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South Asia
Musharraf returns to Pakistan amid death threats
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ended more than four years in self-exile on Mar. 24 with a flight to his homeland, seeking a possible political comeback in defiance of judicial probes and death threats from Taliban militants. Security forces whisked Musharraf away in a convoy of about a dozen vehicles…
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East Asia
Chinese first lady: A diplomatic star is born
Glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan has emerged as Chinese diplomacy’s latest star, charming audiences and cutting a very different profile from her all-but invisible predecessors on her debut official visit abroad to Russia. A celebrated performer on state television, Peng featured prominently in Sunday’s Chinese media coverage of husband…
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South Asia
The World Tuberculosis Day observed in Nepal where 45 percent of its total population are infected with the disease
Nepalese students participate in a program marking the World TB (tuberculosis) Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 24, 2013. According to the National Tuberculosis Center (NTC) Nepal, around 40,000 people catch TB and 5,000-7,000 people die of it each year. NTC estimates that about 45 percent of Nepal’s total population is…
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East Asia
Abderrahim El Allam earns fame for winning Manhae Prize
The announcement of Abderrahim El Allam’s being chosen for the Manhae Prize 2013 winner has attracted all the media attention both in his home country Morocco and the whole Arabic region. The news has been covered by major newspapers including Al massae which has the largest circulation in Morocco. Several reports quoted The AsiaN‘s…
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East Asia
Jackie Chan, Malaysian PM get together for fund-raising performance in Kuantan
Hong Kong action movie star Jackie Chan (1st R) attends a fund-raising performance with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib (2nd R) in Kuantan, Malaysia, March 23, 2013. The event was held here to raise money for the construction of a new Chinese school. <Xinhua/NEWSis>
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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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