Vietnamese Father, Daughter Living In America Take Part In Project To Preserve Stories Of Vietnamese-Americans
In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 photo, Viola Van poses for a picture with her father, Hugo, at their home in Walnut, Calif. Viola Van is part of a Vietnamese-American Oral History Project at UC Irvine, that assembles, preserves, digitizes, and disseminates the life stories of Vietnamese-Americans in Southern California. <AP Photo/Chris Carlson>
Muslims, Displaced By Recent Muslim-Buddhist Violent Clash In Myanmar, Live In Refugee Camp
Muslim refugees react to a photographer at Baw Du Pha refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Victims of Myanmar’s latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already packed displacement camps along the country’s western coast Sunday, with a top U.N. official saying the unrest has forced more than 22,000 […]
[Indonesia Report] Traditional Batik Tulis, an invaluable cultural legacy of Indonesia
Batik is Indonesian traditional fabric with classic ethnic pattern. The traditional Batik is drawn by Indonesian artists and the method they use is known as a wax-resist dyeing. This kind of Batik is different from the printed pattern batik that is common to find these days. The Batik artists use a tool called canting in […]
Muslims Pray During Eid Al-Adha Festival At Pasar Senen In Jakarta
A Muslim girl sits with other pilgrims before the praying of Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha at Pasar Senen in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 26, 2012. Muslims pray during the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha at Pasar Senen in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 26, 2012. <Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.>
Filipino Muslims Attend Prayer To Observe Eid Al-Adha Festival At Mosque Near Manila
Filipino Muslims walk back to their homes after attending a prayer at the Blue Mosque in Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines to commemorate an Islamic festival known as Eid al-Adha Friday Oct. 26, 2012. Muslims all over the world commemorate the Eid al-Adha or the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael by […]
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Afrika Menginginkan Bantuan Lebih Dari Korea
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut berita mengenai hubungan Afrika dan Korea Selatan. Para peserta Forum Korea-Afrika ketiga mengadopsi Deklarasi Seoul untuk meningkatkan bantuan pembangunan Korea di benua dan rencan spesifik untuk mempererat kerjasama. Dalam deklarasi tersebut, Korea berjanji untuk meningkatkan bantuan yang tidak mengikat bagi Negara-negara Afrika untuk bertukar ide dalam bantuan pembangunan, […]
Annual Paung-Daw-Oo Pagoda Festival Celebrated In Inlay Lake, Southern Myanmar
Ethnic Innthar people row a long boat by legs as they celebrate the annual Paung-Daw-Oo pagoda festival in Inlay Lake, Southern Shan State, Myanmar, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Buddhist devotees transport Buddha statues on a barge, back, as they celebrate the annual Paung-Daw-Oo pagoda festival in Inlay Lake, Southern Shan State, Myanmar, on Sunday, […]
Aquino rating back to ‘very good’ +62
Philippine Daily Inquirer –The Aquino administration’s net satisfaction rating bounced back to a “very good” net satisfaction rating of plus 62, gaining 18 points from the preceding quarter’s “good” net rating of plus 44, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. The survey, which used face-to-face interviews with 1,200 respondents, found that […]
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Korea Utara Berusaha Mengatasi Inflasi
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai perekonomian Korea Utara. Menurut seorang pakar, Korea Utara tampak sulit menghadapi inflasi, salah satu yang terberat dalam upaya untuk mengembangkan ekonominya. Pakar tersebut yang baru saja kembali dari yongyang, mengatakan bahwa gaji telah dinaikkan untuk menghadapai harga yang meningkat dan bahwa Majelis Tertinggi (SPA) akan […]
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Pihak Militer Dikecam Mempolitisasi Pengajaran Akan Grup-Grup Pro-Korea Utara
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut berita mengenai berita dalam negeri Korea Selatan. Para pembuat kebijakan mengkritik pihak militer atas pendidikan yang dianggap bias terhadap gerakan Pro- Korea Utara di Korea Selatan. Mengatakan bahwa mereka membuat komentar yant tidak pantas mengenai calon presiden liberal. Ahn Gyu Baek dari dari partai oposisi Partai Demokrasi Bersatu […]