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South East Asia
A Campaign, Titled “Clean Up The World 2012,” Conducted In Manila
Filipino workers gather garbage as they participate in the “Clean Up The World 2012” in suburban Pasig, east of Manila, Philippines, Tuesday Sept. 25, 2012. The Australian Embassy together with the Metro Manila Development Authority and the city conducted cleanup activities in a flood prone area to encourage community members…
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Reset ties with Japan
Korea needs longer-term, cooler-headed approach Japanese anti-Korea protests, though mainly led by a few ultra-rightist groups, are going way too far by insulting and trampling on Korea’s national flag. Many ordinary Japanese do not hide their contempt and dislikes of their former colony, either. Koreans can’t help wondering what made…
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East Asia
China-Japan Vice Foreign Ministers Talks Held In Beijing
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun, 3rd left, meets Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai, 3rd right, in Beijing, China Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Chinese and Japanese officials held talks Tuesday on their tense dispute over who owns a group of tiny islands in the East China Sea. Japanese Vice…
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South Asia
NATO Steps Up Training For Afghan Policemen
Policemen attend a training session in Herat Province, west Afghanistan, on Sept. 24, 2012. The Afghan government and the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan have stepped up efforts to train and equip Afghan police and army. <Xinhua=Sardar> news@theasian.asia
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Politics
Seoul keeps tabs on China’s Ieodo moves
The issue of sovereignty over Ieodo, a submerged rock in the East China Sea, between Korea and China became more volatile Tuesday after media said Beijing could use unmanned drones to monitor the area. The reports added to soaring regional tensions over maritime jurisdiction. Seoul officials said the government was…
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Business
Ban on overexposure
Teen sexualization on TV faces stronger censorship Television censorship authorities will strengthen moves to prevent teenage pop stars appearing in revealing clothing amid growing concerns about the media’s portrayal of young women as sex objects. Entertainment companies have been facing criticism that they are driving the sexualization of young girls…
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Imelda’s shoes: one of great symbols of excess
An alert dictator always keeps one eye on the nearest exit in case, as so often happens with autocrats, a speedy departure suddenly becomes in order. Such a fate befell Philippines strongman Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, in 1986 after 20 years in which they and their cronies looted…
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East Asia
Twin Snow Leopard Cubs Born By Artificial Breeding In China
The twin snow leopard cubs, a male and a female, are embraced by their breeder Li Guoxing in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Wild Life Garden in Xining, capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, Sept. 25, 2012. With stable vital signs, now the two-month cubs have gone through dangerous stage after…
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West Asia
Israeli Journalists Protest Against Their Dismissals
In This photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, Israeli journalists and employees of Maariv daily newspaper demonstrate against their dismissals in Tel Aviv, Israel. Throughout much of Israel’s history, the Maariv daily was known as the “country’s paper,” the newspaper with the highest circulation and a cornerstone of Israeli…
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Column
Ideological exclusion in Korea
Korea’s recent hosting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in Jeju Island was sadly marred by the government’s decision to quell legitimate debate by barring the entry of four foreign attendees suspected of being opposed to the construction of a controversial naval base at…
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