Moon, Ahn agree on single candidacy
7-point pact can’t rule out last-minute discord The two leading liberal presidential contenders, Rep. Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) and independent Ahn Cheol-soo, agreed Tuesday to unify their candidacy before final registration on Nov. 26. The decision came after a closed-door meeting between the two after Moon’s months-long wooing of […]
[Indonesia Report] Rafflesia Patma, a giant flower, blooms at Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia
![[Indonesia Report] Rafflesia Patma, a giant flower, blooms at Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2F1230025620X310.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[Indonesia Report] Rafflesia Patma, a giant flower, blooms at Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia")
One of Indonesian unique flower, Rafflesia Patma, recently blooms in Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia. Rafflesia Patma is a member of the genus Rafflesia that is known as the largest individual flower in the world. Rafflesia is an endemic plant that occurs only in Sumatra Rainforest, Indonesia. The blooming of Bogor Botanical Garden is the […]
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Simposium Nuklir: Penggunaan Strategi Nuklir yang Damai
![[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Simposium Nuklir: Penggunaan Strategi Nuklir yang Damai](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2F20121104inn.mp4_20121104_221736.4221.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Simposium Nuklir: Penggunaan Strategi Nuklir yang Damai")
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah ulasan mengenai penggunaan kekuatan nuklir sebagai sumber energi oleh Abderrahim Elallam, Konsultan Hubungan Arab di Afrika Utara untuk The AsiaN. Menurut beliau, sejak awal penggunaan sumber daya nuklir mendatangkan pro dan kontra. Energi nuklir dapat digunakan sebagai sumber daya senjata nuklir maupun berguna untuk keperluan medis, listrik, […]
Rickshaw Drivers In New Delhi Look Bright Despite Their Hard Lives
Rickshaw drivers have their breakfast in East Patel Nagar, northern New Delhi, India, on Nov. 5, 2012. Rickshaw drivers’ life is hard in the old city of New Delhi. A rickshaw driver rests in East Patel Nagar, northern New Delhi, India, on Nov. 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Li Yigang>
Filipino Workers Take To Streets Demanding $3 Across-The-Board Salary Raise
Protesters display placards during a rally outside the Philippine Congress to seek 125-Peso ($3) across-the-board salary increase for workers at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines, Monday Nov. 5, 2012. The rally coincided with the resumption of session of Philippine Congress following a long weekend. Protesters display placards after lighting candles at the gates […]
Tripartite Talks To Bring Peace In Syria Among Russia, UN, Arab League Ended In Disagreement
In this Sunday Nov. 4, 2012 photo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, Arab League Secretary General Nabil Alaraby, center, and Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, right, hold a late-night joint press conference, but they differed in their assessments, after talks in Cairo, Egypt. Brahimi called the situation “deplorable,” adding, “The solution […]
An Afghan Worker Puts Finishing Touch On Carpet Which Used To Be Column Of Its Economy
An Afghan worker cuts carpet at a carpet factory in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 3, 2012. Carpet production is the column of Afghan economy. However, the export of carpet has significantly declined over the past couple of year due to lack of machinery and raw materials, according to the officials. Afghan workers sort threads at […]
Sri Lankan Government Under Blast For Planning To Impeach Chief Justice
Opposition lawmakers and rights activists participate in a protest against the government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Hundreds of Sri Lankans staged the protest march to demand that the government halt a plan to impeach the country’s chief justice and condemning what they say is intimidation of the judiciary. <AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe>
G20 Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors Meeting Opens In Mexico City
(From L to R) Jose Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for the Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena, Mexico’s Finance Minister, Jim Yong Kim, presidente of the World Bank, pose for a photo during the event titled “Increasing financial resilience through Disaster Risk Management” within the ambit of the G20 Finance […]
Dancers Perform “Tengchong Deam,” Featuring History, Customs Of Tengchong Region, China
Dancers perform during a tourism dance “Tengchong Dream” in Tengchong County of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Nov. 4, 2012. The large-scale tourism dance is a national-standard grand cultural banquet which takes Tengchong’s history and local customs as the main contents and can perfectly reflect the local features of Tengchong. A dancer performs during a tourism […]
![[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑯](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAshraf-2novel-news_9601.jpg&q=90&w=300&h=0&zc=1 "[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑯")
