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South East Asia
People Buy Fish At Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market In Yangon, Myanmar
Fishmongers work at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. Customers buy fish at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. Fishmongers sell fish at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. <Xinhua/U Aung>
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West Asia
An Iranian Zoroastrian Woman Stands By A Large Bonfire In Celebration Of Sadeh, Mid-Winter Festival
An Iranian Zoroastrian woman stands by a large bonfire during a celebration for the festival of Sadeh outside Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 29, 2013. Sadeh, a mid-winter festival observed by Iranians from the ancient time, is 50 days before Iranian New Year. People usually celebrate the festival by preparing a…
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South East Asia
Red Shirt Protesters Call For Release Of Political Prisoners In Jail Since 2010 Anti-Gov’t Rally In Bangkok
A Red Shirt protester holds a poster while gathered with others in front of the Government House to call for the release of political prisoners who have been jailed since the 2010 anti-government demonstrations in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Red Shirt protesters gather in front of the…
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East Asia
2013 Special Olympic World Winter Games Open In PyeongChang, South Korea
The Special Olympics flag is raised during the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 29, 2013. The Special Olympics World Winter Games for athletes with intellectual disabilities is held in Pyeongchang and Gangneung from Jan. 29 to Feb.…
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South Asia
Six Men Enact A Mock Hanging In A Protest Asking Death Penalty For Six Men Accused Of Fatal Gang Rape Of A Woman In New Delhi
An elderly protester, wearing an outfit with the colors of the Indian national flag, shouts slogans during a protest demanding the death penalty for six men accused of a fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Scores…
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South Asia
Rescuers Excavate Bodies Of Those Killed By Landslide Which Claimed More Than 20 Lives In West Sumatra, Indonesia
Rescuers use excavator to find the bodies of landslide victims at Agam district of West Sumatra, Indonesia, Jan. 28, 2013. The death toll in Sunday’s landslides in two places in the Sumatra island of Indonesia has risen to 19 with six persons still missing, an official said on Monday. Rescuers…
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AJA expresses concern for Nepali Gov’t intervention in murder investigation
Asia Journalist Association expresses its serious concerns over the latest incidents which have pushed the press and expression freedom in Nepal into crisis forcing many working journalists to flee their working areas citing insecurity. The state interference in the investigation process of the case relating to the murder of journalist…
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East Asia
Foreign filmmaker eyes Korea
A foreign independent filmmaker has achieved what some see as a first on the peninsula. Writing and directing a movie about Korean issues from a foreign perspective, with Korean actors. U.S. citizen, Chris Norlund, founder and director of Ruva Film, shot a 30 minute drama titled “Into Pieces,” highlighting the…
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East Asia
PM nominee withdraws
‘I don’t want to be burden to President-elect’ Kim Yong-joon, President-elect Park Geun-hye’s nominee for prime minister, withdrew his nomination Tuesday amid persisting suspicion over his property deals and other potential ethical lapses. In a statement read to the press by the transition team’s spokesman Yoon Chang-jung, Kim wrote, “I…
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East Asia
NK leader empowers ‘cell secretaries’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un emphasized the importance of lower-level secretaries of the ruling Worker’s Party in a rare meeting of such officials this week, Pyongyang’s state media said Tuesday, as the young ruler attempts to gain “grassroots” support. The North a day earlier convened the meeting of the secretaries…
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