• East Asia

    Giant Panda Named Kai Kai Arrives In Singapore

    Kai Kai, one of two giant pandas arrives at the Singapore Changi Airport Cargo Complex from Chengdu, China on Thursday Sept. 6, 2012 in Singapore. Two giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia on a 10-year loan from China will undergo a month long quarantine and will be on display…

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  • East Asia

    Colorful Performances Staged At Cultural Expo In Nanjing

    NANJING — A performance is staged during the opening ceremony of the 2012 China Nanjing World Historical and Cultural Cities Expo, in Nanjing City, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 50 Chinese and foreign cities attended the five-day expo, which kicked off on Wednesday evening.…

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  • East Asia

    Mourners Pay Respect To The Late Rev. Moon

    Mourners leave after paying respect to the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon in front of his portrait during a memorial service at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. People wait in front of a portrait of the late Rev. <AP Photo/Lee Jin-man>…

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  • Culture

    Fire At Fireworks Factory Kills 40 Workers In India

    Muthumani, 25, injured with burn marks on his back rests on a bed at a government run hospital in Madurai, about 460 kilometers (285 miles) southwest of Chennai, India, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. A massive blaze raged for hours at a fireworks factory in southern India, killing at least 40…

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  • East Asia

    Momorial Serice For Rev. Moon At Chong Shim Peace World Center

    The Rev. Hyung-jin Moon, third from left, the youngest son of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, bows with mourners during a memorial service for his father and the founder of the Unification Church at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. <AP…

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  • South Asia

    Fireworks Factory In India Seen Gutted By Fire

    SIVAKASHI– Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2012 shows the scene of a fireworks factory after massive fire in Sivakasi district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. At least 25 people were killed and 40 others seriously injured after an explosion in a fireworks factory in Sivakasi district. <Xinhua/Stringer>…

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  • Samsung, Apple expected to make a truce for mutual interest

    When imitation is not flattery: Samsung taking a bite off Apple THE MAXIM “Imitation is the best form of flattery” clearly does not hold in the business arena where corporations count on making newer and better gadgets and staying one step ahead of the global competition. Enter this frontier and…

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  • Column

    Pattern of fish marketing changes in Pakistan

    Fishing is one of the oldest occupations for people who live near lakes, rivers and seas. The fishing communities as well as landholders have also started breeding fish at farms, known as aquaculture, which has become a big source of livelihood for the people. Pakistan is blessed with a vast…

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  • Society

    Korea’s 1st-ever WCC to open on Jeju

    Participants to tackle environmental challenges A record number of 10,000 delegates from more than 170 countries will participate in the 2012 World Conservation Congress that kicks off its 10-day run on Jeju Island on Thursday. The delegates include global environmental leaders and experts from the United Nations (U.N.), government agencies,…

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  • Samsung seeks sales ban on LG OLED television

    Samsung Display, the world’s biggest flat-screen maker, is seeking a complete sales ban on its rival LG Display’s advanced flat-screen televisions using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. On Wednesday, Samsung filed the injunction request with the Seoul Central District Court. “LG Display stole our key OLED technologies and employees. Thus,…

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