• Society

    [Nigeria Report] Photo-journalists attacked repeatedly in Lagos

    Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State Monday (Aug. 20) assured the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) that justice would be done over the recent assault on two photo-journalists in the state the Nigerian Guardian reported. The Guardian reported that he gave the assurance at Alausa, Ikeja, while addressing the protesting members of the…

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  • South East Asia

    Indonesia : Hepatitis a Growing Public Health Threat in Indonesia: Experts

    Major News of <Jakarta Globe> : Hepatitis a Growing Public Health Threat in Indonesia: Experts Poor awareness about hepatitis infections and a lack of treatment have made the disease a growing public health threat in Indonesia, experts say. An estimated 25 million Indonesians have either had hepatitis B or C, but…

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  • Business

    Cash-strapped

    Kakao Talk, Line struggling to find revenue models Social networking services (SNS) have cropped up like mushroom in Korea, but many have soon perished or lost their ground for a lack of solid and sustainable revenue model. The country’s leading SNS providers such as Cyworld, Kakao Talk, Line, and, My…

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  • Society

    New monument set up on Dokdo

    Stone symbolizes Korea’s sovereignty over easternmost islets Korea installed a monument on Dokdo, Sunday, to reaffirm its sovereign rights over the country’s easternmost islets and to repudiate Japan’s repeated claim over them. The stone monument inscribed with the name of President Lee Myung-bak, the first South Korean president to visit…

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  • Business

    V-Society

    How fraternity impacts business, politics Not many people knew about V-Society. Since its foundation in 2000 the fraternity of domestic business leaders and entrepreneurs has formed an extensive network of power, prosperity and position. Recently it was suddenly mentioned in the media and the trigger was Ahn Cheol-soo, a Seoul…

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  • IT-Science

    Samsung, Apple fail to make up

    Samsung Electronics and Apple have failed to reach compromise on their patent dispute in the court-ordered consultations between CEOs of the two firms. Now, their dispute is left to the jury to settle. The deliberations will begin Tuesday. Regarding the legal proceedings in San Jose, Calf., Samsung officials here said…

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  • Politics

    Taking Japan back to past

    Noda turns nationalistic on neighbors Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is a determining factor in Japan’s confrontational stance in dealing with historical disputes with Korea, China and Russia. The history of Tokyo’s militarism and its devastating effects are on many people’s minds. Experts say that Noda was conciliatory at least…

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  • Bride murders husband to be hours before Wedding

    ABC News — A bride-to-be is charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her fiancé just hours before the couple’s wedding was to start near Whitehall, Pa, USA. The bride named Na Cola Darcel Franklin, 31, and her fiancé Billy Rafael Brewster, 36, were planning to tie the knot at 10…

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  • Business

    China’s hot money ebb away due to business slowdown

    As China’s economic growth is slowing down, large amounts of hot money (international short-term fund for speculative purpose) leave for overseas. According to the latest statistics announced by The People’s Bank of China on Aug. 14, 3.9 billion yuan (674.4 billion won) among foreign reserves financial institutions within China possessed escaped…

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  • East Asia

    Chinese Become Violent Over Island Dispute With Japan

    Chinese look at overturned Japanese cars after an anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen, China’s Guangdong Province, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags Sunday on an island claimed by both Japan and China, fanning an escalating territorial dispute between the two Asian powers. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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