Human Right Activist Arrives In Los Angeles After Being Freed From Detainment In Ho Chi Minh City
Human rights activist Nguyen Quoc Quan greets with his supporters after his arrival at the Los Angeles International Airport from Vietnam on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Nguyen has been released after being detained since April 17, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Human rights activist Nguyen Quoc Quan speaks during a […]
A guide to experience skiing at budget price in Korea
People only living in four season countries have the privilege to experience this exciting sport. If you are living in a tropical country, then you will have to fly all the way to one of these countries to be able to experience Skiing. For someone who never tried ski before, it could be exciting or could be scary. […]
Global leaders pledge better world for intellectually disabled
PYEONGCHANG – International figures, including Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, committed to fighting discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities Wednesday that she said are deprived of the rights to make choices in their lives. The participants issued a joint declaration, whose core message is to protect rights of the intellectually disabled by giving […]
Singapore’s Population Is Forecast To Grow To Around 6.9 Million By 2030 From Current 5.3 Million
Passengers exit one of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations in Singapore, Jan. 29, 2013. The Singapore government is looking to grow its population to between 6.5 million and 6.9 million by 2030, from the current 5.31 million, it said in a white paper on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Then Chih Wey>
People Buy Fish At Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market In Yangon, Myanmar
Fishmongers work at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. Customers buy fish at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. Fishmongers sell fish at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. <Xinhua/U Aung>
Red Shirt Protesters Call For Release Of Political Prisoners In Jail Since 2010 Anti-Gov’t Rally In Bangkok
A Red Shirt protester holds a poster while gathered with others in front of the Government House to call for the release of political prisoners who have been jailed since the 2010 anti-government demonstrations in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Red Shirt protesters gather in front of the Government House to call for […]
Bodies Of Nine People Killed In An Ambush By Gunmen Lie Along The Road In Central Philippines
In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 photo released by the Philippine National Police Region 6 Public Information Office, the bodies of nine people, including civilians, village guards and police, lie along a dirt road after being ambushed by gunmen hiding in a sugarcane field in La Castellana township, Negros Occidental province in central Philippines. Officials […]
President Lee Myung-bak Talks With Aung San Suu Kyi At The Blue House In Seoul
Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, is greeted by Myanmarese who lives in South Korea upon her arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Suu Kyi arrived in South Korea for her five-days trip to attend the opening ceremony of the 2013 Pyeongchang Special […]
Aung San Suu Kyi to meet ‘Hallyu’ stars
Myanmar’s pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi plans to meet actor and singer Ahn Jae-wook Thursday, indicating that she is a big fan of hallyu, the Korean culture boom, according to foreign ministry officials Monday. Suu Kyi arrived here Monday to attend the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Special Olympics Winter Games that begin Tuesday. […]
Hundreds Of People Dressed In Zombies Participate In Zombi Walk In Jakarta, Indonesia
Participants dressed as zombies during the annual Zombie Walk in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Hundreds of participants marched in the capital to collect donations for recent flood victims and campaign against the disposal of waste to public places. A banner reads “Don’t dispose trash in river “. A participant dressed as zombies perform […]
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