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World
Lebanese Hold Rally To Denounce Anti-Islam U.S. Movie
A veiled Hezbollah supporters ties a banner on her friend’s forehead, that reads in Arabic, “At your service God’s prophet,” during a rally denouncing an anti-Islam film that has provoked a week of unrest in Muslim countries worldwide, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Sept. 17, 2012. Hezbollah’s…
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East Asia
Dai Bingguo With Members Of China-Vietnam People’s Forum Held In Beijing
Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (C, front) poses for group photos with representatives attending the fourth session of the China-Vietnam Peoples’ Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 17, 2012. <Xinhua/Yao Dawei> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Indian Soldiers In Border Area Perform Religious Ritual
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers perform a ritual with their weapons on the occasion of “Biswakarma Puja” or prayers for Lord Biswakarma in Amritsar, India, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. <AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Typical Scenery Of Terraced Fields In South China
Women of Yao ethnic group carry baskets on the back as they walk in the terraced fields in Longsheng County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Wang Cuirong> news@theasian.asia
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World
66th U.N. General Assembly Session Comes To A Close
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (L), president of the 66th session of the General Assembly, speaks during the closing session of the General Assembly 66th session at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Sept. 17, 2012. The UN General Assembly concluded its 66th session on Monday. <Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Cambodian Vendor Shows How Hard His Life Is
A Cambodian vendor carries household goods on his motorbike for selling through a village of Samroang Andet at the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. <AP Photo/Heng Sinith> news@theasian.asia
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World
Giant Panda At Zoo In Washington Gives Birth To A Cub
In this Dec. 19, 2011 file photo, Mei Xiang, the female giant panda at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, eats breakfast. Mei Xiang has given birth to a cub following five consecutive pseudopregnancies in as many years. <AP Photo/Susan Walsh> Picture taken on Dec. 19, 2011 shows the Giant…
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West Asia
Bahrain Honors Police Officers Killed Or Wounded In Clash With Protesters
Bahraini Interior Minister Lt.-Gen. Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, attends a ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, to honor police officers killed and wounded during clashes with anti-government protesters. Bahrain says it has charged seven police lieutenants with alleged abuses against suspected anti-government protesters, including using…
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South Asia
U.S. Army Starts Process To Cutdown Troops In Afghanistan
In this Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. Army soldiers identify, sort, catalog and prepare for shipping military materiel that is being pulled off the battlefield in Afghanistan as part of the drawdown of 23,000 U.S. troops by Sept. 30, 2012 at the Kandahar Air…
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People
AJA Chairman to Northeast Asian History Foundation
Kim Hak-joon, 69, a former chairman of the DongA Ilbo, was inaugurated Monday as president of the Northeast Asian History Foundation. Kim studied political science at Seoul National University where he later taught, and got a doctor’s degree in the same subject science from the University of Pittsburg in Pennsylvania,…
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