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NK will launch ‘satellite’ despite sanction threat

In this March 20, 2012 file satellite image taken and provided by GeoEye, a satellite launch pad in Tongchang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea, is shown. <File photo: AP/Newsis> So, it seems to be fairly certain: in near future North Korea will launch what they describe as a…

Society

“China’s Pompeii” may get UNESCO recognition

Archaeologists stand near the ruins of Laosi Town at Yongshun County in central China’s Hunan Province, Nov. 21, 2010 <Photo DB=Xinhua> CHANGSHA, China – A bid has begun to have the ruins of Laosi town, known as China’s Pompeii for the site’s well-preserved cultural landscape and relics, recognized with a…

Society

A Health Department official wearing protective gear culls a bird at a poultry farm after bird flu virus was detected, in Lembucherra area near Agartala, India, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.

Bird flu detected in another farm in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) – Two days after the detection of bird flu in a poultry farm, the flu virus has been found in another farm in the same place in Lalitpur district in Nepali capital Kathmandu Valley. The farm has been sealed after the confirmation of the virus on Sunday. The fresh…

East Asia

Obama Visits Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

SEOUL – U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech during a visit to the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea, March 26, 2012. Obama arrived in South Korea to attend the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit held on March 26 – 27. <Photo: Xinhua/Park Jin hee> news@theasian.asia

Education

Syrian Refugee Children Continue Education in Turkey

HATAY, Turkey- Syrian refugee children who took shelter in Turkey with their families after they run away from brutal Syrian regime began their educating in Turkey. They are continuing their education with their own language in the Tent school in Turkish border city of Hatay. <Photo: Gihan> news@theasian.asia

East Asia

Pear Blossom in Cangxi, China

CANGXI, China – Tourists appreciate pear blossom at a park in Cangxi County of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 25, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Xue Yubin> news@theasian.asia

West Asia