• Society

    China: Rebalancing or end of miracle?

    High-rise buildings in the central business district are seen in the backdrop in Beijing, China. China lowers growth target to 7.5%. What does it say about the economy? China’s downgrade of its 2012 real GDP growth forecast to 7.5 percent from 8 percent, the target for the previous eight years,…

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  • The Nuclear Dinner!

    What could the chef prepare for the ‘Nuclear Dinner’ in  Seoul Nuclear Security Summit? The menu should mention the precautions to “have” some content or another of the vast choices available. The table must be operated with nuclear power, to distribute the amounts of uranium dishes with justice. The chairs…

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  • East Asia

    Rape Flowers in Full Bloom

     YICHANG (Xinhua) — Tourists cheer in a field of cole flowers in front of the Three Gorges dam, in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province, March 24, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Zheng Jiayu> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Jin Air Makes Maiden Flight to Yinchuan, China

    YINCHUAN, China — A plane of South Korea’s Jin Air stops at Hedong Airport in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on March 24, 2012. Jin Air opened a direct route between Seoul and Yinchuan on March 24, aimed at promoting business and travel ties between the two…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistanis Celebrate 72nd ‘Pakistan Day’

     LAHORE, Pakistan (Xinhua) — Pakistani people wave national flags during a ceremony marking the 72nd Pakistan Day at the International Indo-Pakistan Wagah Border in Lahore, eastern Pakistan, on March 23, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed> news@theasian.asia

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  • Culture

    “I Get an Extra Eye”

    SAN DIAGO, Calf. – In this image released by San Diego Zoo, Mac Jarman, 5, of La Mesa, Calif., reacts as a Giant Owl butterfly perches on him at San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Butterfly Jungle on Friday, March 23, 2012. The three-week festival of flutter opens on Saturday and…

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  • World

    Turks Celebrate ‘Nevruz’ Festival

    Nevruz, a traditional feast, which has been accepting the beginning the first day of the spring since thousands of year celebrated across Turkey, Middle East and Central Asian countries. As the people was celebrating the Nevruz also they jumped over from the fires which lit by them. <Photo: Gihan> news@theasian.asia

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  • South Asia

    Indian Boy Dances to Mark ‘Gudi Padwa’

    A young Indian boy dressed in traditional attire performs during a procession to mark “Gudi Padwa,” or Maharashtrian New Year, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 23, 2012. <Photo: AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

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  • Column

    Lakes dry up in eastern Nepal

    This is the Tal Pokhari Maimugha Lake being dried up.  ILAM, Nepal – Beautiful lakes of Ilam district in eastern Nepal, important in terms of bio-diversity and cultural significance, are drying up in absence of much needed conservation measures. Out of a total of 42 lakes and ponds located at different…

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  • Culture

    Living Goddess ‘Kumari’ in Nepal

     KATMANDU —   A Kumari, or living Goddess, sits on a palanquin carried by devotees towards the Ghode Jatra festival, an annual horse-racing festival, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March, 22, 2012. According to legend, the festival is held to celebrate the victory over a demon named Tundi who lived in the…

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