• Column

    Seoul needs to pursue diplomatic balance

    Editorial: South Korea paid much attention to Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington just as other countries did since Sino-U.S. ties are a key factor in ensuring peace, stability and prosperity in East Asia as well as across the globe. Xi won an extraordinary welcome from U.S. leaders…

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  • World

    ‘Kangaroo Program’ for Moms of Premature Kids

    Salvadoran parents feed their son during the “Kangaroo Program” in San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, Feb. 16, 2012. The program is focused on teaching mothers of children that were born prematurely and underweight, the correct care to improve their growth, increase the weight and have a better relationship between…

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  • East Asia

    3000-yr-old Chinese Vinegar Manufacturer

    A staff member works at Donghu Vinegar Garden of Shanxi Mature Vinegar Group Co., LTD in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province, Feb. 15, 2012. With over 3,000 years of history, Shanxi Mature Vinegar, one of the four famous vinegar in China, is made from sorghum, barley and other…

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  • Column

    Pak-Afghan resolve to work for stability and peace in region

    Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai have emphasized the need for the two countries to sit together at this critical juncture and avoid being distracted by momentary events. The understanding came during one and one and delegation level talks between the two leaders in Islamabad…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan-India Exchanges Prisoners Each Other

    Pakistani rangers escort released Pakistani prisoners after crossing the Wagah Border on in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Feb. 16, 2012. In a goodwill gesture and to boost the peace process with India, Pakistan has released 19 Indian fishermen and India released 3 Pakistani prisoners on Thursday. <Photo: Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    Ban Calls for Syria to Halt Bloodshed

      Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (L) attend a press conference in Vienna, Austria, Feb. 16, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Xu Liang> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    NK Celebrates Late Kim’s 70th Birthday

    Kim Jong Un, supreme leader of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), the army and the state, attends the meeting to the 70th birth anniversary of late leader Kim Jong Il, at Kumsusan Momorial Palace in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Feb. 16, 2012. The DPRK…

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  • East AsiaBismarck's pension system

    Japan on 17 February 2012

    Japan on 17 February 2012 <The Mainichi Daily News> : “Bismarck’s pension system” news@theasian.asia

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  • East AsiaTCM expert defends bile harvesting

    China on 17 February 2012

    China on 17 February 2012 <China Daily> : “TCM expert defends bile harvesting” news@theasian.asia

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  • Central AsiaGilani confirms sending Taliban to Qatar

    Afghanistan on 17 February 2012

    Afghanistan on 17 February 2012 <Pajhwok Afghan News> : “Gilani confirms sending Taliban to Qatar” news@theasian.asia

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