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Self-made rocket due 2018
Following the success of Naro, or the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) Korea will speed up its efforts to join the league of global space power by bringing forward its plan to launch a rocket entirely built using local technology. At a press conference Wednesday, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)…
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Korean Air, Hanwha contribute to Naro launch
The successful launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), popularly known as Naro here, would have been impossible without the support from scores of corporate giants and laboratories here. Nearly 150 companies and 45 universities and research centers spent nearly a decade developing core technologies for the rocket, precisely…
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2 Koreas locked in rocket race
South Korea’s successful delivery of a satellite into orbit, Wednesday, carried by the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) attracted additional attention because it came so soon after a similar attempt by North Korea. Officials from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute said the Science and Technology Satellite-2C began transmitting beacon signals…
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East Asia
The exhilarating 30 minutes
Korea takes first confident step in space exploration GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province ㅡ At long last, Korea’s ten years of work to launch a locally assembled rocket into space paid off Wednesday. The nation took the first legitimate step in the global space race. The emotional toll on everyone ㅡ…
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East Asia
Naro launch is blazing success!
Satellite payload in orbit GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province ― South Korea was third time lucky in its aspirations to join the Asian space race Wednesday after successfully launching a two-stage rocket from its Naro Space Center on the country’s southwestern coast. Korea is the 11th country joining an elite group…
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West Asia
Syrian Activists Find About 65 Bodies On The River Bank In Aleppo
This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Revolution Against Assad’s Regime which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows dead bodies on a street in Aleppo, Syria Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Syrian activists say at least 65 bodies, some of them with their hands tied…
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South East Asia
Singapore’s Population Is Forecast To Grow To Around 6.9 Million By 2030 From Current 5.3 Million
Passengers exit one of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations in Singapore, Jan. 29, 2013. The Singapore government is looking to grow its population to between 6.5 million and 6.9 million by 2030, from the current 5.31 million, it said in a white paper on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Then Chih Wey>
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West Asia
An Iranian Zoroastrian Woman Stands By A Large Bonfire In Celebration Of Sadeh, Mid-Winter Festival
An Iranian Zoroastrian woman stands by a large bonfire during a celebration for the festival of Sadeh outside Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 29, 2013. Sadeh, a mid-winter festival observed by Iranians from the ancient time, is 50 days before Iranian New Year. People usually celebrate the festival by preparing a…
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South Asia
Sri Lankan Journalists, Activists Stage Demonstration To Condemn Gov’t Suppression Of Media In Colombo
Journalists, rights activists and opposition lawmakers shout slogans and display placards during a demonstration alleging the government of suppression of media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013. Sri Lankan journalists staged a “Black January” protest Tuesday, remembering a series of attacks against journalists and media workers in this…
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South East Asia
People Buy Fish At Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market In Yangon, Myanmar
Fishmongers work at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. Customers buy fish at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. Fishmongers sell fish at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. <Xinhua/U Aung>
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