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East Asia
Senior Member Of Chinese Congress Visit Container Wharf In Colombo
Wu Bangguo (L front), chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), visits the south container wharf at the Port of Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Li Tao> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
A Syrian Family Takes Shelter At School Classroom
A Syrian man and his children who fled their home in Aleppo due to government shelling, sleep in a classroom of a school where they take refuge, in Suran, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. A book is left on the ground at the yard of…
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World
Pope Benedict Ends His Three-Day Visit To Lebanon
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he boards the plane back to Rome, at Rafik Hariri International airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Sept. 16, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI end his three days visit to Lebanon after he celebrated an open-air mass for tens of thousands of pilgrims from across the Middle…
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East Asia
U.S. Defense Chief In Tokyo To Talk With Japanese FM
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, left, meets with Japan’s Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, right, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. <AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool> news@theasian.asia
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China angered by NK move to usurp Chinese mining company
Over the last one and a half months, the outside world has been exposed to a rather unusual sight, that of China and North Korea (or rather a large Chinese company and the North Korean government) openly quarrelling. It has always been an open secret that China and North Korea are…
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Politics
Roh confidant rises from humble origins
Moon Jae-In, former presidential chief of staff to the late President Roh Moo-hyun, is a novice in politics. The 59-year-old entered politics by winning the April 11 parliamentary election in Busan. The first-term lawmaker may lack political experience, but he has a deep insight into running the country as he…
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Column
Blasphemy in Pakistan
It was a welcome change from the usual dreary story: a Christian or a Hindu Pakistani accused of blasphemy on flimsy grounds, tried, and sentenced to prison ― or found innocent, set free and then murdered by some Muslim fanatic. This time was different. The victim this time was a…
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Lifestyle
Psy becomes 1st Korean to top iTunes chart
Korean rapper-singer Psy on Saturday topped the iTunes Chart with his single “Gangnam Style,” making him the first Korean artist to reach No. 1 on the U.S. online chart. YG Entertainment, Psy’s agency in Seoul, said the chart-topping feat appears to have been aided by the singer’s live performance in…
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Politics
Moon Jae-in wins DUP presidential ticket
DUP candidate to grapple with Prof. Ahn over unified bid for Dec. 19 poll Rep. Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) won the party’s presidential primary to become its candidate for the Dec. 19 election, Sunday. “I will return your support with a victory in December,”…
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Column
US on Korean unification
Despite its long, deep involvement in the issues of Korea, the United States has never pursued a consistent policy that would help bring about Korean unification. The United States has a multi-faceted image to the South Korean people: a liberator from Japanese colonial rule, a divider of the peninsula, a…
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