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South East Asia
AJA announces Suu Kyi, Pakistani activist as Asians of 2012
The Asia Journalist Association (AJA) has selected Aung San Suu Kyi and Malala Yousafzai as its Asians of 2012. In a Friday press release, the Seoul-based association wrote, “The two female winners are proof that the new era demands female leadership.” Suu Kyi is well known for being a decades-long…
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China’s communist party organ selects top 10 news stories of 2012
HONG KONG (Yonhap) — China’s communist party organ People’s Daily said Saturday it has selected the top 10 news stories of 2012, ranking the country’s strengthening of its claim to territorial waters as No. 1 on the list. The Chinese state-run newspaper said in an editorial that this year’s most…
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East Asia
Seoul recovers possible engine debris from NK rocket
Seoul has recovered what is believed to be a portion of the engine from North Korea’s multistage rocket launched earlier his month, officials said Friday, in what could provide clues on Pyongyang’s development in the field. The object was recovered some 160 kilometers off the coast of Gunsan, Jeolla Province,…
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East Asia
Skirt on inaugural day
President-elect Park Geun-hye will take office on Feb. 25, and fashion experts have come forth with suggestions on how to navigate the complex relationship between power and clothes. The president-elect, with her power suits and coiffed hair, portrays an image of veteran politician with aplomb in the male-dominated political arena.…
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East Asia
Lacquerware, Once On Verge Of Extinction, Revived As A Big Industry In Fuzhou, China
Craftsman Pan Huiming works on plaster vase moulds in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 27, 2012. Invented by Shen Shao’an in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware is a traditional Chinese handicraft which is on the verge of extinction. It was listed as a state…
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South Asia
Hindu Devotees Prepare For Month-Long Mahakumbh Festival At Sangam, India
In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, supporters of a Hindu holy man prepare food for free distribution during the preparations for the month-long Mahakumbh festival at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna in Allahabad, India. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to arrive here in January…
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East Asia
Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair To Open On Jan. 7 At Convention And Exhibition Center
An exhibitor manipulates a tank model via a smartphone’s software during the press conference of Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair in south China’s Hong Kong, Dec. 27, 2012. The fair will open to the public at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center from January 7 to 10, 2013. An…
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South Asia
9th International Elephant Festival Held In Sauraha, Nepal
Decorated elephants take part in a beauty contest during the second day of 9th International Elephant Festival in Sauraha of Chitwan district, Nepal, Dec. 27, 2012. The festival was organized to promote tourism and to raise awareness of elephant protection in Nepal. A participant decorates an elephant for a beauty…
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West Asia
Israel Builds Apartment In East Jerusalem Despite Opposition By Palestinians
In this Nov. 2, 2011 file photo, a construction worker works on a new housing unit in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa. Israel is planning its biggest construction surge in east Jerusalem in decades, settlement opponents say, a move that would complicate prospects for restarting peace talks with…
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West Asia
Air Show Held To Celebrate Graduation Ceremony Of Israeli Military Pilots
A female graduate of Class 165 of Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) Flight School stands beside a F-15I fighter jet of IAF at Hatzerim base near Beersheva, south Israel, on Dec. 27, 2012. An F-15I fighter jet of Israeli Air Force (IAF) takes off during an air show at a graduation…
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