• East Asia

    Media Moguls’ New Year Message

    The CEOs of the Korean media companies forecast that both crises and opportunities will come and go in 2012 due to a radically changing media environment. General election in April, presidential election in December, appearance of Kim Jong-un, global economic recession, unpredictable development of SNS and a wide variety of…

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  • East Asia

    President Lee Shakes Hands With Hu Jintao

    Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Myung-bak during a welcoming ceremony held for Lee in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 9, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Rao Aimin> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Lee Meets Wu Bangguo

    Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), meets with President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Myung-bak in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 9, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    “We’re All Grown-Up”

    Girls in kimonos pose for a photo at Disneyland in Chiba, Janpan, Jan. 9, 2011. People who turned 20-year-old took part in the annual Coming of-Age Day ceremony on the second Monday of January in Japan. <Photo: Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki>  news@theasian.asia

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  • World

    NY, No Pants Subway Ride Day

    Women take part in the 11th No Pants Subway Ride in a subway train in New York, the United States, on Jan. 8, 2012. Thousands of people participated the activity started by the group Improv Everywhere here on Sunday. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    President Lee Officially Visits China

    South Korean President Lee Myung-bak boards an airplane at the Seoul Military Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Jan. 9, 2012. Lee Myung-bak will make a three-day state visit to China from Monday. <Photo: Xinhua/Park Jin Hee> news@theasian.asia  

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  • Don’t miss a chance for closer Koreas

    The death of Kim Jong-il and the new start of Kim Jong-un leadership is an opportunity for peace in the Korean peninsula and improvement in inter-Korean relations but at the same time, a challenge. Kim Jong-un himself knows the fact that he must solve the current economic issues for the…

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  • West Asia

    Turkey on 9 January 2012

    Turkey on 9 January 2012 <Hurriyet Daily News> : “US official in Ankara as Iran tensions soar” news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    Iraq on 9 January 2012

    Iraq on 9 January 2012 <The Kurdish Globe> : “Kurds to stay clear of Iraq sectarian strife” news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    Iran on 9 January 2012

    Iran on 9 January 2012 <Tehran Times> : “Afghan commission accuses U.S. of detainee abuse” news@theasian.asia

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