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South East Asia
People Ride On A Rubber Boat To Move Through A Flooded Street In Jakarta
A motorcyclist wades through flood waters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 17, 2013. The Indonesian capital city of Jakarta was paralyzed by flood on Thursday following a massive downpour since Wednesday night, with its main roads inundated, public transport disrupted and operation of government offices and private sector coming to a…
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South Asia
Female Staff Members Of A Luxury Hotel In New Delhi Exhibit Self-Defense Skill
Female staff members of a luxury hotel exhibit their skills after a 10-day self-defense course initiated by the hotel management and Delhi Police women’s wing in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. A brutal rape of the 23-year-old student last month set off protests in New Delhi and sparked…
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East Asia
Delegates Of Business Circle From Korea, Japan, China Get Together In Seoul
South Korea’s trade minister Bark Tae-ho (5th L) poses for photos with delegates of business circles from South Korea, China and Japan in Seoul, capital of South Korea, on Jan. 17, 2013. The Seoul-based Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat involving South Korea, China and Japan held a business event Thursday marking the…
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West Asia
Tens Of Thousands Of People Gather In Diyarbakir, Turkey, For Funeral Of Three Kurdish Activists Killed In Paris
Kurds shout slogans to praise three women activists who were found shot dead in Paris, as one of their coffins is carried at an airport in Diyarbakir, southern Turkey, late Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Thousands of people expected to attend funerals on Thursday for the women, who belonged to the…
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The Arab Youth: How do they think? Why do they Revolt?
After a year which was characterized mainly by “change” demanded by millions of young men and women who sparked off a wave of uprisings and even sacrificed their lives for it, many voices were heard giving descriptions, making analyses and comparisons and drawing conclusions. In the midst of all that…
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East Asia
‘I’m Korean style’
S-Oil CEO Nasser Al-Mahasher S-Oil CEO Nasser Al-Mahasher is never hesitant in expressing his affection for Korea. Unlike many foreign businesspeople in Korea who only pay lip service to the country and its culture, the Saudi Arabian executive demonstrates his appreciation with his actions. As part of his efforts to…
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East Asia
Visits of the deceased to our dreams
According to many belief systems, dreams often tell our future by presenting images of pre-visional situations or with the appearance of symbolic figures including natural objects. It is not always easy to interpret what they are trying to say. But in certain situations, people notice instinctively what the dream is…
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East Asia
Koreans shouldn’t romanticize ‘Les Miserables’
The movie “Les Miserables,” which was adapted from Victor Hugo’s novel by the same name, has become a hit this year in Korea. The late Hugo might find it puzzling that his fictional work is influencing the Korean society today. About five million Koreans watched the movie. Hugo’s novel, which…
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Oil spill compensation
Moon Seung-il earned his living by running fishing boats for weekend anglers in Taean County along the west coast. On Dec. 7, 2007, a Samsung Heavy Industries barge struck a crude oil tanker passing there, causing the country’s worst oil spill and driving him out of business. Moon filed a…
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East Asia
Japan’s quest for allies
MANILA ― Japan is probing the possibilities of a most improbable alliance in a corner of Southeast Asia that once lay at the heart of the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.” The term “co-prosperity” was a euphemism for Imperial Japan’s policy of prospering off impoverished people from Burma through the…
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