• South Asia

    Sri Lanka on 2 March 2012

    Sri Lanka on 2 March 2012 <The Island>: US holds back anti-SL resolution  in Geneva news@theasian.asia    

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  • West Asia

    UAE on 2 March 2012: Is your phone battery low? Recharge with water

    UAE on 2 March 2012 <Gulf News>:  Is your phone battery low? Recharge with water news@theasian.asia  

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  • West Asia

    Syria on 2 March 2012

    Syria on 2 March 2012 <SANA>: Corpses of US Journalist Marie Colvin, French Journalist Remi Ochlik, and Spanish Journalist Javier Espinosa uncovered at Baba Amro news@theasian.asia  

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  • Politics

    Lee urges prompt action from Japan on ‘comfort women’

      President Lee Myung-bak renewed his appeal to Japan to resolve long-running grievances over its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, describing it as an urgent humanitarian matter Thursday. Lee emphasized that the comfort women issue is becoming increasingly urgent as most victims, who “have lived with painful scars in…

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  • Korean tax office to gain access to Swiss bank accounts

    The National Tax Service (NTS) said Thursday that it will be able to gain access to Swiss bank accounts held by Korean citizens, which it expects will help detect illegal slush funds and prevent overseas tax evasion. The tax office said the National Assembly ratified a revised treaty with Switzerland…

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  • Society

    Security all set for Seoul nuke summit

    Officials in charge of security for the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit rappel down a building at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae Monday as they demonstrate various responses to possible contingencies. Thunderous bangs are heard and yellowish toxic smoke starts billowing from a terrace on the second floor…

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  • Let us be wonderful Mom & Dad

    All the time it’s common to hear from your friends that they decide to make resolutions to change their behavior and improve their performance and make a new start, this is often a personal goal and doesn’t necessarily include how you treat others. If you a parent then it’s a…

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  • West Asia

    Daily Life in Iran

    Pedestrians carrying local bread walk at Azadi (Freedom) Street in Tehran, capital of Iran, March 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz> news@theasian.asia

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  • South Asia

    Decorated Hands of Pakistani Brides

    Pakistani brides show their hands decorated with henna on a mass wedding ceremony in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, March 1, 2012. Around 50 couples participated in a mass wedding ceremony organized by the Welfare Association. <Photo: Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Ulan Bator Holds ‘East Asia 2012 Forum’

    Participants attend the Ulan Bator Forum for East Asia 2012 forum in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, March 1, 2012. The two-day forum kicked off on Thursday with the theme of “Resources, Transportation and Environment”. The forum was organized by the Mongolian Development and Research Center, and attracted some 80 experts and…

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