Turkey Army Mistaken Bombing···36 Killed
Demonstrators gesture and chant slogans during a demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 29, 2011, 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 […]
Pyramids and New Year
The light painting photo taken on Dec. 26, 2011 in front of the pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, shows the sign of “2012”, to greet the coming New Year. <Photo: Xinhua/Qin Haishi> news@theasian.asia
“Happy New Year”
The light painting photo taken on Dec. 29, 2011 in front of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium, shows the sign of “2012”, to greet the coming New Year. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhou Lei> news@theasian.asia
“Welcome 2012”
The light painting photo taken on Dec. 26, 2011 in front of the Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, China, shows the sign of “2012”, to greet the coming New Year. <Photo: Xinhua/Chen Duo> news@theasian.asia
<2011 Top News> ‘The AsiaN’ Top News in Asia
(Bigger images in a row when you click them) In 2011, natural disasters struck all places of Asia and dictators stepped down. The biggest news of Asia selected by the AsiaN is ‘Death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’. Earthquake hit Turkey, India, Indonesia and China, not to mention Japan causing heavy casualties and great […]
Hu Jintao the most influential figure in Asia
Survey by AsiaN and AJA Hu Jintao 50% but Obama 32%… Ban Ki-moon and Putin 6% The survey reveals that 5 out of 10 Asian journalists think Hu Jintao of China is the most influential figure in Asia. This is 18% higher than Obama of the USA(32%). The AsiaN in association with the Asia Journalist […]
S.Korea Court Rules against Ban on SNS in Elections
The Constitutional Court of Korea ruled on Thursday that banning social networking services(SNS) in election campaigns was in limited violation of the constitution. In March last year Rep. Chung Dong-young of the Democratic Party and a group of civilians filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court saying that the scope of “the like” in clause 1 of […]
President Lee’s Online New Year Message
The Blue House of Korea sent a new year’s message to government officials, journalists, artists, sportspeople, and many other celebrities in the name of President Lee Myung-bak and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok on 29th, three days before 2012. President Lee said, “It is a difficult time for middle class people and a more difficult […]
Korea’s “Democracy Godfather” Dies
<Photo> The portrait of Kim Geun-tae is entering into the mortuary of the Seoul Nationl University Hospital on 30. Kim Geun-tae, a leader of Korean democratic movement died Friday from a brain disease. He was 64. He was dubbed the “Godfather” of the country’s democratization. He served as leader of Korea’s former ruling Uri […]
<2011 Top News> Waiting for Rescue···
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ① An elder woman waits for rescue in northern Thailand’s Pathum Thani Province, Oct. 12, 2011. news@theasian.asia
![[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")
