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South Asia
Major news in Bangladesh on March 29 2012
Top news in <Daily Star>: Dhaka in disorder news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on March 29 2012
Top news in <New Straits Times>: PM wants greater links news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Uzbekistan on March 29 2012
Top news in <UNN>: Tashkent Hosted SCO RATS Council Session news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on March 29 2012: NK invites foreign experts to view launch
Top news in <NHK>: N.Korea invites foreign experts to view launch news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on March 29 2012
Top news in <CNTV>: School buses start running in Lhasa news@theasian.asia
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Politics
EU urges NK to give up missiles, nukes
President Lee Myung-bak, right, shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso as European Council President Herman Van Rompuy looks on during a joint news conference after their summit at Cheong Wa Dae, Wednesday. The leaders of the European Union (EU) urged North Korea Wednesday to end the practice…
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Business
Imported strollers sell for double original prices
Seo Hyun-jin, 30, will become a mother in two months. She recently went shopping for a stroller at a department store but left empty-handed. She said she was shocked by the prices of imported strollers. “They were much more expensive than I expected,” she said. “Strollers from well-known imported brands…
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IT-Science
Slovak scientists invent cloak of invisibility
<Filephoto=Newsis> BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (Xinhua) — Slovak scientists have invented a device that can create the illusion of invisibility by hiding objects from a static magnetic field, researchers said Tuesday. Although it was a team of Barcelona-based scientists who came up with the original idea, the three Slovaks from the Slovak…
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Society
Kathmandu to be cleaner thanks to cleaning campaign
Nepal’s former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (L) sweeps the road during a cleaning campaign in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 7, 2010. <File photo: Xinhua> KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) — Nepali capital city may soon take on a cleaner look after the city launched a clean city campaign. The metropolis is…
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Politics
Leaders reiterate opposition to “Taiwan independence”
Hu Jintao <File photo> BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) — Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Wu Po-hsiung, honorary chairman of the Kuomintang party, reiterated their opposition to “Taiwan independence” and recognition of the “1992 consensus” during their recent meeting, a government spokesman said…
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