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South East Asia
Floods wreaks havoc in western Nepal and northern India
Kathmandu- Incessant monsoon rains have wreaked havoc in western Nepal. Dozens of people were killed in the floods and mudslides triggered by the heavy rain. About 60 houses, including 11 government offices and a hospital of Darchula district headquarters were swept away by the swollen Mahakali river that flows down…
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East Asia
N. Korea: player in the Gwangju Democratic Uprising?
Korean history as seen in South Korea is deeply contentious. It is not incidental that many school textbooks prefer to stop their narrative around 1960, quietly assuming that what happened after is too controversial for anything resembling an impartial judgment to emerge. Most of the prominent historical events and figures…
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West Asia
Turkish labor groups strike to support protesters
Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken the country’s secular democracy. Riot police again deployed in Turkey’s two main cities, and authorities kept up their…
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South Asia
Kashmiri Hindu devotees pray in Khir Bhawani temple
Kashmiri Hindu migrant women pray at the Kheer Bhawani temple during an annual Hindu festival in Jammu, India, Monday, June. 17, 2013. Kheer Bhawani temple originally in Srinagar, was built in Jammu as well by exiled Kashmiri Hindus. The temple is dedicated to the Goddess Rajnya Devi, popularly known as…
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East Asia
A banner supporting Snowden displayed in Hong Kong
People walk past a banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at Central, Hong Kong’s business district, Monday, June 17, 2013. Top officials from the Obama and Bush administrations say the government’s newly exposed secret surveillance programs have been essential…
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South Asia
Torrential rain and floods in India kill more than 50
Over 50 people have been killed and hundreds marooned by flooding as early monsoon struck northern India, including capital Delhi, since last weekend, said officials on Monday. Most of the deaths occurred in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, while another state Haryana saw widespread flooding which…
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Central Asia
G8 leadership remains divided on Syria conflict
Deep differences over Syria’s fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s regime. But there were also fissures among the three Western…
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West Asia
Iranian President urges greater nuclear transparency
Iran’s newly elected president showcased his reform-leaning image Monday by promising a “path of moderation” that includes greater openness on Tehran’s nuclear program and overtures to Washington. He also made clear where he draws the line: No halt to uranium enrichment and no direct U.S. dialogue without a pledge to…
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South East Asia
Indonesians protest against gov’t plans to raise fuel price
Policemen fire tear gas during clashes with anti-oil price hike demonstrators outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 17, 2013. Lawmakers gathered to decide on budget amendments that will pave the way for the first fuel price hikes since 2008. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Zulkarnain> Indonesian protestors shout slogans outside the parliament during a demonstration…
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Central Asia
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan establish bilateral ties
Uzbek President Islam Karimov (R) shakes hands with visiting Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at a press conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 14, 2013. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan established strategic partnership on Friday, pledging to boost bilateral cooperation. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Dong Longjiang>
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