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Column
Middle East after Assad
BERLIN ― What will the Middle East look like once the Syrian civil war brings about the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, whose clan has ruled the country with an iron fist for more than 40 years? Given the recent dramatic turn of events that has pushed the battle for…
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Business
Animal marketing
Department stores open small zoos to attract customers Inside its glass tank a big turtle creeps toward a child tapping the glass as the animal sits down and closes its eyes. In the next cage an iguana is clinging to a dried piece of wood flicking its eerily long tongue…
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Business
Toyota’s breakthrough
Japanese automaker aims to be pioneer in local hybrid market The past three years may have been the most challenging period for Toyota Motor Korea CEO Tommy H. Nakabayashi since he took office in January 2010. From the end of 2009 to early 2010, Toyota Motor was hit hard by…
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Sex criminals banned from driving taxis for 20 years
Murderers, rapists and those convicted of other serious crimes will not permitted to drive a taxi from now on as part of government efforts to prevent offenses committed by cab drivers against female passengers. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said Wednesday that a revised law concerning the…
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Society
[Indonesia Report] Jakarta, world’s most active twitter city
Jakarta, Indonesian capital city, is home for the most active “tweeps” and “twitterian” in the world. Semiocast, a French based social media monitor company published a survey on July 30, saying that Jakarta is the city with most number of posted tweets. Tweep is a Twitter user who is a…
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South East Asia
Philippine : Gener ups death toll to 12; 300,000 affected–NDRRMC
Major News of < INQUIRER> : Gener ups death toll to 12; 300,000 affected–NDRRMC MANILA, Philippines–Heavy rains brought by typhoon Gener has claimed 12 lives, most of them due to drowning, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday. Four more fatalities were identified as: Mariel Manzo from San…
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South East Asia
Laos : ASEAN path to union muddied by South China Sea
Major News of <Laos Post> : ASEAN path to union muddied by South China Sea Reuters, JAKARTA, Thu, Aug 02, 2012 – Page 6 Discord in Southeast Asia over how to deal with Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea comes as the region struggles to overcome competing national interests…
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People
Han Bi-ya: “I enjoy my work as a relief worker”
Han Bi-ya, a Korean, is better known as a travel books writer and relief worker. She first inspired young people of the world through her books titled “Daughter of The Wind, Three and A Half Times Around The Globe On Foot.” The four-volume book was published based on her seven-year long travel around the world in 2007. She also wroted four other…
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World
Egyptian President Meets U.S. Defense Chief
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi meets with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt. Panetta is on a four day trip to the Middle-East with stops in Tunisia, Egypt, Israel and Jordan before returning to Washington. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Ban: UN mission chief’s convoy attacked in Syria
Major news in <The Jerusalem Post> : UN mission chief’s convoy attacked in Syria The convoy of Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, head of the UN observer mission in Syria, was attacked over the weekend and only the vehicles’ armor prevented injuries, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. “Yesterday the…
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