<2011 Top News> Turkey ‘Cihan’ Issues
Here are 2011’s top news stories according to the Cihan News Agency of Turkey. 1. Arab Spring 2. Great earthquake in Japan 3. Kemal Burkay’s return to Turkey Kurdish politician, social activist and poet Kemal Burkay returned to Turkey after 31 years of exile in Sweden. 4. President of Turkey Abdullah Gul cried when […]
NK Named Kim Jong-un as Top Military Cdr
This file photo released on Dec. 26, 2011 by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s official news agency Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Kim Jong Un (front), vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) arrives at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace to pay respect to his father the […]
International Students Breaking Down Barriers
Being invited to the farewell party held by the Non-Resident Nepalese Association of Korea for the Ambassador H.E. Kamal Prasad Koirala as a representative of KISSA (Korea International Students Support Association), I found myself being immersed in yet another culture. Besides a small number of Korean participants, I was the only non-Nepalese and American. Although […]
Chile Magallanes Fire, ‘Disaster Area’
Firefighters try to extinguish the fire in the Torres del Paine National Parke, in Patagonia area, Chile, Dec. 30, 2011. Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera on Friday declared Magallanes Region as the disaster area, which was affected by an uncontrolled fire in the Torres del Paine National Parke, in Chilean Patagonia, since three days ago. <Photo: […]
NK, Issues J.I Kim Commorative Stamps
Photo released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 30, 2011 shows a commemorative stamp issued by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) featuring the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. <Photo: Xinhua/KCNA> news@theasian.asia
NK Issues Commemorative Stamp for J.I Kim
Photo released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 30, 2011 shows a commemorative stamp issued by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) featuring the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) and Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea. <Photo: Xinhua/KCNA> news@theasian.asia […]
“What Do You Want, Mom?”
A boy looks at his mother writing wishes on a piece of confetti in front of the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall at Times Square Information Center in New York, the United States, Dec. 29, 2011. All the pieces of confetti, bearing the best wishes for the year 2012 from people around the world, will […]
“What Are Their Wishes for 2012?”
A girl looks at the confetti on the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall at Times Square Information Center in New York, the United States, Dec. 29, 2011. All the pieces of confetti, bearing the best wishes for the year 2012 from people around the world, will rain down to revelers during the New Year’s Eve […]
Lee Kun-hee of Samsung, the most influential business figure
Survey by AsiaN and AJA, 50 Asian journalists answered Journalists of Asia think that Samsung is the most influential company in Asia. The AsiaN in association with the Asia Journalist Association conducted a survey on 20~30 November in celebration of its launch and 50 newspaper, TV, and online journalists of 33 different nationalities participated. The […]
Turkey Army Mistaken Bombing, Killed 36 Civilians
A faint protester is carried out during a demonstration against an air raid happened on Dec. 28 across Turkish-Iraqi border which killed 36 people. Turkey’s General Staff said earlier on Thursday in a statement that Turkish jets bombed a group of people approaching its border in accordance with an intelligence that the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ […]
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