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East Asia
Golden River Bridge Leading To Forbidden City Cordoned Off
A paramilitary policeman sets up a line to cordon off the Golden River Bridge, a main entrance to the Forbidden City, in front of the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Chinese characters on the Tiananmen Gate read “Long Live’, near to a portrait of the late…
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World
An Israeli Woman Remembers Her Son Killed In Yom Kippur War
The mother of an Israeli soldier killed in the Yom Kippur War in 1973 visits his tomb at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Sept. 27, 2012. The war broke out when Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on Oct. 6, 1973, the day of Yom Kippur, the holiest day…
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West Asia
Hillary Meets With Israeli Premier Netanyahu In New York
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands before a meeting at the Regency hotel, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 in New York. <AP Photo/John Minchillo> news@theasian.asia
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Column
Folk Dancers Celebrate World Tourism Day In Rajasthan, India
Folk dancers perform during a procession on the occasion of the World Tourism Day in Rajasthan, India, Sept. 27, 2012. <Xinhua/Stringer> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Suu Kyi Addresses Before Students Of Havard University
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi smiles prior to an address at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. <AP Photo/Charles Krupa> news@theasian.asia
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Column
Bangladeshi journalist community threatens tougher movement
The country’s journalist community has threatened to paralyze the capital if the killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi are not arrested within October 10, the deadline set by the new Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir. Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists President Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury announced the plan…
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Society
Top Seoul educator loses job
Supreme Court upholds conviction on liberal administrator Seoul’s top educator Kwak No-hyun was stripped of his post Thursday immediately after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction for bribery and a one-year jail sentence. Seoul residents will vote to choose Kwak’s successor on Dec. 19, the same day as the presidential…
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Society
57-year-old woman gives birth to twins
A 57-year-old woman gave birth to twins, Wednesday, becoming the oldest new mother. Seoul’s Asan Medical Center announced that the new mother, surnamed Park, gave birth to fraternal twins through a Caesarean section Thursday morning. The babies are both very healthy, according to the hospital. Professor Kim Ahm at the…
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People
‘Peanut’ Kim Mi-hyun to retire from golf
Eight-time LPGA Tour winner Kim Mi-hyun will retire after next month’s KEB-HanaBank Championship in Incheon. The U.S. tour event will be her last before the 35-year-old calls time on a 16-year pro career. The 54-hole tournament from Oct. 19 to 21 is one of four upcoming LPGA Tour events in…
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Lifestyle
Sunfull
Counter cyberbullying with Sunfull In October 2008, a merciless tide of public opinion was a major reason that drove movie star Choi Jin-sil to take her own life. The most well-known victim of cyberbullying in Korea was also a mother of two. Her suicide is not an isolated incident. It…
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