Blade & Soul beats Diablo 3
NCsoft’s latest release Blade & Soul has kept its lead over Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 3 following the game’s commercialization last week. The massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) secured 17.16 percent of Internet cafe user occupancy compared to Diablo 3’s 15.64 percent on Wednesday, according to game research firm Gametrics on Thursday. The Korean offering […]
Restricted area
Chicken, pizza franchise stores to be banned from opening near existing outlets Fried chicken and pizza franchises will be banned from opening new stores within 800 meters and 1,500 meters respectively from existing chain outlets. This comes amid mounting complaints about excessive business expansion, the state fair trade regulator said Thursday. Such companies are also […]
President’s former aide queried
Rep. Chung faces allegations of taking bribes to fund 2007 presidential campaign Chung Doo-un, a three-term lawmaker of the ruling Saenuri Party, was questioned over bribery allegations Thursday with attention being focused on whether the prosecutors’ move will open a Pandora’s box on illegal campaign funds raised during the 2007 presidential race. Chung, who worked […]
Pro-NK activist nabbed for unauthorized trip
Investigators on Thursday raided the office of a pro-North Korean organization which illegally sent a delegate to Pyongyang in March on the occasion marking the 100th day after the death of the North’s leader Kim Jong-il. Ro Su-hui, vice chairman of the Seoul-based organization, the South Headquarters of the Pan-national Alliance for Korea’s Reunification, was […]
Jeju naval base plan ruled lawful
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the military Thursday to continue construction of a naval base on Jeju Island. It overturned a lower court ruling that the initial base construction plan, approved by the Ministry of National Defense in 2009, was invalid because it was pushed without a proper environmental assessment. “The court regards […]
[India Report] Former Indian cabinet ministers charged for scam in housing project
![[India Report] Former Indian cabinet ministers charged for scam in housing project](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_22114.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[India Report] Former Indian cabinet ministers charged for scam in housing project")
The former Chief Minister of Maharastra Mr.Ashok Chavan and thirteen others were reported to have been charged by CBI(Central Bureau of Investigation) in relation to the Adarsh scam, according to some influential Indian newspapers Wednesday (July 4, 2012). The Adarsh Scam is a housing society scam which was originated in the state of Mumbai in the Colaba locality, which is considered a […]
Over 100,000 Chinese children adopted overseas in last 30 years
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — More than 100,000 Chinese-born orphans and children with physical disabilities have been adopted by overseas parents over the last 30 years, a government official said Wednesday. Overseas adoption has become an important channel through which to find homes for orphaned and disabled children, said Minister of Civil Affairs Li Liguo […]
Pilots from downed Turkish jet found dead, military says
The bodies of two pilots who had been reported missing after Syrian forces downed a Turkish military jet on June 22 have been located in the Mediterranean Sea, the General Staff has said. The General Staff said in a statement posted online on Wednesday that the bodies of Capt. Gökhan Ertan and Lt. Hasan Hüseyin […]
Eating 45 Hot Dogs For Her Second Championship Title
Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas forces down a hot dog during the Nathan’s Famous Women’s Hot Dog Eating World Championship, Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at Coney Island, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Thomas won her second consecutive women’s competition with a world record breaking 45 downed hot dogs. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
Doctors planning to form labor union
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) has decided to form a doctors’ union, causing public concern that the move may negatively impact their duties to patients. The president of the KMA, Roh Hwan-kyu suggested the formation of the union saying that it was necessary to protect doctors’ rights and, as he believes, to enhance medical services. […]
![[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")
