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West Asia
Thousands Of Foreign, Lebanese Runners Attend 10-Kilometer Beirut Fun Run Race
A Lebanese woman dressed as a clown poses for a photograph as she takes part in the 10 kilometer (6.2mile) Beirut Fun Run race in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Thousands of runners from Lebanon and other nations are participating in this year’s annual Beirut Marathon events. Lebanese and…
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East Asia
Some 10,000 South Korean Laborers March Central Streets In Seoul Demanding Better Working Conditions
Workers march through central Seoul, South Korea, during a rally against government’s labor policy on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. About 10,000 members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions demanded better working condition and the end to companies’ use of temporary employees. Workers shout slogans during a rally against government’s…
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East Asia
Thousands Of Japanese Stage Anti-Nuclear Protest At PM’s Official Residence In Tokyo
Protesters hold a bouquet of flowers and a “change engery” sign during a rally in front of the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Thousands joined the rally to call for the end of nuclear power. Protesters shout slogans though plastic horns in front of the…
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East Asia
International Students Festival of Korea University contributes to deepening understanding among foreign students
As world becomes smaller and smaller thanks to technological advance, people from other continents find themselves have easy access to each countries’ trends in cultures, music, lifestyle, following economics and political development. Time and space’ boundaries are gone through access of Internet. It becomes easier for people to travel around the…
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World
Obama’s reelection and priorities
WASHINGTON ― Many nations around the world are wondering what Barack Obama’s reelection means to them. Obama won a second term by a narrow 2-percent margin of the popular vote, but with an overwhelming victory of 303 to 206 in the Electoral College, over Republican opponent Mitt Romney. President Obama…
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World
Will governments agree to kill tobacco farming?
Tobacco farmers around the world will turn their attention to Seoul this week when officials representing more than 170 governments meet to decide their future. The occasion is the World Health Organization’s biennial gathering to amend its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This will be the fifth such session since…
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Nepal looking for Korean hydropower developers
The Nepalese Embassy last week invited a group of hydropower experts to Seoul, in an effort to find developers in Korea to meet power shortages in the country. “Our focus is hydropower,” said Kul Man Ghising, managing director of the Chilime Hydropower Company, during a conference on Nov. 5. “During…
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East Asia
Korean energy technology can be exported like K-pop
The spread of K-pop from initially Asia to Europe to Latin America has inspired the head of a Seoul-based energy think tank to have an “aha” moment regarding how to “export” Korea’s energy technology. Ahn Nam-sung, 57, who assumed the leadership post of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation…
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South East Asia
‘Taiwanese are venture-minded’
Taipei’s IT success comes down to enterpreneurs TAIPEI— College graduates here, especially engineers, work for several years in the information technology sector after graduation and then leave without hesitation to start their own businesses. This, along with the government’s supportive role, has paved the way for Taiwan’s current strong standing…
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East Asia
Can two meet midway point?
The main opposition Democratic United Party’s (DUP) Moon Jae-in and independent Ahn Cheol-soo agreed Sunday to launch a consultative body to discuss methods to choose a single liberal presidential candidate. Ahn, who originally adhered to the position that political reform measures should be agreed to before launching talks on candidate…
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