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South East Asia
Iran and Vietnam cancel visa regime
Iran and Vietnam have signed two documents for bilateral cooperation in the presence of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. The first document was signed by the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Vietnamese counterpart Phạm Binh Minh. The agreement…
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Central Asia
Path to self-reliance for Afghanistan
Nematullah Bizhan – The Korea Times The Brussels Conference on Afghanistan this week marks an important opportunity to create a roadmap for the country’s future. While Afghanistan’s current path has led to some progress, it is far from the most direct route to prosperity – not least because of deep…
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East Asia
S. Korea to hold K-food expo in Indonesia
South Korea will introduce its traditional food to Indonesians this week in a fair designed to promote its charm and taste worldwide, a government ministry said on October 5. The four-day event, titled “2016 Indonesia Jakarta K-food Fair,” is to open on October 6at a local hotel, according to the…
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East Asia
Why Samsung should worry?
John Burton – The Korea Times If I was at Samsung Electronics, I would be worrying about how the issue of exploding batteries with the Galaxy Note 7 has become comic fodder for late night TV shows in the U.S. “There was a terrible terrorist attack last weekend in New…
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East Asia
Korea to Promote Food Security and Reduce Poverty in Kyrgyzstan
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) signed a three-year agreement to improve food security, nutrition and resilience to climate-related and economic shocks for more than 80,000 vulnerable people in four Kyrgyz provinces, Relief Web reported. Under the agreement, KOICA will provide WFP…
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Central Asia
Kazakh and Russian Firms Sign Uranium Enrichment Deal
Firms from Kazakhstan and Russia have signed a deal on uranium-enrichment services, RFERL reports. The agreement was signed on October 4 in Astana by representatives of Kazakhstan’s uranium operator Kazatomprom and Russia’s Center for Uranium Enrichment during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Kazakhstan’s capital. According to the document, Kazakhstan…
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East Asia
Blood donation increases by 35 percent in Mongolia
Blood Donation Day, marked on the third day of each month, took place on October 3 in connection with the government policy to increase the supply of blood and blood products as well as to ensure their safety. On this day, the National Blood Center announced honorary awards to donors.…
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East Asia
China marked Martyrs’ Day
Chinese people commemorated the anniversary of the founding of China before a ceremony marking Martyrs’ Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders presented flower baskets and scores of ordinary people filed up to lay a single flower each on…
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West Asia
Georgia Reaches Out for the Ethnic Vote
On the eve of Georgia´s October 8 parliamentary elections, political parties have been courting the rural minority vote more than ever before. Although ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Georgia have traditionally cast their votes for the ruling party of the day, experts say this is likely to be different this…
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East Asia
Tourists visit covered bridge in China
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2016 shows a covered bridge across the Apeng River in southwest China’s Chongqing. Those previous wooden buildings covering the bridge were destroyed by fire in 2013, and the bridge reopened one year later after reconstruction. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)
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