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Company is a second home in Korean corporate culture
For most Korean companies, their corporate cultures have surely helped them grow and expand globally in a very short time. As foreigners interested or working in Korea, some of the traditional cultural traits common among Korean companies include: For most big companies in Korea the founders have already shaped the…
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South Asia
Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi appointed Nepal’s new Prime Minister
Kathmandu: Holding marathon meetings lasting over three weeks the key four political parties of Nepal have succeeded to form an election government under the leadership of Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi. With the appointment of Regmi as the chairman of the interim election council of ministers, the nine-month political deadlock…
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South East Asia
Int’l meeting on how to protect endangered species ended in Bangkok
John E. Scanlon, Secretary General of the 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), speaks at the closing ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, March 14, 2013. The 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna…
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East Asia
Beyond nationalism: An approach to ‘explosive’ territorial disputes
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…
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East Asia
NK leader Kim Jong-un watch firing drill conducted by detachment in Jangjae Islet
The undated photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 14, 2013 shows Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), watching a live shell firing drill at the southwest sector of the front line. Kim Jong Un watched and guided the drill…
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South Asia
People in New Delhi ask Italian gov’t to send back two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen
Indian people take part in a protest near Italian embassy to India in New Delhi, India, on March 14, 2013. India’s Supreme Court on Thursday asked Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini not to leave this country without its orders, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned of “consequences on bilateral…
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West Asia
An Iraqi girl who lost her eyes by a bomb, gets a kiss from her cousins in Baghdad
In this Saturday, March 9, 2013 photo, Shams Karim gets a kiss from her cousins in Baghdad, Iraq. It’s been more than six years since a bomb ripped away the eyes from Shams Karim, killed her mother and left the little girl, now 7, blind for life. Throughout Iraq there…
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Central Asia
Kremlin Palace looks white as rare heavy snowfall hit Moscow
A guard stands outside the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, March 14, 2013. A rare heavy snowfall hit Moscow on Wednesday and Thursday, causing traffic jams and disturbing scheduled flights. People walk during a snowfall in Moscow, Russia, March 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Jiang Kehong>
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West Asia
Syrian children wait for arrival of helping hand on a tree at refugee camp in Lebanon
A Syrian refugee boy, sits outside his tent as his family are seen in the background, at a small refugee camp, in Ketermaya village southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday March 14, 2013. The number of registered Syrian refugees jumped 10 percent in just one week to more than 1.1 million,…
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West Asia
Turkish President welcomes Romanian FM at his office in Ankara
Photo released by the Presidential Palace of Turkey shows Turkish President Abdullah Gul meeting with visiting Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean at the presidential Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on March 14, 2013. <Xinhua>
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