• ‘MB should do something to improve South-North relationship’

    A survey showed that some 60 percent of South Korean people are pessimistic about the improvement of relationship between South and North Korea next year as a result of regid attitude of Lee Myung-bak government toward the North in the last five years. The survey was conducted recently over the telephone by the  Hyundai Research…

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  • South East Asia

    Viet Nam : APEC must play key role

    Top news in <Vietnam News> : APEC must play key role Viet Nam, as a developing country, was actively integrating into the global economy, fully implementing multilateral and bilateral international commitments, and creating a favourable business environment for domestic and foreign businesses and investors. President Truong Tan Sang made the statement while attending…

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  • East Asia

    NK Film “Meet In Pyongyang” To Premiere In China

    Director Kim Hyong Chol introduces cast members from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) during the premiere ceremony of  “Meet in Pyongyang” in Beijing, capital of China, July 16, 2012. “Meet in Pyongyang”, the first China-DPRK co-production film, was about the story of a Chinese dancer learning dancing in DPRK…

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  • East Asia

    People Celebrate Mongolian Folk Festival

    People perform during the opening of a Nadam fair in Hulun Buir, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 16, 2012. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing in Mongolian language, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. During the event, local residents participate in activities like horse racing, archery…

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  • West Asia

    Russian FM Refuses To Ask Assad To Step Down

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference in Moscow, Russia, July 16, 2012. Lavrov said the calls for Russia to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down are “unrealistic”, as the president still enjoys supports from a significant part of the Syrian people. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia

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  • tobechecked

    Flame At Varanasi To Send Loved Ones Soul To Heaven

    In this Tuesday, July 10, 2012 photo, funeral pyres burn during cremation at Manikarnika Ghat, on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India. Devout Hindus believe that cremation of deceased at Manikarnika, one of the oldest and most sacred place for cremation in Varanasi, will send the loved…

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  • tobechecked

    World Top Models Compete In Lebanese Beauty Contest

    Participants of the Miss World Next Top Model 2012 beauty pageant perform during the contest in Beirut, Lebanon, late Sunday, July 15, 2012. Thirty-eight models gathered from all over the world to compete in the biggest international event to be held in Lebanon.  <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • Culture

    Anti Nuclear Protesters March On Tokyo Street

    Anti-nuclear energy protesters march on a street in Tokyo Monday, July 16, 2012. Tens of thousands of people gathered at a Tokyo park, demanding Sayonara, or goodbye, to nuclear power as Japan prepares to restart yet another reactor, and expressed outrage over a report that blamed culture on the Fukushima…

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  • tobechecked

    Kidnapped Journalists Released In Libya

    A Libyan militiaman from Zlitan guards a check point in the desert near the border of Bani Walid in Misrata, Libya, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Tensions between the National Army and the former Gadaffi stronghold of Bani Walid have eased following the release of kidnapped journalists Abdelkader Fusuk and Youssef…

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  • West Asia

    Hillary With Israeli PM In Jerusalem

    Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjiamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Pool/Abir Sultan> news@theasian.asia

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