Global epidemic of youth unemployment
Editor’s note: With the weakening of global economy, youth joblessness continuously grows. everywhere. It is said that the number of young people out of work globally is nearly as big as the population of the United States. According to UN’s labor agency International Labour Organization(ILO), 73.4 million people aged between 15 to 24 would be […]
S. Korean President Park meets LA Mayor Villaraigosa during visit to US
South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, speaks with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, during a welcoming luncheon at the Getty House on Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, during her five-day, unity-building visit to the United States. Park has been in the United States since Monday, when she visited the United Nations. She met […]
S. Korean President Park addresses joint session of US Congress
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. At rear are Vice President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye finishes her address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, […]
Obama backs S. Korea in appearance with President Park Geun-hye
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that North Korea can no longer create an international crisis with nuclear provocations, asserting the United States and South Korea are fully capable of defending themselves. “The days when North Korea could create a crisis and elicit concessions, those days are over.” Obama said from the White House East Room, […]
Singapore is Asia’s safest place to be born and to be mother
1 million babies die the day they’re born, Save the Children reports A baby’s birth day is the most dangerous day of life with more than one million babies dead in the world, according to Save the Children’s report released on May 7. In Asia, Singapore has the lowest first-day infant mortality rate, making it the […]
Willem-Alexander becomes Dutch king following Queen Beatrix’s abdication
Dutch King Willem-Alexander (L) and his wife Maxima (R) step to the Church in Amsterdam to swear in, on April 30, 2013. Following the abdication of Queen Beatrix, the new King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander was officially inaugurated on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Rick Nederstigt> Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima appear on the balcony of the Royal […]
Mexican Journalists call for end to attacks on press people
Journalists march together during a protest to demand justice in the Regina Martinez case, a journalist killed a year ago and to demand an end to more recent attacks on the press in Mexico City, Sunday April 28, 2013. Journalists in several states organized a demonstration on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the […]
Chinese President Xi and French President hold press conference
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L, front) holds a welcoming ceremony for French President Francois Hollande in Beijing, capital of China, April 25, 2013. Xi held talks with Hollande here on Thursday. <Xinhua/Ju Peng> Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and French President Francois Hollande meet with journalists in Beijing, capital of China, April 25, 2013. <Xinhua/Wang […]
Asia’s raw material consumption unsustainable, UN warns
The Asia-Pacific region has surpassed the rest of the world in its consumption of materials and will continue to dominate world material flows, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report. The data indicate that at this rate, the region will be increasingly dependent on imports and unable to sustain its economies and […]
[Canada Report] Japan and Canada hold trade talks
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Below is a round-up of recent news from Canada concerning Canada and Asia-Pacific relations. Japan, Canada Hold Trade Talks Japan and Canada are set to hold a second round of trade talks from April 22nd to 26th, 2013. These come just weeks after the two countries’ Ministers of Foreign Affairs (John Baird, Canada; Fumio Kishida, […]
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