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East Asia
Meeting Of U.S.-China Joint Commission On Commerce And Trade Opens In Washington D.C.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (4th L back), together with Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank (4th R back) and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk (3rd R back), attends a signing ceremony of the 23rd Session of China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), in Washington D.C., the United…
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West Asia
Israeli Soldiers Stand Guard Against Palestinians Who Prostested For A Prisoner On Hunger Strike
Israeli soldiers stand guard during clashes with Palestinian protestors in the neighbourhood of Issawiya near Jerusalem on Dec. 19, 2012. Palestinians Wednesday demonstrated in solidarity with Samer Issawi, a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail and on hunger strike since August 1. <Xinhua/Muammar Awad>
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South East Asia
Exhibition Commemorating Queen Savang Vadhana’s 150th Birth Anniversary Held In Bangkok
A visitor takes pictures by a portrait of Queen Savang Vadhana, who is respected as “Queen Sri Savarindira”, during an exhibition commemorating her 150th birth anniversary at a museum in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on Dec. 18, 2012. <Xinhua/Gao Jianjun>
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West Asia
Christians In Egypt Unable To Attend Referendum Due To Islamists’ Intimidation
In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 photo, children attend a class in a church in the village of El-Aziyah near the city of Assiut, southern Egypt. After a campaign of intimidation by Islamists, most Christians in this southern Egyptian province were too afraid to participate in last week’s referendum on…
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South Asia
Firing Incidents On Polio Eradication Team In Pakistan Kill A Total Of Nine People
An injured polio health worker receives medical treatment at a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on Dec. 19, 2012. At least three health workers were killed on Wednesday in firing on polio-eradication team in Pakistan’s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing the number of death toll to nine in such…
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East Asia
Year of new things
In this month of year-end gatherings, old friends and acquaintances never fail to get together. Koreans live a fast and hard life, and the last month of the year is a good excuse to put all things behind them and meet friends. They talk about the old days but also…
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East Asia
Park finds miracle in life-or-death moment
President-elect Park Geun-hye said she was born again on May 20, 2006, adding she couldn’t explain what happened to her that day without using the word “miracle.” It was the day when she was attacked by a man, who sneakily approached her and sliced her face with a box cutter…
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East Asia
Ahn heads to US after voting
Ahn Cheol-soo, a former independent presidential candidate who later showed lukewarm support for Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP), left Seoul for San Francisco, Wednesday, hours after casting his ballot. “I am thinking about how I can repay the support that I have received from the…
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East Asia
North Korea set to challenge new leader
President-elect Park Geun-hye will use her international profile and experience to deepen ties with Washington and improve those with China, while making security the bedrock of relations with North Korea, analysts say. Her pledge to test dialogue with Pyongyang is seen as a referendum on incumbent Lee Myung-bak’s tough line…
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Election sets new standards
The 18th presidential election introduced some new provisions to expand people’s political rights and ensure greater fairness. The overseas ballot was introduced, enabling more people to vote, including sailors on ships that were permitted to establish polling stations. The first overseas votes in the presidential poll took place between Dec.…
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