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East Asia
Disbanding the Korean Imperial Army
Min Byung Don (ROK Reserve Army General) – On a rainy morning on August 1st 1907, Commander Yang Sung Hwan and his cavalry, artillery, and infantry officers of the Imperial Guards were summoned to the office of Hasegawa, the Japanese Imperial Army Commander. There, the Minister of the Military, Lee Byung…
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West Asia
New gold reserves discovered in Iran
Recent explorations have led to identification of new reserves of gold at Iran’s Zarshouran gold mine, Mohammad Reza Ahmadi, manager of Zarshouran Gold Complex, said. He said that the explorations indicate that the mine contains 108 tons of gold with purity of four grams per ton, Ahmadi said, ISNA news…
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Central Asia
Japanese-Turkish consortium implements chemical project in Turkmenistan
A workshop for the production of 500,000 tons of sulfuric acid per year was commissioned at a chemical plant in Turkmenabad town, Lebap region, Turkmenistan, Trend reports. According to the report, the project was implemented by a consortium consisting of Japanese Mitsui company and Turkish Ronesans company. “The design capacity…
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Central Asia
First Soviet McDonald’s opens in 1990
The first McDonalds opened its doors to thousands of people in the date of January 31, 1990. Russian people stand in a long line to taste the Western burger. It was a symbolic date of the late Soviet period.
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East Asia
Chinese, US experts call for more rationality on the South China Sea issue
By Zhang Niansheng, Wang Rujun, Zhang Penghui, Chen Lidan and Gao Shi from the People’s Daily At a forum on the South China Sea issue held on Tuesday in Washington DC, dozens of veteran Chinese and US experts urged China and the US to prevent the issue from damaging overall Sino-US ties by managing their differences in…
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East Asia
US experts: bilateral negotiation better way to settle South China Sea disputes
(Liao Zhengjun, Zhang Penghui of People’s Daily) – The South China Sea arbitration unilaterally initiated by the Philippines was a weak substitute for realistic but honest foreign policy, and the US should have urged the Philippines to return to a diplomatic resolution, an American expert on foreign policy said. Abraham…
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East Asia
US should not challenge China’s bottom line in South China Sea issue
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily – A dialogue on the South China Sea between Chinese and US think tanks was held in Washington DC on Tuesday. The dialogue came at the right time as political forces of the US and the Philippines are now meddling in the waters of the South China Sea. The dialogue not only told the…
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South Asia
The World According to ISIS: Horrifying map of target countries
Jake Burman wrote a piece about the targets of ISIS terrorism. His piece includes various threats of the terrorist organisation to global security. The piece starts, “This is the terrifying new map of Europe released by Islamic State (ISIS) – drawn-up to show the areas it plans dominate in the…
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Central Asia
Merkel to pay official visit to Kyrgyzstan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay her first official visit to Kyrgyzstan on July 13-14 at the invitation of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, the Kyrgyz presidential press service told Interfax on July 7. Atambayev and Merkel “will discuss a large number of issues relating to the state of affairs in…
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Society
“Until you have tasted it, you cannot fully understand the flavor”
Ryan Welshhon at CIA (The Culinary Institute of America) FMC course design assistant and coordinator Three-day education in CIA, NY campus-Taste, evaluate and describe 200 various flavors in foods and beverages The world’s premier culinary college, CIA (The Culinary Institute of America) opens FMC (Flavor Master Certificate) course in NY…
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