• South Asia

    Monsoon Rains Inundate Many Parts Of India

    Three people ride on a motorcycle through the banks of the River Tawi flooded due to monsoon rains in Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Monsoon rains usually hit India from June to September. A child sits on a couch outside her home on the banks of the River Tawi…

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  • Society

    Could Japanese understand it?

    KFA letter contains at least 27 grammatical, contextual errors A brief six-paragraph letter sent by the Korea Football Association (FTA) to its Japanese counterpart regarding the brouhaha following the football match between the two countries at the London Olympics contains at least 27 mistakes. Judging by his poor construction, it…

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  • East Asia

    Keruntuhan Korea Utara Dapat Memicu Perang Sino-Amerika: Ahli

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia, saat ini sedang bermagang untuk The AsiaN. Berikut salah satu berita dari benua Asia. Jika Korea Utara runtuh, hal ini dapat menyebabkan perang antara Amerika Serikat dan China dalam dekade mendatang, peringatan ini datang dari seorang ahli keamanan Amerika. Sebuah laporan oleh James Dobbins,…

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  • Society

    Death of dissident in 1975 may bring political storm

    The main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) said Friday that it will form a fact-finding panel to investigate the death of Chang Joon-ha, a prominent dissident who fought against the authoritarian government of then-President Park Chung-hee, in 1975. The move came after Chang’s family renewed suspicions that he might have…

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  • Business

    Gamers pack Korean developers’ booths

    COLOGNE, Germany — At one of the biggest games trade shows in the World, the booths of Korean game developers and exhibitors Nexon and NCsoft bustled. On the opening day of the four-day Gamescom 2012, taking place at the Koelnmesse exhibition center for the fourth consecutive year, the two firms…

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  • South East Asia

    Philippine : Massive Relocation Up

    Major News of <Manila Bulletin> :  Massive Relocation Up Gov’t To Spend P50B To Relocate 100,000 Metro Families President Benigno S. Aquino III has allocated P50 billion or P10 billion a year to relocate in five years informal settlers in Metro Manila, particularly those living in and near waterways and…

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  • Society

    Beer, liquor ads to be banned on buses, subways

    Seoul City said Friday that it will ban alcoholic beverage advertisements on buses, bus stops and subways in Seoul starting September in an effort to minimize the effect of such media campaigns on the public. City officials hope the measure will reduce disturbances caused by excessive drinking. Under the scheme,…

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  • Japan and neighbors

    Tokyo must know reasons for diplomatic isolation Japan is suffering both internally and externally, with an unending economic slump at home and diplomatic conflicts with its neighbors abroad. Tokyo has brought most ― almost all ― of these troubles upon itself. That means the country should seek solutions not outside…

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  • Society

    Bestselling history cartoon gets facelift

    The revised version of the best-selling “Faraway Neighbor Countries” cartoon series recently hit local bookstores. (Photo : Gimmyoung Publishing)   A local publisher has recently re-issued one of the most popular comic book series, the “Faraway Neighbor Countries” by the nation’s first-generation cartoonist Lee Won-bok. Since its first publication in 1987,…

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  • Compete or Co-operate? India, China and the ‘Asian Century’

    *Author, Dr. Rupakjyoti Borah is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat, India. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK in 2009. The views expressed in this article are personal. He can…

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