“Both Indians and Koreans consider education as a passport to success”
Interview with Indian Ambassador Vishnu Prakash Ambassador Vishnu Prakash said as a career diplomat, South Korea was a post he was always waiting to be assigned, which he was granted in January 2012. The AsiaN interviewed Amb. Prakash in early February at the Indian Embassy in Seoul. Prakash first visited Korea in 2010 for the […]
33 Myanmar Muslims rescued by Sri Lankan navy from a sinking ship
A rescued Myanmar ethnic Rohingya Muslim gets a haircut as he spends time at a Sri Lankan immigration detention center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Thirty three Myanmar nationals – all Rohingya Muslims – rescued by the Sri Lankan navy when their dilapidated wooden vessel began sinking while making a perilous journey […]
Indian activists block a railway during a strike against gov’t policies
Activists of trade unions block a railway during a nationwide strike in Guwahati, capital city of India’s northeastern state of Assam, Feb. 20, 2013. Indian unions started a two-day strike Wednesday to protest high inflation, privatization of public sector and alleged anti-labor policies by the Congress-led government. Police try to disperse activists who blocked a […]
Young pig-tailed macaques in display for sale in West Sumatra
Young pig-tailed macaques sit on a cage as they are displayed for sale in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Macaques monkeys are commonly sold in the region to be trained to pick and harvest coconuts. Indonesian men put a chain onto a young pig-tailed macaque as it’s displayed for sale in […]
Chinese NPC chairman meets with chief executive of Macao
Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Chui Sai On, chief executive of Macao Special Administrative Region, in Macao, south China, Feb. 20, 2013. Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Macao’s delegates of the NPC, members of the Chinese People’s […]
A man looks at his house destroyed by a jet crash that left 10 dead in Sanaa
A man inspects his house that was damaged by a crashed plane, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Feb. 20, 2013. The Yemeni supreme security commission said the death toll from Tuesday’s fighter jet crash has hit 10, including two children, in a residential area of capital Sanaa, according to a statement carried by state-run Saba news […]
Morsi meets with defense chief amid fear of military intervention in Egypt
In this Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country’s Islamist leaders, criticizing their policies and issuing thinly-veiled threats that it might seize power again. The tension […]
Movie about hunt for Bin Laden sparks controversy in Pakistan
A Pakistani man enters the doorway of a cinema to watch a movie in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Pakistan stars in “Zero Dark Thirty,” from early scenes at a detention site to the dramatic closing minutes as Navy SEALs assault the hideout of bin Laden. But the Academy Award-nominated film about the hunt […]
Turkish PM welcomes his Libyan counterpart in Ankara
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (1st L) holds a welcoming ceremony for his Libyan counterpart Ali Zeidan (2nd L) in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 20, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and his Libyan counterpart Ali Zeidan hold a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 20, 2013. <Xinhua/Li Ming>
US-China Should Halt Strategic Rivalry
Former US ambassador to China Stapleton Roy addresses at the East-West Center With China’s leadership in transition and incoming Secretary of State John Kerry heading a new foreign policy team in the second Obama administration, leaders in both countries must face a “frightening array of domestic and foreign policy problems” in managing their vital relationship, […]
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