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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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Society
Government to further upgrade Korean language education
Since taking office a year ago, Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik has branded himself a “hallyu minister.” The top culture policymaker has placed priority on expanding “hallyu,” or the Korean wave. During a press conference to mark his first year in office, Choe stressed the importance of improving Korean language education…
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World
A Cargo Train Fire Set By Mob Leaves Eight Dead In India
People gather near the site of a train fire in Bikaner, India, Sept. 17, 2012. A goods train was set on fire by mob after it rammed into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing on the Jaisalmer-Bikaner line, killing eight and injuring several others. <Xinhua/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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World
Condolence Offered By A Libyan Girl To Four Americans Killed In Benghazi
A Libyan girl places flowers at the gate of the U.S. consulate, in Benghazi, Libya, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. The U.S. Ambassador, Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the consulate Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012, part of a wave of assaults on U.S. diplomatic missions…
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Number of multiracial students rises to 46,900
The number of students from multiracial families increased fivefold since 2006 and by more than 20 percent over the past year, statistics showed Monday. Data compiled by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology showed the number of multiracial students increased by 8,276, or 21 percent, to 46,954 this year…
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Politics
Will father’s legacy damage Park’s bid?
Saenuri party’s candidate adjusting stance little by little Rep. Park Geun-hye, the presidential candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party, is grappling with the legacy of her father, the late former President Park Chung-hee. The deceased Park seized power in a military coup in 1961 and maintained an iron-fisted dictatorship for…
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