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East Asia
Major news in China on May 10
Top news in <People’s Daily>: National education not ‘brain-washing’ news@theasian.asia
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People
Korea to showcase smart learning at APEC forum
Few would argue that Koreans’ zeal for education has been the driving force behind the country’s economic prosperity. Indeed, it has become a case example for many developing countries around the world. The nation is now seeking to establish a reputation as an educational powerhouse in the digital era by…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 10: Gov’t to inject 1 trillion yen into TEPCO
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Gov’t to inject 1 trillion yen in public funds into TEPCO news@theasian.asia
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Politics
Ex-President Medvedev Confirmed as PM
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was confirmed as the country’s new prime minister by a majority of votes in the State Duma on Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin submitted Medvedev’s candidacy for the post shortly after his inauguration as president on Monday. Medvedev occupied the presidential post in 2008-2012. United Russia…
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Politics
U.S. to Continue Pressing for Assad’s Resignation
The United States will continue its efforts to make Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the country’s envoy to the UN, Susan Rice, said. “The United States remains focused on increasing the pressure on the al-Assad regime and on al-Assad himself to step down,” she said, adding that it…
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South Asia
Four Conjoined Kittens
Four conjoined kittens, which a cat gave birth in Larkana town of Sindh province of Pakistan. A man brought these conjoined kittens to the press club to show them to journalists. Birth of conjoined babies to women takes place but of conjoined kittens was strange for…
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IT-Science
A game of chicken
Samsung tussles with LG in OLED market Oversupply is slowing growth in the global display industry triggering another “game of chicken” in this already cutthroat market. The world’s top flat-screen makers ― Samsung and LG Display ― have been competing fiercely to take the lead in advanced displays called OLED…
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‘Bo Xilai case affects China policy on N. Korea’
The apparent rise of reformers in the Chinese Communist Party raises the possibility of a tougher line on North Korea amid growing frustration over Pyongyang’s provocations, an expert said Tuesday. Analysts say the recent ouster of former politburo member Bo Xilai in connection with the suspected murder of a British…
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North Korea says detainee died of hepatitis
North Korea has announced that Shin Sook-ja, a 69-year-old South Korean woman stranded in the Stalinist state for over two decades, has died and that her two daughters renounced their father who had escaped back to the South. In a response letter to the United Nations, Ri Jang-gon, the North’s…
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Business
Misfortunes strike Naver
NHN, the Internet search company that runs Naver, is weathering a sea of troubles, including corporate fund embezzlement and a massive brain drain. The two factors indicate that the firm’s management is losing its grip, experts said. According to NHN Tuesday, one NHN official is suspected of embezzling about 3.6…
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