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East Asia
A group of people in Seoul stage a protest opposing UN saction against NK
South Korean protesters hold signs during a press conference denouncing the UN’s new sanction against North Korea, and the annual joint military exercises, dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, South Korea and the United States joint military excercise, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2013.…
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West Asia
Heavy snow fall in Tehran offers fun as well as inconvenience on the people
An Iranian family make a snowman in Tehran, Iran, on March 7, 2013. Heavy snow caused flight delays and cancellations, and disturbed traffic in Tehran on Thursday. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>
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East Asia
People on bicycles wear half sleeve shirts as it gets hot in Chongqing, China
People ride on Nanbin street in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, March 7, 2013. The highest temperature rose to 28 degrees Celsius in Chongqing on Thursday. <Xinhua/Chen Cheng>
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South East Asia
People in Phnom Penh march a street demanding release of an arrested woman
Villagers from Boeung Kok lake march through the main street wearing a portrait of detained Yoam Bopha, to mark the World Women’s Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, March. 8, 2013. Bopha was arrested by local authorities after her protest over compensation for her loss of her house due to…
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East Asia
Be wary of the ‘Seikanron’ descendants
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…
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East Asia
Journalists inspect Fukushima nuclear power plant harmed by tsunami
Members of the media wearing protective suits and masks are escorted by TEPCO employees while walking near the building housing the plant’s No. 4 reactor, center, and an under construction foundation which will store the reactor’s melted fuel rods at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in…
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East Asia
NK soldiers under training amid a threat to cancel 1953 cease-fire in Pyongyang
Soldiers of Kim Il Sung Military University perform military training on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea’s military is vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, straining already frayed ties between Washington and Pyongyang as the United Nations moves to impose punishing…
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South Asia
Members of a Nepal Maoist faction stage anti-gov’t protest in Katmandu
Members of the splinter faction of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoist shout slogans against the government during a general strike Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The strike called to protest the decision to form an interim government led by the Supreme Court chief justice disrupted normal life…
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South Asia
Pakistani arts students take part in a street painting competition in Lahore
Pakistani students paint a wall along a street in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, March 6, 2013. More than 200 art students and youths participated in a street art painting competition run by a local youth organization with the aim of improving the city vista. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sajjad>
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