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East Asia
Cure-all in the making?
RNL Bio founder Ra Jeong-chan regards stem cells as fountain of youth A research team at Chungbuk National University carried out experiments with dozens of mice over the past few years to learn what effect stem cells had on lifespan. A score of them lived their average span of around…
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East Asia
Busan logistics hub in Northeast Asia
Busan Port has emerged as a maritime logistics hub in Northeast Asia, attracting large numbers of multinational freighters. Thanks to its state-of-the-art loading and unloading facilities operational 24 hours a day, a skilled labor force and attractive incentives provided to shipping firms, it has become a must for global shipping…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Ramalan Cuaca Korea Masih Belum Matang
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita dari dalam negeri Korea Selatan. Menurut ahli Cuaca dari Amerika Serikat, Sistem Ramalan Cuaca Korea telah berkembang dengan sangat baik beberapa tahun belakangan, namun masih panjang perjalanan yang harus ditempuh untuk mengejar Negara-negara yang memimpin dibidang tersebut. Eugenia Kalnay, yang berpartisipasi…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Jerman dan Jepang Pasca Perang Dunia Ke II
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai Hubungan Korea Selatan dan Jepang. Dalam artikelnya, Korea Times mengtakan bahwa Jepang harus belajar dari Jerman yang pada minggu kemarin memutuskan untuk menambah kompensasi bagi Koran kejahatan Nazi dan secara signifikan memperluas kelayakan penerima pembayaran. Di Jepang, calon Perdna Menteri…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Nepla Mencari Kontraktor PLTA di Korea
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai kerjasama energi Nepal dan Korea. Kedutaan Besar Nepal pekan lalu mengundang sekelompok ahli Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Air ke Seoul, dalam upaya untuk menemukan pengembang di Korea untuk memenuhi kekurangan daya di Nepal. “Fokus kami adalah tenaga air,” kata Kul Man…
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South Asia
Two Pakistani Girls Shot By Taliban Gunman With Malala Ready To Go Back To School
In this Wedndesday, Nov. 14, 2012 photo, Shazia Ramazan, 13, holds her hand where a bullet went through at her home in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. Shazia was wounded by the same Taliban gunman, who shot Malala Yousufzai and 16-year-old Kainat Riaz Oct 8, 2012 on their way coming back…
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Politics
UN Security Council Welcomes Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel And Hamas
Israel’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Haim Waxman, speaks to media reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, on Nov. 21, 2012. The UN Security Council on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and called on relevant parties “to act seriously” and “in…
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East Asia
Rally Against NK Held In Seoul On Eve Of NK Attack Anniversary On Yeonpyeong Island
A South Korean veteran stands in front of portraits of marines who were killed in North Korea’s attack on Yeonpyeong island, during a rally against North Korea on the eve of the second anniversary of the North’s artillery shelling of the island, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012.…
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East Asia
New Chinese Leadership Kicks Off Action For Comprehensive National Reform
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (C), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, presides over a conference on national comprehensive reform pilot areas in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 21, 2012. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, also…
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West Asia
Egyptian President Replaces Prosecutor General To Cement His Grip On Power
A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency on Nov. 22, 2012, shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) meeting with the newly appointed Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Morsi also on Thursday fired the country’s top prosecutor Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud by decreeing with immediate effect…
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