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Politics
China — ‘People’s republic of torture’
China has remained silent over the torture allegation made days ago by freed activist Kim Young-hwan, despite mounting calls to answer whether the allegations are true or not. The turning of a deaf ear to the alleged human rights abuses has prompted China-bashing here as bloggers and Internet users accused…
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South East Asia
Malaysia : The Royal Visit
Major News of <New Strait Times> : The Royal Visit The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be visiting Malaysia from 13 to 15 September to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. While here, the royal couple will have an audience with the Yang Di Pertuan Agong and meet Prime Minister Datuk…
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East Asia
Perayaan Tahta Kerajaan Maroko Diselenggarakan Di Seoul
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Saat ini sedang bermagang di The Asian. Berikut adalah salah satu berita yang dapat anda akses di situs The AsiaN. Sebuah resepsi menandai perayaan hari pentahtaan Kerajaan Maroko pada 30 Juli, diadakan di Lotte hotel, Seoul, Korea. Dalam pidatonya, Duta Besar Maroko untuk Korea,…
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West Asia
Assad Defies U.N. Resolution To Resign
FILE – This June 3, 2012 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at the parliament in Damascus, Syria. Arab countries on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 pushed ahead with a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that tells Assad to resign…
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West Asia
Ukranians Evacuate From Syrian Civil War
Women and their children look out of the window in a Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry’s bus after arriving at Kiev’s Boryspil airport from Syria late Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. A Ukrainian military plane evacuated 199 people, including 177 Ukrainians, 15 Poles and seven Syrians due to the intensifying civil war…
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East Asia
South Korean Weightlifter Stopped By Injury
Sa Jaehyouk of South Korea is helped after being hurt during the men’s 77kg weightlifting event at London 2012 Olympic Games, London, Britain, Aug. 1, 2012. Sa Jaehyouk did not finish the match. <Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei> news@thesian.asia
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Koreans found negative in accepting multiculturalism
General people’s awareness about multiculturalism appeared to be neither positive or negative. Ahn Sang-oo, researcher of the Korea Women’s Development Institute, said Saturday (July 25) that the average culture receptivity index among Korean people was found to be 51 points (full marks: 100 points) in a survey conducted on some 2,500 people…
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IT-Science
GalaxyS3 certified being environment-friendly in China
‘GalaxyS3’ was recognized as the first environment-friendly cellular phone from the Government of China. Samsung Electronics said “GaluxyS3 acquired RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) certification by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China.” It is the first time among the cellular phones being marketed in the world to get RoHS certification in China.…
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Column
Love and hunger
With three gold medals, South Korea is off to a good start at the London Olympics, even after controversies have affected some of its strongest gold medal prospects ― swimmer Park Tae-hwan, judoka Cho Jun-ho and fencer Shin A-lam – in the first few days. But when on Monday, North…
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Society
Contraception still in shadows
A couple of weeks ago, Park So-yoen, a 27-year-old department store sales manager, visited Jeju Island for a summer holiday, together with her boyfriend. After a fantastic day sightseeing around the beautiful resort island, the couple ― as many others do ― went to bed together that night. “Of course…
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