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South Asia
Indians Attend Ceremony For Rio Conference
Indians participate in a ceremony at the Kari-Oca village during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 14, 2012. The event runs through June 22, with three final days of high-profile talks among some 130 top leaders from nations around the…
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East Asia
South Korea, U.S. Ministers Stand For News Conference
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton, second from right, speaks during the joint news conference together with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan, second from left, and South Korean Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-jin, after the U.S.-Korea ministerial dialogue 2+2 meeting in…
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East Asia
Maor news in Japan: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested
Top news in <Japan Times>: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining fugitive of the former Aum Shinrikyo cult wanted in connection with the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, police sources said Friday. The Friday morning arrest of Takahashi, 54, came…
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East Asia
Major news in China: China to launch Shenzhou IX spacecraft Saturday
Top news in <China Daily>: China to launch Shenzhou IX spacecraft Saturday JIUQUAN, Gansu – The Shenzhou IX manned spacecraft will be launched at 6:37 pm Saturday, according to a decision made by China’s manned space docking program headquarters. Three astronauts, two male and one female, will board China’s fourth…
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Central Asia
Major news in Afghanistan: Deaths, Which Could be Avoided!
Top news in <Outlook Afghanistan> : Deaths, Which Could be Avoided! Afghanistan is one of the countries that have been facing the destructions of wars and conflicts for some decades now. With the horrors of wars, there are many other issues as well that have been annoying the Afghan people…
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East Asia
Japanese police detain final fugitive in Tokyo gas attack
TOKYO, June 15 (Xinhua) — Police in Tokyo detained the final fugitive behind a deadly sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway about 17 years ago, local media reported on Friday. Katsuya Takahashi, 54, has been on Japan’s most wanted list for his suspected involvement in the Aum Shinrikyo cult’s lethal…
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Politics
Defiant leftist lawmaker faces bribery probe
Prosecutors raided the office of a public relations company founded by United Progressive Party (UPP) lawmaker Lee Seok-ki, Thursday, on suspicion that the firm received kickbacks from a liberal educator. Lee has been under pressure to resign for his alleged support for North Korea. Prosecutors said they have secured computer…
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Pentagon okays chopper reinforcements for Korea
The U.S. government has approved a plan to deploy an additional attack-reconnaissance helicopter squadron in South Korea in response to the growing security threats from North Korea, a spokeswoman for the United States Forces Korea (USFK) said Thursday. “The squadron is already authorized, just not on hand,” USFK spokeswoman Jennifer…
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Autism-causing genetic factor found
Korean researchers have discovered the genetic factor causing autism, paving the way for proper treatment of the disease. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced Thursday that the Korean research team led by professor Kang Bong-kiun of Seoul National University, Lee Min-goo of Yonsei University, and Kim Eun-joon of…
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Descendants of veterans to visit UN cemetery
Seventeen descendants of Korean War veterans from eight countries currently studying at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies will visit the U.N. Memorial Cemetery, Saturday, to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the war, which falls on June 25. The students will pay their respects to their grandfathers and their fellow soldiers…
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