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South East Asia
Myanmar abolishes surrogate foreign currency
Myanmar has announced the abolition of its US dollar proxy currency for foreigners. The Central Bank of Myanmar announced an initial period of 90 days for exchanging abolished Foreign Exchange Certificate (FEC) with foreign currencies or local currency Kyat starting on April 1. FEC, which has been put into circulation…
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East Asia
Chinese Non-action
Despite sanction, China remains staunch NK supporter On the 9th of March, the Chinese foreign minister, Yang Jiechi held a news conference in Beijing. Predictably, one of the questions was about North Korea – after all, China just recently supported another tough resolution of the UN Security Council which condemns…
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South East Asia
Myanmar police watch people of Thon Min Yar village, ground zero for drug trade
In this Feb 20, 2013 photo, an ethnic Lisu man looks out of his house as Myanmar police officers watch a gathering of villagers in Thon Min Yar village, central Shan state, Myanmar. Far from Myanmar’s postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do…
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West Asia
UNESCO threatens Old City of Sanaa in Yemen to remove from the list of world heritage sites
Local residents were seen going in and out of the Old City of Sanaa in Yemen, on March 21, 2013. The Old City of Sanaa was declared a world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1986. But UNESCO has recently threatened to remove…
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West Asia
Thousands of Kurds rally to support their jailed leader who called for immediate cease-fire with Turkey
Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major…
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South Asia
Hindu devotees attend Lathmar Holy festival at a temple in Barsana near New Delhi
A newly wed Indian woman from Barsana village waits with a wooden stick at the door step of her house, for the arrival of villagers from Nandgaon during the Lathmar Holy festival the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana, 115 kilometers (71 miles) from New…
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East Asia
Bangladesh global community further unites before Independence Day
In commemoration of the 42nd Anniversary of Bangladesh’s Independence and National Day, the Bangladeshi global community will join together this upcoming March 24th and carry out events in 40 cities in 5 continents including San Francisco, Capetown, London, Sydney and Chungju to pay homage and demand justice for victims of…
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West Asia
Eman Mosque in Damascus destroyed by a suicide bomber during evening prayers
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, the Eman Mosque is seen destroyed after a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, an 84-year-old cleric known to all Syrians as a religious scholar, at the Mazraa district, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, March…
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South East Asia
Indonesian State Secretary building catches fire with unknown cause
Indonesian people gather outside the State Secretariat building as smoke rises in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 21, 2013. Indonesia’s State Secretariat building caught fire on Thursday afternoon. There was no further information about the cause and casualty. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Agung Kuncahya B.>
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South Asia
Indian women collect water on the eve of World Water Day in Ahmadabad
Indian women collect water at a slum area on the eve of World Water Day in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The U.N. estimates that more than one in six people worldwide do not have access to 20-50 liters (5-13 gallons) of safe freshwater a day to ensure their…
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