• Politics

    You Owe Us An Apology!

    天皇は謝罪せよ！(Dennowa Shajaiseyo) You Owe Us An Apology! AsiaN made a graphic image of ‘ You Owe Us an Apology!’ urging the Japanese government and Emperor to apologise. We will continue the ‘Apology Campaign’ until the old ladies actually hear their apologies for what they have done to them during colonial rules. news@theasian.asia

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  • Criticism of the government’s policies allowed

    NEC permits criticism during election campaigns Four Major Rivers Restoration Project was at the centre of controversy in 2010 and the National Election Commission banned all kinds of public referring to it during election campaigns and even 180 days before the launch of campaigns. The Commission believed that just a…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan May Strengthen Its Load-Shedding Policy

    People buy emergency lights from a roadside stall during the blackout period in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on January 17, 2012. The emergency lights sale here has recorded 30-percent increase on expectation of higher power tariff and stricter load-shedding policy in Pakistan. Pakistan is facing a shortfall of 20,000MW per day,…

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  • East Asia

    Li Keqiang Studies Public Sentiment

    Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (3rd R, Front), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, talks with villagers in Kaicheng Township of Guyuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 16, 2012. Li Keqiang visited the cities…

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  • East Asia

    [The AsiaN Video] Chinese Premier visit to the village and Nepal Foreign Minister arrested for Kidnapping

    Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang a member of Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Part of China (CPC) talked with villagers in Kaicheng Township of Guyuan. He was on an inspection tour of low income families. Former member of parliament and minster for supplies Shyam Sundar Gupta…

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  • South Asia

    [The AsiaN Video for Indian] चीन के उप प्रधानमंत्री गाँव में गए और

    चीन के उप प्रधानमंत्री गाँव में गए और नेपाल का भूतपूर्व मंत्री किद्नाप्पिंग की सझ्हिस में गिरफ्तार चीन के उप प्रधानमंत्री एवम स्तान्डिंग कोम्मित्ती के पोलिटिकल बुरौ के सदस्य ली केकिंग ने कैचेंग शेत्र में गाँव का दौरा करा | वोह वहां कम आमदनी वाले परिवरून का निरिक्षण करने गए…

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  • Nepal Former Minister Arrested for Kidnapping

    Police in Nepal arrested a Member of Parliament and former Minister for Supplies Shyam Sundar Gupta on suspicion of organising the kidnap of a prominent businessman in December. According to police, Mr. Gupta ordered the kidnap of Pawan Sanghai at a temple in December and then released him, reportedly after…

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  • East Asia

    Diamond and Diplomat

    Relatives of a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade allegedly bought stocks of a Korean firm before the Ministry announced in 2010 that it had won a right to develop a diamond mine in Cameroon. Kim Eun-seok, a senior diplomat in charge of energy and resource…

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  • East Asia

    Taiwan Train Collide with Truck···1 Dead

    Rescuers work at the accident site after a passenger train collided with a truck which carried sandstone and intruded into the rail track in Taoyuan County, southeast China’s Taiwan, Jan. 17, 2012. The collision occurred on Tuesday morning when the train was coming from central Changhwa County to eastern Hualien…

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  • World

    Liberian President Starts Her 2nd Term

    Ellen Johnson Sirleaf makes an inaugural speech in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, Jan. 16, 2012. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in her second six-year term as president of Liberia in front of the Capitol Hill in Monrovia on Monday. <Photo: Xinhua/Bai Jingshan> news@theasian.asia

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