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South East Asia
Major news in Indonesia on April 3 2012
Top news in <Jakarta Post>: ‘People did take notes’: House deputy speaker news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Qatar on April 3 2012
Top news in <Al Jazeera>: Colombia’s FARC rebels free hostages news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Israel on April 3 2012
Top news <Jerusalem Post>: ‘Ministers told 300, at most, would die in Iranian attack’ news@theasian.asia
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Politics
North Koreans eager to learn int’l business norms
If North Korea, as in the eyes of some casual observers, is totally sealed off from the outside world, it would follow that there would be little interest there in, say, the intricacies of the global economy. But according to Choson Exchange (CE), a Singapore-based non-profit group that runs business…
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Under-use of consultants
An acquaintance of mine, undergoing a divorce, returned from a meeting with his Korean counsel looking frustrated. Apparently, he had been advised by a third party of a critical fact, which his lawyer had not mentioned. When my friend asked why not, the lawyer replied: “Oh! You did not ask…
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Column
WTO asks Bangladesh to diversify export
Dhaka University students burn Lamy’s effigy on the campus to protest his presence in the convocation ceremony on March 31, 2012 (Photo: Abdur Rahman Khan) DHAKA, Bangladesh –The WTO director general Pascal Lamy has suggested Bangladesh to address non-tariff barriers for boosting the country’s trade besides diversifying its export basket.…
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Asia-Pacific nations lean to green energy instead of nuclear
The region should follow the Philippines’ lead and focus on renewable, not nuclear power. A year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, questions remain over the role of nuclear power in the developing world, including South-East Asia and the Pacific. Nuclear power had a renaissance, driven by rapidly growing energy demands,…
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Culture
Leader of K-Pop Group Meets Press
Tae Yeon, header of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation, answers questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, capital of South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia
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Culture
K-Pop Singers Before the Foreign Press
SEOUL – Yoon A, left, and Yuri of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation answer questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia
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Culture
K-Pop Girls’ New York Holiday
NEW YORK – Members of the Korean Pop band Girls Generation, from left, Seohyeon, Sunny, Taeyeon, Yoori, Tiffany, Hohyeon, Sooyoung and Yoona make an appearance at a Best Buy store in New York on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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