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China risk

Korean economy should be in emergency mode China slashed its 2012 growth rate to 7.5 percent, a recession by the Chinese standard and the lowest in 13 years. The slowdown will also have a ripple effect on the Korean economy, which ships 29.8 percent of its exports to the neighboring…

World’s 10 Coolest Subway Systems

The Design, Lifestyle and Luxury Community <Tengri News of Kazakhstan>In the modern world, subway is not just a public transport but also the city’s face. From old classic to modern art, the most beautiful subways house really stunning stations that are considered architectural masterpieces. The Coolist made a rating of the…

South East Asia

No Legs, But Hopes

9 year old Muhammad Putra Fahrezi plays football with his friends at Setiabudi, south Jakarta, around 7 km from Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) head center, March 6, 2012. Fahrezi lost both legs and two left fingers in an accident 2 years ago. He loves and keeps playing football even on…

South Asia

1 Dollar is Quite Big for Us

Afghan children get water from a public water pump at a slum area in Herat city west of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on March 6, 2012. It is believed that some nine million Afghans live under poverty line on less than one U.S. dollar a day. <Photo: Xinhua/Sardar> news@theasian.asia

East Asia

“These are All Important Resources”

A worker collects waste products at a recycle center in Niupengzi Village in Neijiang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 6, 2012. Since the 1980s, the Niupengzi Village of Neijiang, previously a well-known market of trading of waste materials, has grown into a recycling base including the recycle, reprocess and sales…

Central Asia