” is facilitated by the International Peace Foundation...Through the programme, NIST students are given opportunities to dialogue with Nobel Laureates...
Oliver Stone Speaks in Phnom Penh
January 2010
http://www.filmint.nu
It was a warm day in January, which is normal for January in Phnom Penh...
Undoing the Knots of Perception
Fourth quarter 2009
Dateline Bangkok
Oliver Stone looked a bit like an old lion with a hangover but the Hollywood director – winner of three Oscars and maker of countless classic movies – showed some of his impressive...
Cambodia, ETimor move on
23 April 2010
The Phnom Penh Post
President Ramos-Horta praises reconciliation efforts, warns of oil dependency...
East Timor Gets Cambodian Support for Asean Bid
23 April 2010
The Cambodia Daily
Cambodia will support East Timor’s bid to become a member of Asean in 2012, East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta said...
East Timor Leader Talks Asean Membership in Phnom Penh
22 April 2010
The Cambodia Daily
In a lecture delivered yesterday in Phnom Penh, President Jose Ramos-Horta trumpeted his country’s progress towards joining Asean...
East Timor, Cambodia similar: Ramos-Horta
22 April 2010
The Phnom Penh Post
JOSE Ramos-Horta, the president of East Timor, touched on topics ranging from the prospect of peace to the importance of combating climate change...
Cambodia to send its officials to Timor Leste
22 April 2010
MAM News Network
Cambodia will send its officials with expertise in economy, trading and agriculture to conduct a survey on a potential for Cambodian rice being imported to East-Timor...
Cambodia, East Timor Strengthen Economic and Political Affairs
21 April 2010
DAP News
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday discussed with East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta about strengthening bilateral bonds between the two Southeast Asia countries...
Ramos-Horta laments Thai strife, urges peaceful resolution
18 April 2010
The Nation
In a goodwill gesture, East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta has urged all Thais to sort out their political differences in a peaceful manner to avoid further civil unrest...
A Quest for a Different Kind of Harmony
11 April 2010
Christina’s design philosophy
Music virtuoso Vladimir Ashkenazy and his sons contribute a special night of Harmony for Peace...
Discoverer of HIV Visits Cambodia for Lecture
9 April 2010
Voice Of America
Barre-Sinoussi and a team of around 20 scientists are now working on learning how the HIV virus is transmitted from mother to child...
Virologist pushes AIDS treatment
8 April 2010
The Phnom Penh Post
Says govt should make third-line treatment available, even though few require it at present...
A concert for Peace
April 2010,
Asia Life Guide
Renowned classical music pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy visited Phnom Penh in early March, as part of the “Bridges” event series...
US Filmmaker Oliver Stone In Focus
28 January 2010
The Cambodia Daily
Legendary American filmmaker Oliver Stone spoke in Phnom Penh yesterday, decrying the "beast of fear" in current politics and urging students "to read history because without memory there is only the dictatorship of the now."..
Q&A's Vladimir, Dimitri, and Vovka
March 2010
Cambodian Business Review
you are one of the most revered pianists in the world. But you have carved out an illustrious career as a conductor as well. Not many pianists have been able to be something else...
Oliver Stone talks, Khmer students listen
28 February 2010
National Radio Text Service
Through life experience and wisdom filmmaker Oliver Stone has very strong opinions about life, war and the United States of America. He shared them with the University of Cambodia students…
Education, science and technology
March 2010
Bicol Peryodiko
Several decades ago, James Follows caught the imagination, if not the ire, of Filipinos when he stated that we Filipinos have a “damaged culture”…
Revered pianist recalls early life in Soviet Union
11 March 2010
The Phnom Penh Post
FOR a longtime legend of the classical music stage, Vladimir Ashkenazy strikes a surprisingly boyish figure in person…
Classical Legend Ashkenazy To Perform in Capital
8 March 2010
Cambodia Daily
The man who opened the door of the hotel suite at 11 am yester-day had a full head of white hair and a white polo shirt to match. He was also wearing a big smile on his face…
Ashkenazy, sons play for peace
3 March 2010
Malaya
WORLD renowned pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy will be performing at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on March 11 in a concert billed "Concert for a Culture for Peace"...
Ashkenazy: A Balikbayan / Ingrid's Chopin tribute
3 March 2010
The Philippine Star
Vladimir Ashkenazy, one of the world’s leading pianists, will perform at the CCP main theater on March 11 with his sons Dimitri, clarinetist, and Vovka, pianist…
Father and sons play music for peace
2 March 2010
Business World
WORLD-RENOWNED and much-revered pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy will be performing at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on March 11 in a concert billed Concert for a Culture for Peace...
Peace gets a fighting chance 7 March 2010
Southeast Asia Globe
A Bangkok resident since 2002, the founding chairman of the International Peace Foundation is committed to spreading his peaceful message around the world...
Directions for Peace
1 March 2010
Fah Thai Inflight Magazine of Bangkok Air
Big-heart to heart with Oliver Stone, storyteller extraordinaire...
Oliver Stone in the Penh
March 2010, Issue 39
Asia Life Guide
In-town for the Bridges lecture series, famed film director and producer Oliver Stone talks to AsiaLIFE's Nora Linstrom about how peace comes through violence, and who he thinks will come up on top in the upcoming Academy Awards...
The Life of Oliver Stone
25 February 2010
The Magazine
Oliver Stone enters the private dining nook at the Dusit Thani for our breakfast interview wearing a loosely knotted tie, pale blue...
Grammy winner Ashkenazy and sons to play in Manila
23 February 2010
www.lifestyle.inquirer.net
WORLD-RENOWNED and much-revered pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy will be performing at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on March 11, in “Concert for a Culture for Peace.”...
Nist snags first ISO, Hollywood's Oliver Stone
23 February 2010
www.bangkokpost.com
Recently, the New International School of Thailand (Nist) gained certification in ISO 9001:2008 with TUV Rheinland under the scope of "Provision of Supporting Services for the Academic Division", the first for an international school in Thailand, says...
Vladimir Ashkenazy and sons perform at CCP
22 February 2010
www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines - The world-renowned pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy and his two sons, clarinetist Dimitri and pianist Vovka, will perform at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo on March 11 in a concert billed “Concert for a Culture of Peace.”...
Media: 'News shouldn't be selling soundbytes and superficiality' - Oliver Stone
9 February 2010
www.theasiamediaforum.org
BANGKOK, Feb 9 (Asia Media Forum) — The world is living in illusions and delusion, and the media are partly responsible for this because they "have been contributing to false imagery and false history"...
"Science for Peace" with Professor Torsten Wiesel
6 February 2010
www.commander-eon.blogspot.com
Progress and development in the field of science at the end of the Second World War had largely been influenced by the vested interests of national defense, especially by...
Emphasize science and education
5 February 2010
www.mb.com.ph
Nobody can really say at this point what will be its effect, if at all, on the candidates running for Congress, and particularly on those seeking the presidency...
Man of science, messenger of peace
3 February 2010
www.mb.com
Like the legendary physicist Albert Einstein and several other acclaimed scientists, 1981 Nobel Peace Prize winner for Medicine professor Torsten Nils Wiesel has dedicated most of his life as a messenger of peace through science...
Nobel Laureate Talks on Science for Peace at DLSU
3 February 2010
www.animo.pinoyexpo.com
Nobel laureate Prof. Torsten Nils Wiesel delivered a public lecture, dubbed “Science for Peace,” at the DLSU’s Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium...
PGMA welcomes Nobel Prize winner for medicine
2 February 2010
www.pia.gov.ph
Manila (2 February) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo welcomed Monday, February 01, 2010, Nobel Laureate for Medicine Prof. Torsten Wiesel who is in the country and part of the Bridges Program of the International Peace Foundation...
Politicos urged to focus on science
2 February 2010
www.mb.com
A Nobel Peace Prize winner is calling on candidates in the May 2010 polls to come up with plans related to science and education...
Call by Nobel Laureate for Medicine Prof. Torsten Wiesel
2 February 2010
www.rvtm.com
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo welcomed Nobel Laureate for Medicine Professor Torsten Nils Wiesel in a courtesy call at the Music Room in Malacanan Palace...
PGMA receives Nobel winner for medicine in Malacañang
2 February 2010
www.positivenewsmedia.ca
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday morning received Nobel Laureate for Medicine, Prof. Torsten Wiesel, who is in the country as part of the Bridges Program of the International Peace Foundation...
Science for peace
1 February 2010
www.live.dlsu.edu.ph
Live keynote speech by Prof. Torten N. Wiesel...
PGMA receives Nobel winner for medicine
1 February 2010
www.op.gov.ph
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo this morning received Nobel Laureate for Medicine, Prof. Torsten Wiesel, who is in the country as part of the Bridges Program of the International Peace Foundation...
Income disparities fruit of free trade
January 2010
www.bangkokpost.com
The closer link between trade and production has enabled businesses worldwide to make goods more cheaply and thrive. But many people agree that rising income inequality has been one of the pitfalls...
Oliver Stone: Western bankers enabled Hitler
January 2010
www.witness.co.za
BANGKOK — Adolf Hitler was a psychopath and a monster but rose to power thanks to big-business leaders and other supporters who appreciated his vow to destroy communism and control workers, Hollywood filmmaker Oliver Stone says...
Give peace a chance
January 2010
www.bangkokpost.com
On his brief visit to Bangkok earlier this week, Oliver Stone laid out his narrative of peace through the evocation of war. He talked about the dark clouds smothering the world, the forces of history and conformism...
Live Speech by Oliver Stone Part II
January 2010
www.nationmultimedia.com
(Second part) Film maker and director, Oliver Stone gave speech on Monday January 25th at FCCT building about "Film making and Peace Building"...
THE OLIVER STONE MESSAGE BOARD
29 January 2010
www.fast-lane-productions.com
Here's some more info on what Oliver Stone said in his "Filmmaking and Peace Building" speech last Monday...
Outspoken filmmaker Oliver Stone talks about war and peace during his recent trip to Bangkok
29 January 2010
www.bangkokpost.com
On his brief visit to Bangkok earlier this week, Oliver Stone laid out his narrative of peace through the evocation of war. He talked about the dark clouds smothering the world, the forces of history and conformism, the way young people are crippled by ...
PGMA receives Nobel winner for medicine in Malacañang
1 February 2010
www.balita.ph
MANILA, Feb. 1 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday morning received Nobel Laureate for Medicine, Prof. Torsten Wiesel, who is in the country as part of the Bridges Program of the International Peace Foundation...
Oliver Stone in Cambodia
27 January 2010
www.asialifeguide.com
In Phnom Penh for the Bridges lecture series, famed film director and producer Oliver Stone talks to AsiaLIFE’s Nora Lindstrom about how peace comes through violence, and who he thinks will come up on top in the upcoming Academy Awards...
PM Meets Hollywood Movie Nobel Prize Winner
27 January 2010
www.vuthdevelop.blogspot.com
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen met here on Jan.26 with Mr. Oliver Stone, a well-known Hollywood movies maker and editor...
"Why global markets have failed to reduce inequality"
January 2010
www.youtube.com "Why global markets have failed to reduce inequality" by Prof. Eric Stark Maskin, a 2007 Nobel Laureate for Economics, at New International School of Thailand on January 18, 2010. One of "Bridges :...
Bridging the poverty gap
January 2010
www.phnompenhpost.com
I agree with Professor Eric Maskin, who says that Cambodia has been at risk from a growing gap between rich and poor (“Nobel laureate to push PM on school reform”, January 20)...
Live Speech by Oliver Stone
27 January 2010
www.nationmultimedia.com
Film maker and director, Oliver Stone gave speech on Monday January 25th at FCCT building about "Film making and Peace Building"...
Stone cold angry
27 January 2010
www.nationmultimedia.com
Hollywood director Oliver Stone returns to Bangkok to talk peace, but fumes at America's disdain for it...
Oliver Stone shocks world during Bangkok visit
January 2010
www.cnngo.com
How the Oscar winner raised a few eyebrows during his recent trip to the city. In other news: Suvarnabhumi gets its first body scanner...
OLIVER STONE LIVE IN BANGKOK
27 January 2010
www.ubradio.net
the lysergic pirate of Savile Row crosses the threshold of the Foriegn Correspondents Club, to attend the gala event featuring 3 time Oscar winner Oliver Stone. Peter Rnic arrives with the film crew for Sawadee Pattaya TV and we set up shop. Felipe Frydman,the...
Oliver Stone: bankers helped Hitler
26 January 2010
www.bangkokpost.com
US film director Oliver Stone, in Bangkok to deliver a pair of keynote speeches about world peace, says we are all living in "a dark time - darker than anything I've ever known in my 60-plus years"...
Oliver Stone: bankers helped Hitler
26 January 2010
www.guardian.co.uk
Oscar-winning director adds to storm he kicked up earlier this month over his upcoming TV documentary, The Secret History of the United States...
Stone says US in denial over JFK assassination
25 January 2010
www.politicalassassinations.wordpress.com
American film director Oliver Stone talks with students at an international school as part of a one-day visit to promote world peace in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010...
PM: Government to give rice to Haiti
January 2010
www.bangkokpost.com
The Thai government will donate rice to help the people in earthquake-hit Haiti, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday....
Nobel laureate to push PM on school reform
January 2010
www.leavefreedom.blogspot.com
A NOBEL Prize-winning economist said Tuesday that he intends to discuss the “critical” gap between rich and poor, and emphasise the importance of improving the national...
Nobel Laureate: Human Resource is the Major Problem Facing Cambodia
January 2010
www.voanews.com
Like other developing countries in the world, the major problem facing Cambodia is the serious lack of human resources for the country’s development, according to Professor David Jonathan Gross, a Nobel Laureate for Physics...
Nobel Laureate in Economics Praises Cambodian Leader
22 January 2010
www.vuthdevelop.blogspot.com
The Nobel Prize winner in Economics in 2007 Prof. Eric S. Maskin has highly appreciated Samdech Techo Hun Sen's political platform, which has developed rapidly the country in all fields...
Jackie's building a better world
20 January 2010
The Nation Express
Action hero Jackie Chan, best known by arts comedies and by his Chinese name Chen Long, is wearing many hats nowadays, including...
Physics Nobel Laureate on Science, Human Development
7 January 2010
DAP News
The 2004 Nobel winner for physics professor David Gross on Wednesday lectured 600 students and other governmental officials on the topic...
Keynote Speech at NIST
December 2009
www.youtube.com
Science and technology as a novel language of peace Prof. Aaron J. Ciechanover (2004 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry) October 30, 2009 at New International School of Thailand...
Interview with Prof. David Gross
December 2009
South East Asia Globe
Nobel prize-winning American physicist David J. Gross, 68, is currently director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara...
Jackie Chan Speaks to NIST Students
December 2009
www.nist.ac.th
NIST students heard an inspiring talk by Jackie Chan followed by a dialogue session with him. Jackie Chan’s visit to NIST was part of...
Hong kong actor Jackie chan speaks at the University of Cambodia
26 November 2009
www.thesoutheastasiaweekly.com
Jackie Chan, Chinese and Hollywood superstar, recently departed from Cambodia after a three-day visit, leaving his Cambodian fans with satisfaction and unforgettable memories of his third visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia. The visit of Dr. Jackie Chan was sponsored by the International Peace Foundation as one of...
Trip to Cambodia
26 November 2009
www.jackiechan.com
Today I flew to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the last leg of my long journey. When I arrived at the airport I felt very happy to be back among the Cambodian people. This is my third trip to Cambodia and...
On the contrary
26 November 2009
www.sea-globe.com
Oliver Stone takes time out from filming Wall Street 2 to tell SEA Globe about his contempt for capitalism, his fears for our future and why he thinks the Bridges Programme for Peace should really be held in the US. Never one to shy away from controversy, three-time Oscar-winning director...
Nobel Laureate Inspires Cambodian Students
23 November 2009
www.voanews.com
While animals may kill each other for food, humans are the only creatures to do so out of cruelty, Nobel laureate Aaron Ciechanover told an assembly of Cambodians earlier this month...
Giving Peace a Chance
November 2009
Asia Life
Exciting times are ahead as the Bridges project kicks off, bringing Nobel laureates and celebrities such as Jackie Chan to Cambodia. Words by...
Jackie Chan and his charity works video interview
23 November 2009
www.kumondra.com
Jackie Chan, who spend luxury life, dance and enjoy at Karaok bar as a young man life said “Doing charity works teach me how to become a good boy” during his exclusive interviewed by The Bangkok Post. He also said that...
Film Star Jackie Chan on Arts, Culture, Peace
23 November 2009
www.voanews.com
When film star and martial artist Jackie Chan visited Cambodia earlier this month, he brought a simple message: arts and culture are pathways to peace...
Jackie Chan Visits and Inspires ISPP
23 November 2009
School Magazine
On Wednesday, November 11, ISPP students and staff were fortunate to listen to and partakes in dialogue with UN Goodwill Ambassador and actor...
A Surprise Birthday Greeting from Jackie Chan
23 November 2009
www.jackiechan.com
A journalist attending an event at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand during Jackie's recent trip there was given quite a surprise when Jackie sang Happy Birthday to her. A longtime fan, Lynette has allowed us to reproduce the article she wrote about her special day...
Jackie Chan in Cambodia
22 November 2009
www.bettyinme.blogspot.com
SEATV - a newly launched TV station here in Cambodia invited F Magazine to their launch as they've also invited the famous Hong Kong superstar - Jackie Chan...
My Early Films Send Wrong Message
20 November 2009
www.superchanblog.blogspot.com
Following on from comments Jackie made about Drunken Master during his speech in Thailand (See the video HERE) Jackie had the following to say:..
Fighting for Peace
November 2009
The Phnom Penh Post
Knockabout movie legend Jackie Chan talks to 7Days about his human philosophy...
In pursuit of censorship
19 November 2009
www.thenutgraph.com
MALAYSIANS are no strangers to censorship. So many things get censored in this country, local or foreign: books, films, television shows, theatre performances. The items censored are sometimes perplexing. For example, current reruns of the 1990s family sitcom The Nanny on the Hallmark Channel are missing out on the slightly risqué jokes and overtly Jewish references...
Jackie Chan Wishes to Make a Film in Cambodia
13 November 2009
www.cambodianconsular.wordpress.com
Jackie Chan better known by Cambodians as Chhin Long, a famous Hong Kong and Hollywood film star, wishes to make a film showing Cambodia’s natural and cultural heritages...
BANGKOK AIRWAYS WELCOMES MOVIE STAR JACKIE CHAN
12 November 2009
www.pattayadailynews.com
Bangkok Airways recently received Famous Hollywood Movie Star and Director Mr Jackie Chan, who will be a guest speaker at the upcoming “Bridges – Dialogue towards a Culture of Peace” event...
Jackie Chan wishes to make film in Cambodia
12 November 2009
www.xinhuanet.com
Jackie Chan, better known by Cambodians as Chhin Long and a famous Hong Kong and Hollywood film star, wishes to make a film showing Cambodia's natural and cultural heritages, official news agency AKP reported on Thursday...
Interview with Asia Life
12 November 2009
www.jackiechan.com
AsiaLIFE's Nora Lindstrom interviewed Jackie soon after he arrived in Cambodia. Here's what he had to say:...
Jackie in Cambodia for Peace Mission
12 November 2009
www.jackiechan.com
Continuing his peace mission in Cambodia, Jackie spoke at several schools on November 11,2009. After talking with students at the International School of Phnom Penh, Jackie gave a speech at...
After completing the Operation Smile trip to Hanoi, Vietnam, I immediately flew to Thailand to participate in an event for the International Peace Foundation called Bridges: Dialogues Toward a Culture of Peace. I was very honored to be asked to participate in this event...
Jackie Chan Will Return Cambodia to Film
12 November 2009
www.dap-news.com
Jackie Chan, Chinese and Holly-wood superstar, will come back to Cambodia soon to shoot an action film with scenes at Angkor Wat, said Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on Wednesday.
The confirmation comes Jackie Chan met with...
Jackie Chan Calls for Peace, Understanding--and a Boxing Match
12 November 2009
The Cambodia Daily
Instead of continuing the dangerous escalation between Cambodia and Thailand, international action movie star Jockie Chan playfuIIy proposed yesterday that the two countries settle their
Jackie Chan Kicks For Peace In Cambodia
12 November 2009
www.asialifeguide.com
As friendly as many of his characters on screen, Jackie Chan made a rushed visit to Cambodia on Nov. 10 and 11 as part of the ongoing “Bridges” lecture series on peace. In a one-on-one with AsiaLIFE’s Nora Lindstrom, he spoke about the ongoing diplomatic row between Cambodia and
Contrasting guests are talks of the town
11 November 2009
www.nationmultimedia.com
Phnom Penh's roads are crowded with cars as usual. But these days vehicles have to give way frequently to heavily-guarded motorcades as two famous figures are in town at the same time...
Jackie Chan will shoot movie in Cambodia
11 November 2009
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When I moved to Phnom Penh three month ago, I was convinced that I would enter a cinematic no-man´s land – after all, this is a country that does not even have a cinema that shows the Hollywood blockbusters that most of all the neighboring countries are being force-fed...
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International movie and Martial Arts star Jackie Chan is in Phnom Penh this week to deliver a university lecture on peace. But his visit was upstaged by the arrival of former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who is now Cambodia’s economic adviser....
Jackie Chan Arrives in Cambodia
11 November 2009
DAP News
Jackie Chan, a keen philanthropist, a UNICEF/ UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador and international film superstar arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday...
Jackie Chan's positive vibration
10 November 2009
www.blog.straitstimes.com
IF YOU were ever left in any doubt from his movies that Jackie Chan is a bundle of energy, that doubt is removed the moment you encounter him in person...
Jackie Chan Takes Part In Operation Smile Surgery
10 November 2009
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Last week brought news of Jackie Chan's participation in a charity event in Vietnam for Operation Smile. Now we’ve learned that he assisted in an actual Operation Smile surgery at the Vietnam-Cuba Hospital in Hanoi...
Jackie in Thailand for International Peace Foundation
10 November 2009
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Jackie visited the Mercy Centre in Bangkok, Thailand today as part of a mission to promote peace. Jackie will be the keynote speaker at "Bridges: Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace" events in Thailand and Cambodia...
Movie star Jackie Chan to give lecture in Cambodia
10 November 2009
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Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan arrived in Phnom Penh on Tuesday to pay a visit and give a lecture in a Cambodian university...
Actor Jackie Chan Reveals Charitable Side
10 November 2009
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Action star Jackie Chan is loved by fans worldwide for his movies, but he has a lesser known side: he is a...
Jackie Chan to Arrive Cambodia Today
10 November 2009
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World famous Hong Kong and Hollywood movie star Jackie Chan, also called Chin Long, will arrive Cambodia today for promotion of the culture of peace through the arts and culture, a press release from the International Peace Foundation and university of Cambodia, co-organizer of his...
"Bridges-Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace"
9 November 2009
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PHNOM PENH: A well-known Hong Kong film star, Jackie Chan, who was identified as ChinlongbyCambodian people, will come to Cambodia on November 10, 2009. Chinlong, a comic film star, will launch his first lecture in...
In Pictures: 'Jackie in Thailand'
9 November 2009
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Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan greets in Thai tradition after receiving a welcome garland flower during his visit at Mercy Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, 09 November 2009. Chan is in...
Bridges Kicks Off
7 November 2009
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After two years of preparations, Bridges, a series of events organised by the International Peace Foundation, hosted its first event on Nov. 5 at the University of Cambodia. The first of the several high profile individuals taking part in the project was Professor Aaron Ciechanover, a 2004 Nobel laureate for Chemistry, who delivered a...
Thailand, Cambodia Pull Envoys in Thanksin Row
6 November 2009
DAP News
Thailand and Cambodia recalled their respective ambassadors Thursday after Phnom Penh sparked a furious diplomatic row by naming fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as its economic adviser...
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Kicks Off Series With Talk on Science
6 November 2009
The Cambodia Daily
Health, prosperity and education have no political bias or ideologies, which make them perfect as foundations, said Nobel Laureate for Chemistry Dr Aaron Ciechanover during a lecture in Phnom Penh yesterday...
Crossing the divide
October 2009
Southeast Asia GLOBE
Five-year-olds are prone to talk about it, as are winners of beauty contests. Pop stars sing about it and politicians often turn to it, especially as a justification for war. The idea of world peace has been a constant mantra to our times, but making it more than only words ...
"Bridges" in Cambodia
9 September 2009
The Cambodia Daily
With up to 50 lecture events spanning six months, "Bridges-Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace" will bring a wide variety of speakers to Cambodia ranging from Chinese action star Jackie Chan to 2008 Nobel Laureate for Medicine Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, author of the first report to identify HIV virus...
International Peace Foundation Introduces the Bridges Dialogue Program
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International Peace Foundation has launched the third Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) event series “Bridges-Dialogues: Towards a Culture of Peace” starting in Cambodia in November 2009. The launching ceremony was held at the Cambodiana Hotel in Phnom Penh on April 28, under the presidency of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, Minister of Council of Ministers. The series events will be attended by 21 Nobel Prize Laureates, in cooperation with national and international partners...
Cambodia to Host Bridges Program
12 August 2009
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Cambodia will play host to the Bridges Program: Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace between November and April next year...
Program Bridges Intellectuals, Stars to Cambodia
21 July 2009
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Nobel laureates and some of the world's best-known icons are going to give lectures and perform in Cambodia as part of third ASEAN Bridges, organized by International Peace Foundation...
What the world needs now
June 2009 (Issue)
New Man Magazine
There are few people alive today who are as prominent or as integral to American civil rights history as Reverend Jesse Jackson. Last month, he was in KL to deliver a keynote speech on peace and shares with NewMan how a better world can be possible...
Rev Jesse Jackson delivers speech at NIST - New International School of Thailand
14 May 2009
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The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, Civil Rights leader and activist and President and Founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, returned to the New International School of Thailand (NIST) once again on Friday, April 24, 2009, as part of the International Peace Foundation's "Bridges-Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace" series programme. This time he delivered ...
Missionary of peace
11 May 2009
Options Magazine
A handshake symbolises many things: a greeting or to say goodbye, a partnership or a sign of respect, even an apology or forgiveness...it's a gesture layered with various meanings. In the case of Reverend Jesse L Jackson Sr however, a handshake has meant the freedom of ...
Prince: Put your heart into keeping peace
2 May 2009
New Straits Times
He said the peace process was similar to a loving relationship between two people which needed to be nurtured and appreciated. “Peace in the world, between nations and cultures, is the same as peace in a relationship...
My Jaw Meets Jesse Jackson
2 May 2009
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It's a funny thing hitting sixty after a career as a corporate lawyer and university professor as I'm now early retired and living in Thailand with my Thai wife, Cat, who's quite ...
Lessons from greed
30 April 2009
The Sun, Extra
FOR years, his country featured on the radar of other nation’s watch-list of tax havens. Liechtenstein, the world's smallest nation after the Vatican, had resisted pressure to join the European Union (EU) as doing so would mean having to ...
Peace Is Possible, Says Prince Alfred
30 April 2009
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) -- Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein says peace is possible in this world and it all depends on the choices made by mankind...
Lack of Service in the Service Industry
29 April 2009
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A recent 10-day trip with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. to Kuala, Lampur, Malaysia and Bangkok, Thailand, reminded me of how gracious Asians are, especially those working in the service sector, and ...
Civil rights leaders say Obama makes the grade
26 April 2009
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Sunday, April 26, marked the 100th day since the inauguration of America's first Black president. Civil rights leaders seem elated with the direction in which the new president is leading the nation. President Barack Obama's initial accomplishments have included:...
Champion of the dispossessed and disenfranchised
25 April 2009
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When contemporary American history is written, his name will figure prominently in it. Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. will be remembered most of all for going out on a limb for ...
Jesse Jackson On Thailand
25 April 2009
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Actually, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson didn’t mention Thailand with a single word when the FCCT recently had the honor of welcoming the twice U.S. presidential candidate to a keynote speech and ...
FM Kasit meets Clinton, PM hosts Jackson
25 April 2009
The Nation www.nationmultimedia.com
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed confidence in Thailand's political stability and pledged to attend the Asean Ministerial Meeting and Asean Regional Forum in July, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said yesterday...
Religion should make you affirm human rights
24 April 2009
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BEFORE President Barack Obama, there was presidential candidate Rev Jesse L Jackson, Sr. Although the Baptist minister had previously worked for Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, many were sceptical of his chances when he wanted to run for US president in 1984...
Embrace democratic outcomes, Jackson tells Malaysia
24 April 2009
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While economic development is usually dependant on political stability, in the new world order it also means that economic growth and long-lasting peace cannot be realised if the basic tenets of human rights and democracy are not respected...
Trust Najib and Dr. M
24 April 2009
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Two names have been on the mind of US peace advocate Rev Jesse Jackson Sr since his arrival here on Monday...
Jackson plans mission to free Saberi
23 April 2009
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Rev Jesse Jackson was the first person imprisoned journalist Roxana Saberi interviewed. Now, he is planning a trip to Iran to seek her release...
Jesse Jackson Plans To Visit Iran
22 April 2009
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Prominent American civil rights and political activist Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr plans to lead a delegation to Iran to appeal for and secure the release of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi who had been sentenced to eight years jail for allegedly spying for the United States...
Rev. Jackson Wants to Help Free Jailed American in Iran
22 April 2009
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson – no stranger to negotiating the releases of hostages from hostile lands – is proposing to go to Iran to try and win the freedom of a jailed American journalist. Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old South Dakotan who has been living in Iran since 2003, was accused of spying and...
Iranian Nobel laureate to defend U.S. journalist
22 April 2009
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson has offered to travel to Iran to help seek Saberi's release. "If our voices are heard in Iran today, I would be anxious to travel with a delegation to Iran, if we are permitted, and make an appeal for her freedom," said...
Jackson: Try those guilty of war crimes
22 April 2009
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Civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson Sr said today that US leaders guilty of torture or war crimes need to be brought to justice...
Jesse Jackson to go to Iran in bid to free journo
22 April 2009
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KUALA LUMPUR: US civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson is planning to visit Iran in his personal capacity to urge for the release of jailed US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi.
Rev Jackson's gospel
22 April 2009
The Star
Kuala Lumpur: Long before the world had heard of Barack Obama, Rev. Jesse Jackson was already a legend in the US for his forty-year running fight for equal rights and for running twice as a Democratic Party candidate seeking...
Jackson calls for globalisation of human rights
21 Arpil 2009
The Sun
CYBERJAYA: The current global financial crisis is a opportune time to initiatechanges by globalising human rights, workers’ rights, protect women and children and save the global environment, Rev Jesse L. Jackson said yesterday...
Jackson: Focus stimulus measures on poor
21 April 2009
New Straits Times
PUTRAJAYA: Efforts to stimulate the global economy wifi have better results if they are directed at poorer sections of society...
One of the United States’ foremost civil rights activists wants all nations to play by one set of rules to reconstruct the world, especially…
UTP - 2nd ASEAN Event Series "Bridges"
7 April 2009 www.utp.edu.my Prof. George F. Smoot, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physics presented evidence on the birth of the universe in his talk, "Contemplating the Birth of the Universe", at the...
Cerebral Chat
7 April 2009 New Straits Times The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah, and his wife, Raja Puan Besar tuanku Zara Salim Davidson, meeting Prof. George F. Smoot (left) in Putrajaya yesterday...
GIVING PEACE A CHANCE
March 2009
New Man Magazine
Jose Ramos-Horta knows all too well the difficult steps it would take to attain long lasting peace among the nations of the world. Still, despite having faced family casualties and attempts on his own life, he remains vigilant in the pursuit of long lasting peace for all mankind…
15 Minutes with Professor Roger Kornberg, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
March 2009
The Inflight Magazine of Malaysia Airlines
You are the sixth father-son pair to win the Nobel Prize. How old were you when your father won?
I was about 12. It was actually a very low-key affair, as that was 50 years ago! There were a couple of reporters who did some interviews, that’ s about it...
IS LONG LASTING PEACE AN ATTAINABLE DREAM?
March, 2009
Forward Magazine
The world is in turmoil. At every nook of the world, there are fights amongst two sects that usually turn into bloodshed. It seems like the use of weaponary is the only solution to these fights, whether they are in Asia or in the Middle East, right through the lands of Africa and Americas...
2002 Nobel laureate speaks in Bangkok on cancer
21 March 2009
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Progress has been made in combating various types of cancer, but there is still a long way to go, as there is still much more that needs to be known...
Nobel Laureate Lecture at UKM, Bangi
16 March 2009
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It came quite suddenly that we were told that there’s a Nobel Laureate lecture by Prof. Dr. Howard Robert Horvitz of the USA. Apparently he was the Nobel price winner in medicine in the year 2002. His topic was Biomedical Science, World Health and World Peace...
The man inside the president
27 January 2009
Bangkok Post
Timor-Leste's President Jose Ramos-Horta is not afraid to show his personal side...
Ramos-Horta is a driven man
26 January 2009
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TIMOR Leste has, through its history, birth and infancy, been assailed with spasms of violence...
Malacca looking at ways to develop bilateral ties with Timor Leste
24 January 2009
www.thestar.com.my
The state will look at ways to forge closer-ties with the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste following the two-day official visit of its president Dr Jose Ramos-Horta here...
East Timor: Thailand to fund development of Timorese energy resources
24 January 2009
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Thai oil group PTT Public Co. plans to cooperate with the East Timor Natural Resources Ministry to develop energy resources, under the terms of an agreement signed Monday in Bangkok...
Jose Ramos-Horta on my mind
24 January 2009
www.mindanews.com
There was a time that His Excellency, Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste and Nobel laureate -- was simply Jose to me...
Rethink And Re-Evaluate Strategy, Palestinians Told
22 January 2009
www.bernama.com
Palestinians suffering at the hands of the Israeli Zionist regime over the last few decades need to consider their history, strategy, action and what they had achieved during that time before deciding on the next course of action, 1996 Nobel Laureate for Peace and Timor Leste President Jose Ramos Horta said here today...
Timor Leste grateful to Malaysia
21 January 2009
New Straits Times
Malacca: Timore Leste President Dr Jose Ramos-Horta yesterday thanked Malaysia for helping his country since it achieved independence seven year ago...
Timor Leste Thanks Malaysia For Development
20 January 2009
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MELAKA, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- Visiting Timor Leste President Dr Jose Ramos Horta expressed his country's gratitude to Malaysia for assisting in the development and stability of his country...
The end is a new beginning
19 January 2009
Philippine Daily Inquirer Blog
We live in a dynamic and ever-changing world. everything is in transition. there is a beginning and an end., although at times the beginning of an end cannot be pinpointed with...
