Korean President Park meets UN Secretary-General Ban at UN HQ
South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, poses for photos with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations headquarters, Monday, May 6, 2013. South Korean President Park Geun-hye lower right, and her delegation meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, upper left, at United Nations headquarters, Monday, May 6, 2013. South Korean President Park Geun-hye, […]
“Putin Go Away” Russian opposition supporters hold anti-gov’t protest
A woman holds a poster reading “Putin Go Away” during a protest rally in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 6, 2013. Up to 20,000 Russian opposition supporters gathered for a protest on Monday, venting anger against the Kremlin and demanding the release of political prisoners. The protest came exactly one year after a […]
Egyptian kids enjoy traditional spring holiday ‘Sham el-Nessim’
Two Egyptian kids show their face paintings during the traditional “Sham el-Nessim celebrations” in Giza zoo in Cairo, Egypt, May 6, 2013. <Xinhua/Qin Haishi> Egyptian families celebrate the traditional national spring holiday of Sham el-Nessim (Smelling of the Zephyr) by picnicking and eating traditional food in a local park in Cairo, May 6, 2013. Egyptians […]
Evicted Pakistanis demand repatriation to their hometown to vote
In this Monday, May 6, 2013 photo, men from the Baluch Bugti tribe who were evicted from their villages after their leader was killed by the regime of Pakistan’s military ruler Pervez Musharraf, rally demanding repatriation to their native towns to take part in May 11 polls in Islamabad, Pakistan. The graffiti on walls around […]
Car bomb attacks in Baghdad suburb kills dozens of Iraqis
Civilians and security forces personnel gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in the Husseiniyah suburb of northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 6, 2013. Two car bombs blew up in a Baghdad suburb, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said, in the deadlier of two attacks Monday that left at least 10 […]
Hong Kong dockworkers gain 9.8% pay increase after 40-day strike
A dockworker takes a rest outside Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s headquarters, Cheung Kong Center during a protest in Hong Kong Monday, May 6, 2013. Hong Kong dockworkers have accepted a 9.8 percent pay increase, ending a 40-day strike that slowed traffic at one of the world’s busiest ports. The workers settled their dispute late […]
Chinese Premier Li meets with Palestinian President Abbas
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Beijing, capital of China, May 6, 2013. <Xinhua/Liu Weibing>
Grading America’s ‘Pivot to Asia’
Editor’s note: The ‘Pivot to Asia’ has been understood as one of the Obama Administration’s central foreign policy initiatives. Simply put, the pivot is meant to be a strategic ‘rebalancing’ of U.S. interests from Europe and the Middle East toward East Asia. But there are still lots of controversy over what does that really mean […]
How long will N. Korea’s regime last?
Three problems of young leader How stable is the North Korean government? Is it going to continue indefinitely? And if it does not, what is its life expectancy? The present author encounters those questions nearly every day. The only honest answer to such questions is that we do not know. There are two obstacles which […]
Malaysia’s governing coalition extends rule despite worst electoral showing
Malaysia’s governing coalition extended its half-century rule despite its worst-ever performance in a general election, a result that exposes growing racial polarization in the Southeast Asian nation and could undermine Prime Minister Najib Razak. With just one result left to declare, the National Front had won 133 seats in the 222-member parliament, falling well short […]
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