• East Asia

    South Korea President’s Mourning

    Whether to mourn or not the passing of Chairman Kim Jong-il of North Korea is a controversial issue in South Korea but the government seems have a rather flexible approach. In 1994, the head of the opposition party Lee Bu-young suggested official mourning in regard to the death of Kim…

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  • Politics

    Mom’s power against nuclear power

    Japan’s nuclear power industry, which once boasted of the world-class safety, now finds its existence threatened by women angered by the government’s opaqueness on radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after it was struck by an earthquake-driven tsunami in March.  Aileen Miyoko Smith, head of Green Action said in…

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  • East Asia

    Polish President Visits ‘Great Wall’

    Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski (R) visits the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Wang Ye> news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    China Blackmarket “Eggs Are Hot Item”

    Photo taken in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 22, 2011 shows a Chinese surrogacy website. Because the Ministry of Health bans the sales of eggs, some infertile couples started to get eggs through black markets. Experts say that it’s not just unethical but also harmful for college girls who…

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  • East Asia

    NK Children’re Crying for Kim

    Children mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Pyongyang, DPRK, Dec. 21, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/KCNA> news@theasian.asia    

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  • East Asia

    P’yang, Filled with Wailing People

    People mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Pyongyang, DPRK, Dec. 21, 2011.  (Xinhua/KCNA) (zcc)

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  • East Asia

    HK, Exceeds 40 Millionth Visitor this Year

    Nancy Ryan (C) from the United States, the 40 millionth visitor to Hong Kong this year, receives gifts from James Tien Pei-Chun (L), Chairman of Hong Kong Tourism Board, in a welcoming ceremony in Hong Kong, south China, Dec. 21, 2011. Nancy Ryan was named as the 40 millionth visitor…

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  • Politics

    A Japanese Woman Kneels Down

      A Japanse woman attracted people’s attention at the 1001st “Wednesday Demonstration” which was held on 21st  in front of the Embassy of Japan in Seoul. ‘Wednesday Demonstration’ is holding every wednesday at noon to solve the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Problem. She said “I’m Maria(50) and I aplogise elderly Korean women…

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  • Central Asia

    Russia Blastoff Soyuz with 3 Astronauts

    Photo released by NASA shows astronauts waving goodbye from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Dec. 21, 2011. A Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off from Russia’s launch facility in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. <Photo: Xinhua/NASA> news@theasian.asia    

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  • World

    Turkey Civil Servants Protest Against Gov.

    Protestors hold banners and shout slogans during a demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. 21, 2011. More than 10,000 civil servants staged a protest against the Turkish government in the country’s largest city of Istanbul on Wednesday for the privatization of the health and medical sector.  <Photo: Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia  

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