• South East Asia

    Philippine Stock Market Ends with 0.81% Higher

     Traders blow horns to celebrate the last trading day of the year inside the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati, the Philippines, on Dec. 29, 2011. Philippine shares closed 0.81 percent higher as they ended the trading of the year. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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  • East Asia

    Kim Yong-nam Delivers Funeral Oration

    This TV grab shows that Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), addresses a national memorial service to mourn late leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, the DPRK, Dec. 29, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    Kim Jong-un Era Opens

    This picture of TV live broadcast shows that Kim Jong Un (2nd L), vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, attends a national memorial service to mourn late leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Dec. 29, 2011. <Photo:…

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  • East Asia

    Kim Jong-un Attends the National Memorial Service

    This picture of TV live broadcast shows that Kim Jong Un (3nd L), vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, attends a national memorial service to mourn late leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Dec. 29, 2011. <Photo:…

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  • tobechecked

    ‘The Korea Times’ Top 10 News in World

    <The Korea Times> chose ‘the Arab Spring’ as the top news of 2011 in World. news@theasian.asia   

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  • ‘The Korea Times’ Top 10 News in Korea

    <The Korea Times> chose ‘the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’ as the top news of 2011 in Korea. news@theasian.asia   

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  • The Al Jazeera’s top 10

    <The Al Jazeera> chose  ‘Arab Spring’ as the top stories of 2011. Here are 2011: A Year in review. 1. The Arab Awakening 2. Japan: Reeling from triple disasters 3. Bin Laden: US kills al-Qaeda leader 4. Horn of Africa: A devastating drought 5. Europe’s year of austerity 6. Occupy…

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  • World

    Burma Warehouse Explosion, 10 People Dead

    People gather around a warehouse where an explosion happened in Yangon environs Mingalartaungnyung township, Myanmar, on Dec. 29, 2011. The local firemen said at least 10 people died and 4 of them are women, 54 people injured in this explosion happened at around 2:00 a.m. local time. <Photo: Xinhua/Jin Fei> news@theasian.asia…

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  • East Asia

    UN Raises a Flag at Half-Mast for Kim

    The United Nations flies its blue and white flag at half-mast to mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, the late leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States, Dec. 28, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasia.asia  

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  • tobechecked

    Bangladesh Journalists Protest against Traffic Accident

    Bangladeshi journalists put barricade and set fire on road during a demonstration in front of National Press Club in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Dec. 28,  2011. A senior journalist was seriously injured by a speedy bus here on  Wednesday morning. <Photo: Xinhua/Shariful Islam> news@theasian.asia  

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