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East Asia
Senior Diplomats Of South Korea, U.S., Japan Get Together To Discuss Matters Concerning NK
Shinsuke Sugiyama (C), director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs, gestures to Glyn Davies (L), U.S. special representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) policy, and South Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator Lim Sung-nam prior to the trilateral dialogue in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 17, 2012. Officials…
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South Asia
Inter’l Day For Eradication Of Poverty Observed
A Pakistani girl stands in front of her house at a slum on the outskirts of northwest Pakistans Peshawar on Oct. 17, 2011. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on October 17 each year since 1993. It aims to promotes people’s awareness of alleviating and eradicating…
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East Asia
Pakistani President Gets Together With A Chinese Communist Party Leader In Islamabad
Li Changchun (L, front), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 17, 2012. Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political…
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South East Asia
Myanmar Lawyers Stand Up Against Gov’t Plan To Convert A Time-Honored Building Into Hotel In Yangon
Myanmar lawyers hold placards and march as they protest against the sellout of Yangon’s 101-year-old High Court and a plan to convert the city’s imposing old police headquarters into a Chinese-owned hotel in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. <AP Photo> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
HIV-Infected People In Myanmar Hard To Get Medication Due To Lack Of Trained Medical Staff
In this Sept. 1, 2012 photo, an HIV patient rubs his face near a poster showing a sculpture of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at an HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy, the country’s opposition party led by Suu Kyi,…
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World
Tunisian Journalists Stage One-Day Strike Calling For More Press Freedom
Tunisian journalists demonstrate outside the national journalists union to demand more freedom in the press, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 in Tunis. Journalists are on a one-day strike. A gagged Tunisian journalist demonstrates with gag reading “censorship” and banner reading “Press freedom is the basis of democracy”, outside the national journalists…
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East Asia
International Folk Dance Contest Kicks Off In Shanghai, China
Dancers from New Zealand perform during the Lujiazui Cup, an international folk dance contest, in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 17, 2012. The international folk dance contest started on Wednesday, attracting dancers from 12 countries and regions. Dancers from China’s Guizhou Province perform during the Lujiazui Cup, an international folk dance…
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East Asia
Body Of Late King Sihanouk Returning From China Warmly Welcomed By Grief-Stricken Cambodians In Phnom Penh
A portrait of Cambodia’s late King Norodom Sihanouk leads the procession of the body of Sihanouk in a casket on a street to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. The body returned to his homeland on the plane from China on Wednesday, welcomed by tens…
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People
Templestay marks a decade
Since the templestay program was first introduced ahead of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup in a move to promote traditional Korean Buddhist culture, its popularity has been steadily soaring attracting both local and foreign tourists. In commemorating the 10th anniversary of the program, plans are being put in place to…
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East Asia
Beauty of Goryeo celadon revealed
From diversely shaped vases to an openwork incense burner supported by three little rabbits, the essence of Goryeo celadon or “cheongja” is on display at the National Museum of Korea (NMK). “The Best under Heaven, the Celadons of Korea” is the first exhibition dedicated to Goryeo celadon at the Nation…
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