Thesis Statement: The similarities in geography and natural resources of Vietnam and the Philippines have created similarities and differences in their cultures. The Philippine Islands and Vietnam share a number of important similarities that make their cultures similar. The Philippines is a group...

Singapore, since it attained its independence on June 3, 1959, has been a thriving, trading nation. It had been controlled by the British, but after negotiations, was relinquished to self-autonomy with the understanding that it would remain a republic. Since then, it has reaffirmed its non-Communi...

Indonesia This report will be on the History in Brief of Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia, the island of Java, and the Geography of Indonesia. In early days, the region from India to Japan, including Indonesia, was known to the Europeans as the Indies. Chris Columbus was looking for...

The 1960's brought once again, another war. The Hippie Peace Movement was now in full force, and a new culture of peace and love was now being encouraged. With a war being fought in South East Asia, young people in the United States were being drafted into a war they did not wish to fight. Ma...

"The children are the future of our nation." This famous line of Dr. Jose Rizal has gained prominence especially among policy makers in their quest to develop and implement laws and programs that will propel the total development of a nation's millions of children. I personally agree with Rizal's...

The Controversy over "Economic Crisis Leads to Scapegoating of Ethnic Chinese" is an issue which I am torn between two arguments. The first issue, which I think is in part Indonesia's fault, is the fact that their currently has dropped so quickly and they blame it on the Chinese com...

Asian Crisis The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 and spread to Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia, then to Hong Kong, Korea and Japan. Financial systems in Thailand, Korea and Japan all came under intense strain, but nowhere as destructively as in Indonesia, which by early 1998 had beco...

The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 and spread to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia, then to Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan. Financial systems in Thailand, Korea, and Japan all came under intense strain, but nowhere as destructively as in Indonesia, which by early 1998 had become the worst...

The Vietnam War was a war between the Southern and Northern zones of Vietnam. It began gradually during 1959-60. In the early 1960s, the United States was worried about the situation in South Vietnam. They believed there were over 20,000 Viet Cong guerillas in the south, and about another 100,000 of...

Each of the four main types of boundary disputes is as active today as it was in years' past. Positional disputes are as common in central Africa as obesity is in the US. Territorial disputes have overshadowed the history of Southeast Asia. Resource disputes are nearly inseparable from daily...

Location In the southeastern most part of Asia, Vietnam is accompanied by three bodies of water; the South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand, and the Gulf of Tonkin. Landmasses of Cambodia, China, and Laos surround the inner part of Vietnam. Physical Features Vietnam itself is a very small country co...

Nations have specific reasons for entering wars. These war often have various results. In Southeast Asia there were many reasons that the participants entered the war. Along with those many reasons there were many different outcomes. The first reason for the conflict in Southeast Asia during 1945-...

Multiethnic Malaysia 'Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu' – 'Unity is Strength' There are several ethnicities in modern-day Malaysia. The majority consists of Malays, Chinese and Indians, but there are many smaller groups, mainly from other parts of Asia. This multiethnic society...

GLOBALIZATION Has Globalization gone too far? Many believe that the new global economy generates a race to the bottom in labor, economic, and social standards. Globalization is the process by which events in distant places affect people's lives and their opportunities. Trade and finance...

Doing Business in THAILAND Thailand's booming economy has encouraged me to begin a new business relationship with a highly recognized Thai company. I manufacturer a line of products for the sugar processing industry. I recently signed a one-year contract with Thai Chemiclas and Engin...

Thailand's booming economy has encouraged me to begin a new business relationship with a highly recognized Thai company. I manufacturer a line of products for the sugar processing industry. I recently signed a one-year contract with Thai Chemiclas and Engineering Co. Ltd., located in Bangkok, to be...

From 1945 to 1985, New Zealand (NZ) was involved militarily in Asia, and the primary reason was the Canberra pact of 1944. The main conflicts NZ was involved in were Korea (1950-1953), Malaysia (1960-1966), and Vietnam (1965-1972). One of the reasons NZ was involved in Asia was the Canberra Pact ...

Kyle Schisler Exploitation: Child Prostitution in Southeast Asia Ling is a ten-year-old Thai girl who enjoys playing pool, hanging out with her friends, and having fun. Even though she seems normal there is something very wrong in Ling's life, she is a child prostitute. When her parents...

East-Timor-Conflict Background: The invasion of the Indonesian military on December the 7th 1975 produced an armed conflict. After the invasion followed the annexation on 17th of Juli 1976. About a third of 690,000 inhabitants died through hunger and sickness. The US-American Scientist Noam Cho...

During the 1800s a new phenomenon was born, New Imperialism. As a side effect of the Industrial Revolution, countries started to seek ways to fulfill their individual interests. These nations included the major powers of Europe, Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. All of t...

A plural society is one based on the principle that people of different races, religion and political beliefs live together within the same community. Western colonialism refers to the period in which the European countries mainly Britain, France and Holland, controlled a region or a country of thei...