Carriers launch new Kakao challenger
Domestic mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus will jointly launch their much-anticipated “Joyn” communication platform service today. The service is a joint project of mobile operators associated with the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) to share a common platform available across the world. It is what the GSMA has dubbed a […]
India-Pakistani Cricket Match Helps Thaw Bitter Rivalry Between The Two Nations
An Indian cricket fan is joined by others as he waves the Indian flag outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium, the venue of first Twenty20 cricket match between India and Pakistan, in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. Four years after Pakistani gunmen laid siege to India’s financial capital of Mumbai, South Asia’s bitter rivals are meeting […]
Syrian Refugees Have Hard Time At A Camp In Mafraq, Jordan
Syrian refugees bake bread at their tent bakery in Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. A Syrian refugee speaks to his family through a hole in their tent in Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. <AP Photo/Mohammad […]
Abe Who Led LDP To Victory In Diet Election Becomes Japanese Prime Minister
Japan’s prime-minister-to-be Shinzo Abe arrives at the parliament for the special diet session in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Capitalizing on the Democrats’ failure to improve the economy and its perceived lack of strong leadership, Abe led the Liberal Democratic Party to victory in parliamentary elections Dec. 16. Abe was to be named prime minister […]
Pakistani Cadets Observe Birth Anniversary Of Pakistan’s Founder In Karachi
Pakistani cadets attend a ceremony on the 136th birth anniversary of Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah at his mausoleum in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Dec. 25, 2012. Pakistani cadets march during a ceremony on the 136th birth anniversary of Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah at his mausoleum in southern Pakistani port city […]
Zhang Gaoli Discusses With Citizens About Project To Improve People’s Livelihood In Tianjin, China
File photo taken on June 18, 2008 shows Zhang Gaoli (1st L) discusses post-disaster reconstruction work with local officials at Wulipo Group in Kangjiadong Village of Hanyuan Township in Ningqiang County, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Ningqiang County was one of the hardest hit areas during the Wenchuan earthquake and Tianjin’s pairing-assistance area. <Xinhua/Liu Shuyun> File […]
Xi Jinping Meets With Leaders Of Chinese Commerce And Industry Circles
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and Yu Zhengsheng, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of CPC, meet the new leaderships of China’s eight non-communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) on Dec. 24 and 25, 2012. <Xinhua/Li […]
Head Of Egyptian Election Committee Announces Approval Of New Constitution
Head of Egyptian Supreme Elections Commission, Samir Ahmed Aboul-Maaty (C), speaks at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 25, 2012. Samir Ahmed Aboul-Maaty announced Tuesday evening that the newly-written draft constitution was approved by 63.8 percent of votes in referendum. <Xinhua>
Beijing-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway Put Into Operation
A stewardess wait to serve passengers in high-speed train G502 at the Changsha South Railway Station in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, Dec. 26, 2012. The Changsha South Railway Station is one of the stops of the 2,298-kilometer Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, the world’s longest, which was put into operation on Wednesday. Running at […]
Pakistani Christians Attend Christmas Mass In Rawalpindi
Pakistani Christians pray during a Christmas Mass in Rawalpindi, adjacent city of Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Dec. 25, 2012. <Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal>
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