• West Asia

    Kofi Annan In Syria To Hold Peace Talks

    UN-Arab League joint special envoy Kofi Annan (L) shakes hands with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad upon his arrival in Damascus, Syria on July 8, 2012. Kofi Annan arrived in Syrian capital Damascus Sunday apparently to hold talks with Syrian officials regarding his faltering peace plan. <Xinhua/Hazim> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Chinese Display Skills In Alley Game Festival

    A girl kicks shuttlecock during an alley game festival in Guyu Town of Zhoushan New Area, east China’s Zhejiang Province, July 8, 2012. Trundling hoop, kicking shuttlecock, spinning top and some other traditional alley games were held at the festival that kicked off on Sunday. <Xinhua/Shen Lei> news@theasian.asia

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  • South East Asia

    Unique Fashion Carnival In Indonesia

    A model performs during Jember Fashion Carnival, an annual event to showcase creations by local fashion designers, in Jember, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, July 8, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    NK Top Leader Watches Disney Characters’ Performances

    In this image made off North Korea’s KRT video footage, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, watches performances by North Korea’s new Moranbong band in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, July 6, 2012. North Korea’s new Moranbong band and performers dressed as America’s cartoon characters perform in Pyongyang,…

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  • Column

    Hand-held fans still popular in Pakistan

    In most parts of Pakistan where the sizzling summer continues for about eight months coupled with prolonged power outages of up to 22 hours as a daily routine, the hand-held fans are a great source of relief from the hot weather, as they are used to induce airflow for the…

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  • Column

    Kuwaiti poetess to be given Manhae literature award

    Last year, in January, Al-Arabi magazine Forum “The Arabs Go East” invited thoughtful elite of the Far East, consisting of very active figures in the fields of culture, arts, and literature. Among those was Lee Sang-ki, founder of Asian Journalist Association (AJA), and publisher of The AsiaN. He is an…

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  • Politics

    USFK offers apology for handcuffing of Koreans

    The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) apologized Sunday for the handcuffing of three Korean civilians by American troops during a dispute over parking outside a U.S. Air Force base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. USFK Deputy Ccommander Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas, said in a news conference, “I have ordered a full investigation…

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  • Korean-Chinese being targeted for crackdown

    130 rounded up in June alone A major crackdown is under way targeting Korean-Chinese here their advocates said Sunday. This could spook them into hiding and lead to a spike in illegal immigrants. Since January, the Ministry of Justice has detained about 1,500 Korean-Chinese laborers who used forged identities to…

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  • Let whales live safely

    Seoul should retract whaling plan immediately Korea’s proposal to resume hunting whales for scientific research has provoked strong protests both at home and abroad. After most countries reacted angrily to the plan unveiled last week at the annual conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Panama, the government stepped…

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  • People

    Eximbank CEO calls lenders ‘domesticated’

    The head of one of the nation’s state-run lenders said that Korean banks should revamp their business models so as to better serve retail customers and play a bigger role in helping Korean companies overseas. He stressed that leading domestic lenders, such as KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori and Hana, should…

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