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3-pronged formation

3-pronged formation

Samsung realigned to boost mobile, electronics business Samsung Electronics will reorganize into three key units of consumer electronics, information technology and mobile and device solutions in order to better cope with the rapidly-changing market environments. On Wednesday, the Suwon, Gyeonggi Province-based outfit announced that it had decided to adopt what the company calls a “three […]

‘Education poor’ on sharp rise

‘Education poor’ on sharp rise

Middle-class parents pressed to cope with costly private tutoring Kim Ji-hye is 6. She attends a neighborhood preschool in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. She has a busier schedule than her parents because her mother wants to keep her focused on learning. After finishing preschool at around 2 p.m., she rushes to an indoor pool for a […]

Dialogue to enlarge antagonism

Dialogue to enlarge antagonism

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Nepal Mendirikan Monumen Bagi Pendaki Gunung Legendaris Korea, Park Young-Seok

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Nepal Mendirikan Monumen Bagi Pendaki Gunung Legendaris Korea, Park Young-Seok

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Nepal mendirikan monumen bagi para pendaki gunung legendaris. Nepal telah mendirikan sebuah monumen peringatan untuk mengenang pendaki veteran Korea Selatan, Park Young-seok, pada 10 November Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) telah membangun monumen peringatan di International Mountaineers’ Memorial Park (IMMP) di Kakni, sekitar 20 kilometer sebelah utara Kathmandu. Monumen marmer, […]

“What changes would come to China and Asian countries in Xi Jinping age?”

“What changes would come to China and Asian countries in Xi Jinping age?”

China in transition A quiet but meaningful forum was held at a hotel in downtown Seoul at a time when North Korea launched missile and promotion songs for presidential election resound whole nation. On the occasion of power transition in China, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted a forum under the title of “2012 China […]

Iraqi And Palestinian PMs Attend Meeting Of Arab League In Baghdad

Iraqi And Palestinian PMs Attend Meeting Of Arab League In Baghdad

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R front) and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (L front) attend an international conference held by Arab League (AL), in Baghdad, capital of Iraq, on Dec. 11, 2012. The international conference of solidarity with the Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli jails was launched in Baghdad on Tuesday under the […]

Fayoum Art Center invites worldwide artists to attend winter academy 2013

Fayoum Art Center invites worldwide artists to attend winter academy 2013

The Fayoum Art Center invites artists from across the world to participate in Fayoum Winter Academy 2013. The artists will work together for six weeks, and receive supervision from instructors that are available during the academy program. Courses include painting, printmaking, sculpture, video and filming, performance and installation art. The Academy opened this year for […]

Syrians At Refugee Camp Struggle For Blankets Being Distributed In Severe Cold

Syrians At Refugee Camp Struggle For Blankets Being Distributed In Severe Cold

In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, photo, Syrians who fled their homes struggle to get pillows and blankets distributed at a camp for displaced Syrians, in the village of Atmeh, Syria. This tent camp sheltering some of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians uprooted by the country’s brutal civil war has lost the race against […]

A Palestinian Baths At Turkish Bath Built Some 400 Years Ago In Nablus, West Bank

A Palestinian Baths At Turkish Bath Built Some 400 Years Ago In Nablus, West Bank

A Palestinian baths at “Hamam Alshefa”, the traditional Turkish bath in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Dec. 11, 2012. The Turkish bath, built about 400 years ago during the Ottoman rule, opens 24 hours a day and has separate days for men and women. <Xinhua/Ayman Nobani>

Nepal Hindu Devotees Celebrate Bala Chaturdasi Festival At Temple In Katmandu

Nepal Hindu Devotees Celebrate Bala Chaturdasi Festival At Temple In Katmandu

Nepalese Hindu devotees light oil lamps during the Bala Chaturdasi festival at the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Bala Chaturdashi is celebrated in memory of departed family members by lighting oil lamps and scattering seven types of grain along a prescribed route. <AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha>

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