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No N. Koreans visited S. Korea in 2012
In the latest sign of stalled relations between the two Koreas, government figures showed Friday that no North Koreans visited the South in 2012. With interaction at its lowest point since the late 1990s, the focus now turns to President-elect Park Geun-hye and how quickly she will pursue her campaign…
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East Asia
International Ice Assemblage Sculpture Championship Opens In Harbin, China
A snow sculpture by contestants from the Netherlands, China’s mailand and China’s Taiwan is seen during the Second International Ice Assemblage Sculpture Championship in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 3, 2013. A total of 15 teams from China, Russia, South Korea and other countries and regions took…
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Seoul halts foreign school project
Seoul City said Friday that it has decided to halt a project to set up more foreign schools in the capital amid public criticism that recent admission fraud cases involving existing schools resulted from poor monitoring. The city initially planned to build another foreign school in Gaepo-dong, southern Seoul, after…
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Man stabs self at airport, cursing at Japan envoys
A member of an anti-Japan group stabbed himself during a rally protesting against the visit of special envoys of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Korea at Gimpo International Airport, Friday. According to police, the 63-year-old man, surnamed Kim stabbed himself with a knife while in the arrival area of…
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East Asia
What is happening in the closed doors of NK prisons
The story about a boy, a Shin, who was born in a North Korean prison and escaped at the age of 23, is being made into a movie based on the book “Escape from Camp 14:One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West.” Howard Brownstein, producer…
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East Asia
Women empowered
Park Geun-hye will take office as the first woman president of Korea on Feb. 25. Park will join a pantheon of women leaders: Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany; Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, president of Argentina; Dilma Rousseff, president of Brazil; Laura Chincilla, president of Costa Rica; Johanna Sigurdadottir, prime minister…
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East Asia
Portals bet on mobile commerce
Internet companies NHN, Daum and SK Communications are facing considerable challenges as the Web moves from desktop computers to mobile devices, threatening their reign as online gateways. Industry observers believe that the three Web portals Naver, Daum and Nate manged by the three firms will continue to struggle to compete…
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East Asia
Children Play In The Snow At Gaomiao, A Time-Honored Chinese City
Children play in the snow at Gaomiao Town of Hongya County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Jan. 3, 2013. Gaomiao Town, having a history of over 700 years, received heavy snowfall Wednesday evening. Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2013 shows the snow-shrouded buildings at Gaomiao Town of Hongya County, southwest China’s…
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West Asia
Palestinians Work At Construction Site In Gaza Strip Under Israeli Permission For The First Time Since 2007
Palestinians work at a construction site in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 3, 2013. Israel allowed the entry of gravels into the Gaza Strip on Dec. 30, 2012 for the first time since it imposed a tight blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory in 2007. A Palestinian works…
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South Asia
Indian Folk Artists Accompany Naked Hindu Holy Men Procession In Religious Congregation
Indian folk artists accompany Naga Sadhu, or Naked Hindu holy men procession as they arrive for Mahakumbh, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and…
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