• South East AsiaToo old to stand

    Indonesia on 28 February 2012

    Indonesia on 28 February 2012 <The Jakarta Post> : “Too old to stand” news@theasian.asia

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  • South East AsiaDon't go outside, northerners told

    Thailand on 28 February 2012

    Thailand on 28 February 2012 <The Nation> : “Don’t go outside, northerners told” news@theasian.asia

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  • East AsiaNoda prioritizes getting Fukushima evacuees home

    Japan on 28 February 2012

    Japan on 28 February 2012 <NHK> : “Noda prioritizes getting Fukushima evacuees home” news@theasian.asia

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  • S. Korea urges China to stop repatriating NK defectors at UN

    South Korea urged China to stop repatriating North Korean defectors detained there in a speech at the United Nations, Monday. It said they fled from the destitute communist state “in pursuit of freedom and the right to live” and their repatriation amounts to a “grave infringement of human rights.” This…

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  • West Asia

    89.4% of Syrian Voters Agree Constitution Amendment

    Syria’s Interior Minister Mohammad Chaar attends the press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 27, 2012. Chaar said Sunday that a total of 8,376,447 citizens, or 57.4 percent of eligible voters, voted in the referendum on the new draft constitution, with 7,490,319 (89.4 percent) agreeing to it and 753,208 (9…

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  • West Asia

    An Iranian Film Grasps ‘1st Oscar’

    A man looks at a poster of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi placed in the window of a bookstore in central Tehran, Iran, Feb. 27, 2012, to congratulate the country’s first Oscar win by “A Separation”. “A Separation”, directed by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at…

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  • South Asia

    Daily Life in Pakistan

    A Pakistani vendor sits on top of a pile of blankets as he drives his donkey-cart along a road in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Feb. 27, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Mohammad> news@theasian.asia

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  • Column

    Muslim Brothers: No End Game!

    <Hassan Al-Banna(1906~1949), The Founder of Muslim Brothers> The story the Society of Muslim Brothers is related to the life and death of many people, but the most adequate start could be the story of its founder and supreme guide; Hassan AL-Banna (1906~1949). Hassan AL-Banna was born in Mahmudiyya, a village…

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  • Society

    Hallyu messengers must learn etiquettes

    Editorial: The seven-member hip-hop group Block B (Blockbuster) is under fire for joking about Thailand’s tragic flooding. The band and other K-pop stars need to learn manners. Thai social networking services are abuzz with angry comments critical of one of the group member’s joking about the Bangkok floods which killed…

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  • East Asia

    Last Day of Maslenitsa Festival

    Russians play with snow during Maslenitsa in Gatchina, Leningrad Region, Russia, Feb. 26, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Lu Jinbo> news@theasian.asia

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