Calvary Chapel Magazine:Asia

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WORLD—ASIA/MIDDLE EAST

The highlighted countries of Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Thailand have been featured in CC Magazine articles.

population: Approximately 3.9 billion; 59% of the world's population lives in Asia. It is the world's most populated continent. The twenty most densely populated cities in the world are all located in Asia.

size: 30.1 million square miles, the largest continent in the world.

economy: 600 million people in Asia live on less than $1 a day.
last updated 2/14/08 sources

regions:

Central Asia

Eastern Asia

Northern Asia (Russia)

Southeast Asia

Southern Asia

Southwest Asia (Middle East)

countries:

Afghanistan	Indonesia	Maldives	South Korea
Armenia	Iran	Mongolia	Sri Lanka
Azerbijan	Iraq	Myanmar	Syria
Bahrain	Israel	Nepal	Tajikistan
Bangladesh	Japan	North Korea	Thailand
Brunei	Jordan	Oman	Turkey
Cambodia	Kazakhstan	Pakistan	Turkmenistan
China	Kuwait	Philippines	United Arab Emirates
Cyprus	Kyrgyzstan	Quatar	Uzbekistan
East Timor	Laos	Russia	Vietnam
Georgia	Lebanon	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
India	Malaysia	Singapore

CC MAGAZINE ARTICLES ABOUT ASIA:

Philippines—Issue 32
A few weeks after being hit with the worst typhoon in 20 years, the Albay Province in the Philippines was blasted by a deadlier, super typhoon labeled “Durian.” In the wake of losing their homes ... download PDF

Japan—Issue 32
In the heart of Tokyo, Pastor Chizuo Sakurai walked home past the train station. His heart was heavy for the teenagers he saw there late every night. Tonight a group clothed in gangster attire was dancing hip-hop style ... download PDF

South Korea—Issue 30
Hundreds of young people gave their lives to Jesus Christ at a recent outreach in South Korea sponsored by Horizon Christian Fellowship and Festival of Life.

More than 44,000 Koreans came to the ... download PDF

Iraq—Issue 30
Working at the military base in Baqubah, Iraq, had been relatively quiet for the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment (2-69)—until one afternoon in March when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle into the ... download PDF

Iraq—Issue 29
When they joined the United States Marine Corps and moved to Southern California four years ago, a handful of young Christian men had no idea how God would knit them together through tragedy and victory on the front lines ... download PDF

Israel—Issue 29
In the tiny country that dominates world headlines and stands as Ground Zero for biblical end-times prophecy, less than three percent of Israel’s population recognizes Jesus Christ as the Messiah. At the Western Wall ... download PDF

Kyrgyzstan—Issue 29
While Kyrgyzstan has been called “religiously tolerant” by some, many Christian missionaries clandestinely share the Gospel under threat of persecution in the mostly Muslim country. Located west of ...