ALL - THE AsiaN

Major news in China on May 3

Top news in <China Daily>: China, US should promote peace in Asia-Pacific news@theasian.asia

A Bangladesh musician says ‘Lylics today fail to touch heart’

Kabir “Lyrics do not soothe the heart, music is rather noisy” A guitar player with consummate smoothness, Enamul Kabir is a dedicated musician of Bangladesh who has been regarded as the best Hawaiian guitarist of the country for last four decades. The 69-year old courteous man with a smiling face…

World

Mali militants urged to stop inhuman acts of criminal

Civilians look on as soldiers loyal to junta chief Capt. Amadou Sanogo mass outside the parachutists military camp, after taking control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. After fierce fighting in Mali’s capital Tuesday, troops loyal to the junta overran the main camp of…

World

Aung San Suu Kyi takes seat in Myanmar’s parliament for first time

Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi(C) and elected lawmakers of her National League for Democracy party swear during a regular session of Myanmar Lower House at parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Suu Kyi was sworn in to Myanmar’s military-backed parliament Wednesday, taking public office for the…

Column

NK’s move to control Sakhalin Koreans foiled

The former Soviet Union was home to the world’s fourth largest overseas Korean community. At the time of the break of the Soviet Union in 1991, some 450,000 of its inhabitants were of Korean heritage. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the population of ethnic Koreans was split between…

East Asia