• East Asia

    China’s organ donations increase by 50% in first three quarters of 2016

    China has processed 2,950 organ donations in the first nine months of this year, up 50 percent year on year, according to figures unveiled by the health authority on October 16, Xinhua reports. This exceeds the number undertaken in 2015, which stood at 2,766, the National Health and Family Planning…

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  • South East Asia

    World Food Day marked in Pakistan

    Pakistani vendors carry sacks of potatoes at a fruit and vegetable market on the World Food Day in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, on Oct. 16, 2016. World Food Day, which falls on Oct. 16, is an opportunity to raise awareness about undernourishment and encourage societies and all actors to end hunger.

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  • East Asia

    Phone revolution

    Foreign journalists love to take pictures of people on the streets of Pyongyang (preferably nice looking and smartly dressed women, of course) busily chatting over their mobile phones. Indeed, the penetration of North Korea by mobile technology as attracted much attention worldwide (not the least of which because mobile phones…

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  • East Asia

    Festival of Miao People in China

    People of Miao ethnic group in traditional costumes attend a wedding ceremony during a cultural tourism festival in Zhengda Town of Songtao Miao autonomous county, Southwest China’s Guizhou province, Oct 16, 2016. Local people held various folk activities on the festival on Oct 16, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

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  • East Asia

    Samsung urges 1 million Note 7 holders to stop using them

    Samsung Electronics has advised an estimated 1 million Galaxy Note 7 users to stop using the device, citing a recent emergency order from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that banned all Note 7 smartphones on airline flights there. “We encourage any Note 7 users to be sure to get…

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  • Central Asia

    Turkmenistan Opened $2.3 Billion Airport Terminal in Ashgabat

    Turkmenistan has opened a new $2.3 billion air terminal at Ashgabat International Airport as the former Soviet republic’s tries to become an international transport hub in Central Asia and reduce its dependence on revenues from natural gas exports, RFERL/RL reports. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said during the opening ceremony on September…

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  • Central Asia

    CSTO Leaders Agree to Set Up Crisis Response Center

    The leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member-states have decided to set up a joint crisis response center to exchange information on common threats, including terrorism, and make decisions in real time, RFERL/RL reports. Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian, who is hosting a meeting of the CSTO summit on…

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  • East Asia

    Confusing Romanized surnames

    Park Moo-jong – The Korea Times Seri Pak made history yesterday when she left the green after playing the first round of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, with 25 victories and five major championships during the past two decades. Her legendary career reached the climax at the…

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  • South East Asia

    Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej passes away at 88

    Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died at the age of 88 after a long illness, the Bureau of Royal Household said in a statement on October 13.

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  • East Asia

    Xi Jinping’s visit to Bangladesh of historic significance

    Liu Hui (People’s Daily) Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Bangladesh, the first tour to this South Asian country by a Chinese President in 30 years, will serve as a milestone in China-Bangladesh ties, experts said ahead of Xi’s trip. Ye Hailin, director of the Center of South Asia…

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