South Korean Foreign Minister meets U.N. Secretary General to discuss North Korea’s nuclear test
In this Feb. 12, 2013 photo provided by the United Nations, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, Kim Sung-hwan, left, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at U.N. Headquarters in New York. The Repulic of Korea holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of […]
Contestants play ‘Lusheng’ at China’s Guangxi Spring Festival
A contestant plays Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument of Miao ethnic group, during a competition in Danian Township, Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 12, 2013. The competition was held to celebrate the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. The contestant, who could make the loudest sound by Lusheng, […]
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ④
![[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ④](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F01%2F5583011.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ④")
[5] A whole day may pass without seeing her. He gets up early in the morning, according to his thirty – year biological clock. He waits to her in the horizon cross the green path on her way back from the village of Shamawes. She cuts her heart, as a knife cuts a ripe fruit, […]
NK’s Nuclear Test Sparks International Condemnation
The nuclear test conducted by North Korea on February 12 has been triggering extensive criticisms including one from its main ally China increasing international action against Pyongyang. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned North Korea’s nuclear test, saying it was a “clear and grave violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions. The test prompted the U.N. Security […]
Starlight in the Desert: Recommendations for ‘Kuwaiti Woman’ by Souad Al Sabah
– Poet Ko Un My eyes suddenly opened! Souad Al Sabah’s poems float upon the long river of time. The sounds of truth are sloshing about. Souad Al Sabah’s poems conceive the sunset’s horizon reminiscing over the midday sun. The cries of her poems are only possible as a mother. My chest starts to burn. […]
‘Arabic Scent of Poetry’ Delivered in Korean
Kuwaiti Woman by Dr. Souad Al Sabah: the First Kuwaiti Poems Published in Korea “My eyes suddenly opened! Souad Al Sabah’s poems float upon the long river of time. The sounds of truth are sloshing about. Souad Al Sabah’s poems conceive the sunset’s horizon reminiscing over the midday sun. … Souad Al Sabah is a […]
Why Nuclear Test Now?
*Editor’s note: North Korea’s third nuclear test must pose the first challenge for the Obama administration’s second term foreign policy. Not to mention the newly elected leadership of South Korea, China and Japan. Foreign policy expert Andrew Natsios, an executive professor at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M […]
AJA President Stresses Press Freedom in the Digital Age
Ivan Lim Addresses ICT Conference in Kathmandu KATHMANDU — Asia Journalist Association President Ivan Lim on February 9 said that governments around the world seek to control the information flow on Internet by applying different measures. While addressing the 13th International CAN Information and Communication technology Conference in Kathmandu, Lim said, “Generally, autocratic governments fear that the netizens […]
Street battles waged in Cairo on second anniversary of Mubarak’s ouster
An Egyptian protester runs to throw a tear gas canister back at riot police, not seen, during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second anniversary of autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s […]
Well-armed Islamic fighters foreshadow protrated civil war in northern Mali
A Malian officer closes a cell where suspected Islamist rebel group the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, MUJAO, fighters are held in Gao, northern Mali, Monday Feb. 11 2013, one day after MUJAO fighters engaged in a firefight with Malian forces.The attack in Gao shows the Islamic fighters, many of them well […]
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