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Politics
NK Defector claims her repatriation to the North
A North Korean woman said Thursday that she was tricked into defecting six years ago by South Korean agents who offered to arrange a reunion with her father who went to the South during the Korean War. The rare public account that 66-year-old Pak Jong Suk told to local and…
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West Asia
Holocaust Survivors Pageant Held
Holocaust survivors participate in a beauty pageant, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Fourteen women who lived through the horrors of World War II paraded on stage Thursday night in an unusual pageant, vying for the honor of being Israel’s first “Miss Holocaust Survivor.” <AP/Newsis>…
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South Asia
Major news in Sri Lanka : Special committee to handle relief
Top news in <Daily News>: Special committee to handle relief The government will take steps to provide dry rations to farmers whose crops have been destroyed by the severe drought in the country, with immediate effect. Addressing a media-briefing in Colombo yesterday, Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said dry rations…
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West Asia
Syrian President Bashar Assad And His Wife
In this July 13, 2010 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife, Asma Assad, listen to explanations as they visit a technology plant in Tunis. An article in Vogue in March, 2011, published just as protests began, hailed the 36-year-old, university educated Asma Assad as a “Rose in…
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West Asia
Computer Game Expo Opens In Iran
An Iranian girl plays computer game during the 2nd International Computer Game Expo and Festival in Tehran, capital of Iran, June 28, 2012. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia займ безработным без отказа срочно
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Society
Macao confirms first case of human infection with streptococcus suis
MACAO, June 28 (Xinhua) — Macao has confirmed one case of human infection with streptococcus suis, the first such case found in Macao so far this year, the spokesman of Macao’s Health Bureau told Xinhua Thursday. According to the spokesman, a 54-year-old Macao man, who has been operating a roasted…
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West Asia
Explosion Rocks Syrian Palace Of Justice
Syrians inspect burned cars at the site of a blast in the Syrian capital Damascus Thursday June 28, 2012. A strong explosion rocked the Syrian capital Thursday near a busy market and the Palace of Justice, sending black smoke billowing into the sky. State TV reported at least three people…
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West Asia
Israeli Air Force Flies With The Moon
Israeli Air Force acrobat training planes fly in front of the moon during an acrobatics display during a graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Air Force base near the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, June 28, 2012. The pilots, who train for three years, will fly all types of military…
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Column
Rains wreak havoc on Bangladesh
Torrential rains over the week have triggered flooding, landslide and river erosion leaving at least 110 persons killed in Bangladesh. A huge population in the eastern and northern part of the country have been marooned as flood situation continued to worsen due to the rains and the onrush of waters from …
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Society
Japan to restart nuclear plants amid criticisms and protests
TOKYO, June 29 (Xinhua) — Amid widespread criticisms and protests, Japan will allow, starting next month, some of its nuclear facilities to resume operation, about 15 months after the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The No. 3 reactor at Oi plant in western Japan’s Fukui Prefecture…
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