Major news in Japan on Jun 14: China ‘exported military vehicles to North Korea’
Top news in <Yomiuri Online>: China ‘exported military vehicles to North Korea’ China exported military vehicles that could carry and launch long-range ballistic missiles to North Korea in August last year, it has been learned. The vehicles are believed to have been used to carry what appeared to be newly developed missiles in a military […]
Major news in China on Jun 14: State Council improves food safety
Top news in <CNTV>: State Council improves food safety Country will reward people who expose substandard products The State Council laid out measures to improve food safety on Wednesday, including tighter supervision and harsher punishment for violators. “It is an onerous task for the government to ensure food safety,” as China’s food industry is still […]
U.S. Envoy Speaks In Seoul On NK Human Rights
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The U.S. human rights envoy to North Korea says the United States is working to break an “information blockade” that allows North Korea to hide its rights abuses and keep its people away from outside news. Robert King told a forum in Seoul on Thursday that North Korea’s media isolation […]
Myanmar Refugees Cry: “Where Should We Go”
A Rohingya Muslim man who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape religious violence, cries as he pleads from a boat after he and others were intercepted by Bangladeshi border authorities in Taknaf, Bangladesh, Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Bangladesh has turned back more than 1,500 refugees in recent days, officials said and a global human rights […]
Moody’s downgrades Spain’s sovereign debt three notches
MADRID, June 13 (Xinhua) — International rating agency Moody’s downgraded on Wednesday the Spanish sovereign debt from A3 to Baa3 with a negative outlook. Moody’s explained that the bailout the Spanish government is intended to ask is one of the main reasons of this decision as the move will increase the debt of the country. […]
China Focus: Authorities call time-out on football fraud
BEIJING, June 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese authorities jailed eight football officials and players on Wednesday, including two former deputy chiefs of its national football association and four former international players, as part of ongoing efforts to clean up the game. The Wednesday sentencing of the officials and players marked the culmination of a campaign to […]
Unbelievable Scene Of Cloud Taken By Cellphone
Photo taken on June 12, 2012 by cellphone shows scroll-like cloud on the sky in Kota Kinabalu of Malaysia. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
Major news in China on Jun 13: The thousand-year-old Tibetan paper
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: The thousand-year-old Tibetan paper More than 1,300 years ago, when the Princess Wencheng of Tang Dynasty went to Tibet to get married, she also brought the papermaking technology from the central plain area to this plateau. After years of study, innovation and inheritance, the Tibetan paper was born. Since the […]
Major news in Japan on Jun 13: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation
Top news in <Japan Today>: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear energy authority and the country’s space agency Tuesday announced a joint project to develop a drone to measure radioactivity in the environment after last year’s nuclear disaster. Japan has been forced to invent or improve systems for measuring radioactive […]
Rohginya Muslims In Myanmar Escape To Bangladesh
A Rohingya Muslim family who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape religious violence sits at a shelter provided by local people in Taknaf, Bangladesh, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Bangladesh on Tuesday turned away three boats carrying 1,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar, bringing to 1,500 the number of refugees blocked in recent days, […]
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