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Master plan for Lumbini Peace City appears to complete in six months
KATHMANDU – The new master plan of the Lumbini Peace City is likely to complete in six months. According to Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), 80 percent works of the master plan has been completed. Korean professor Kwak Young Hoon, 72, is drafting the new master plan to build a lotus-shape…
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East Asia
U.S. Special Envoy On NK Affairs Arrives In Seoul For Consultation With His South Korean Counterpart
U.S. special envoy for policy on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Glyn Davies speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Jan. 23, 2013. Glyn Davies, who is accompanied by Clifford Hart, U.S. chief envoy for the six-party talks, will meet with…
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South East Asia
Thai Labor Activist Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Having Defamed The Country’s Monarchy
Activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk arrives at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. The court has sentenced the prominent labor rights activist and magazine editor to 10 years in prison for publishing a pair of articles prosecutors said defamed the country’s monarchy. Activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, rear, arrives at criminal…
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East Asia
NK Leader Kim Jong-un Promises To Put Focus On Economic Improvements In His New Year Speech
In this Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 file image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives his first speech for the New Year in Pyongyang, North Korea, calling for his country to focus on economic improvements with the same urgency that scientists put into the launch of a…
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Society
Mother Of A Rape Victim Asks Moroccan Gov’t To Stop Law Allowing Rapists To Marry Their Victims For Exoneration
In this Saturday, April 7, 2012 file photo, Zohra Filali, mother of Amina Filai, right, delivers a petition to the Moroccan government to stop the law which allows rapists to marry their victims and thus exonerate themselves, in Casablanca. Nearly a year after Morocco was shocked by the suicide of…
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South Asia
New Leader Of India’s Main Opposition Party Waves To Supporters Upon Being Elected In New Delhi
Newly elected President of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajnath Singh, center, waves to supporters in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Singh was elected unopposed Wednesday morning. Newly elected President of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajnath Singh, left, and outgoing party president Nitin…
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Culture
Young Gorilla Sits On The Back Of His Mother At The Gulf Breeze Zoo In Gulf Breeze, Fla
Western Lowland Gorilla Kigali sits on his the back of his mother, Rwanda, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at the Gulf Breeze Zoo in Gulf Breeze, Fla. the young gorilla was originally cared for by zoo staff but was reunited with his mother in October 2012 and turned one year old…
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East Asia
Kim Moo-sung Shakes Hands With Xi Jinping Upon Handing Over Letter From Park Geun-hye In Beijing
Kim Moo-sung, left, a special envoy sent by South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye, shakes hands with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, right, after he handed over a letter from Park to Xi during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Chinese…
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West Asia
Women Officers Commissioned To Afghan National Army After Graduation Ceremony In Herat, Afghanistan
Women officers of Afghan National Army march during their graduation ceremony, in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat on Jan. 23, 2013. Nearly two dozen of newly graduate women were commissioned to Afghan National Army in Herat on Wednesday, an army official said. Women officers of Afghan National Army hold their…
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West Asia
Libya’s General National Congress Launches A Campaign To Take Part In Making New Constitution In Tripoli
Dr. Juma Attiga, deputy chairman of Libya’s General National Congress, speaks during the launching ceremony in Tripoli, Libya, Jan. 23, 2013. The Forum for Democratic Libya (FDL) in coordination with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday launched a dialogue initiative, dubbed “I want in my constitution,” to take…
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