Protestor rams truck into Japanese embassy
Police apprehended a man in his 60s for crashing his truck into the main gate of the Japanese Embassy in central Seoul, early Monday. According to police, the 61-year-old driver, surnamed Kim, smashed his 1 ton truck into the embassy’s main gate at 4:59 a.m. Policemen on guard in front of the embassy immediately took […]
‘Se-ri kid’ clinches US Open
In 1998, at the height of a currency crisis gripping Korea, Pak Se-ri’s landmark victory at the U.S. Women’s Open inspired a nation to get back on its feet. Some girls were inspired to follow in her footsteps, and were given the moniker “Pak Se-ri kids.” One of them, Choi Na-yeon, 10 when Pak won, […]
Qualification of justice nominees questioned
Two of four justice nominees are under fire for religious inclination, abuse of authority or fake residence registration ahead of their National Assembly confirmation hearing. The main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) denounced Kim Shin, 55, chief of the Ulsan District Court, for references to Christianity during trials he presided over. The DUP also criticized […]
Immigrants with vocational licenses soar
The number of immigrants with vocational licenses certified by the Korean government increased nearly threefold to 2,144 last year from 788 in 2010, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said Monday. The ministry said it expects a record-high number this year as 26,308 foreigners have already applied to take the license test as of June, […]
LG Scion gets 3-year jail term for embezzlment
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling to sentence a scion of the late LG Group founder Koo In-hwoi to a three-year prison sentence, Monday, on charges of stock manipulation and embezzlement. Koo Bon-hyun, a nephew of LG honorary Chairman Koo Cha-kyung, was convicted of pocketing some 13.9 billion won ($11.7 million) of illegal […]
IMF calls on Indonesia to speed up infrastructure projects
JAKARTA, July 9 (Xinhua) — The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) has called on the Indonesian government to be more serious about its commitment to developing infrastructure, local media reported on Monday. IMF Asia and Pacific department chief Sanjaya Panth said that one of the main factors hindering Indonesia from accelerating its infrastructure development was […]
[India Report] Indians captivated by TV talk show “Satyamev Jayate”
![[India Report] Indians captivated by TV talk show “Satyamev Jayate”](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F07%2Feng_post_22525_1-800x372.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[India Report] Indians captivated by TV talk show “Satyamev Jayate”")
Nowadays, people of India are captivated by a TV talk show titled Satyamev Jayte. It would not be an exaggeration if it is said that Satyamev Jayate is the show dominating Indian television these days. People’s craze regarding this show was evident from its very first episode, when the Satyamev Jayate website [www.satyamevjayate.in] crashed due to a very […]
Korean-Chinese being targeted for crackdown
130 rounded up in June alone A major crackdown is under way targeting Korean-Chinese here their advocates said Sunday. This could spook them into hiding and lead to a spike in illegal immigrants. Since January, the Ministry of Justice has detained about 1,500 Korean-Chinese laborers who used forged identities to enter the country or to […]
[India Report] Travel Kashmir Only With Proper Dress: Jamaat-e-Islami
![[India Report] Travel Kashmir Only With Proper Dress: Jamaat-e-Islami](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F07%2Fchart_Jamaat-e-islami-Compatibility-Mode-800x618.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[India Report] Travel Kashmir Only With Proper Dress: Jamaat-e-Islami")
A far-right and Islamist political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, has proposed for a dress code for all the tourists including foreigners, who come to visit Kashmir on 5th July 2012. This hard line Islamic group of Kashmir so demanded that, all visitors, especially the foreigners must follow the recommended dress code while traveling within this Muslim-majority valley. […]
A book detailing what happened under Khmer Rouge published in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian journalist on Thursday launches his new book on the Khmer Rouge aiming to provide the Khmer Rouge Tribunal extra information on the serious child rights violation during the Democratic Kampuchea rule in 1975-79 when some 2 million people died of murder, torture, starvation, sickness, and overwork. The book with 145 […]
![[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑯](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAshraf-2novel-news_9601.jpg&q=90&w=300&h=0&zc=1 "[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑯")
