• West Asia

    Major news in Israel on May 22: US Senate unanimously approves new Iran sanctions bill

    Top news in <Jerusalem Post>: US Senate unanimously approves new Iran sanctions bill   news@theasian.asia

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  • tobechecked

    A Would-Be Suicide Being Rescured

    Niagara Falls emergency officials rescue a man who plunged over Niagara Falls and survived in an apparent suicide attempt, Monday, May 21, 2012. The man is only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device and live. A waiting helicopter flew him to Hamilton General Hospital,…

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  • East Asia

    Major news in Japan on May 22: Skytree is set to open Tuesday

    Top news in <Japan Times>: Skytree is set to open Tuesday news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    UN chief meets with French president on Syria, Rio+20

    CHICAGO, May 21 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon(L) on Monday met with French President Francois Hollande on issues including Syria and the Rio+20 conference slated for next month in Brazil. The meeting took place here on the sidelines of the two-day NATO summit, which is scheduled to conclude late…

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  • Society

    Admissions Officer System revamps college entrance

    This is the first in a three-part series on Korea’s innovative education programs that have drawn much attention from educational policymakers around the world. — ED. The Admissions Officer System, initiated in 2008, is one of the Lee Myung-bak administration’s bold measures to reshape the test-oriented college entrance process. Most…

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  • East Asia

    Cardinal celebrates Buddha’s birthday

    Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, the archbishop of Seoul, delivered a congratulatory message on Buddha’s birthday, which falls on May 28 this year, to the Jogye Order, the country’s largest Buddhist sect, Monday. “We wish that the mercy of Buddha, who came to this world to save all creatures in agony,…

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  • Column

    The illogic of China’s North Korea policy

    Discussions in Beijing about North Korea are always frustrating. It’s not so much due to the sharp divergence in U.S. and Chinese thinking about how to deal with Pyongyang; the two sides differ on many issues. No, the real problem, from our perspective, is the illogic of the Chinese position.…

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  • Lifestyle

    ‘Korean Eye’ takes 34 artists to London

    “Korean Eye,” an exhibition to introduce contemporary Korean artists to the world, revealed the 34 who will present their work at the 2012 show at the Saatchi Gallery in London from July 25 to Sept. 23. “Korean Eye” was founded by Parallel Media Group chairman David Ciclitira to promote Korean…

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  • Allies stuck in 6-party deja vu

    Seoul, Washington and Tokyo renewed their sticks-and-carrots approach to North Korea, Monday, amid tensions following a failed long-range rocket launch. But despite the diplomacy, huge doubts loom over the ability of the region to cope with Pyongyang. Officials of the three nations, following trilateral talks in Seoul, laid out their…

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  • Column

    Strike called by ethnic communities goes violent

    KATHMANDU — Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the umbrella organization of Nepal’s journalists, have expressed its serious concerns about the manhandling of the journalists, vandalizing of their vehicles misbehaviors meted out against them on the first and second days of the three-day general strike called by the Nepal Federation of…

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