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World
Tunisian Journalists Stage One-Day Strike Calling For More Press Freedom
Tunisian journalists demonstrate outside the national journalists union to demand more freedom in the press, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 in Tunis. Journalists are on a one-day strike. A gagged Tunisian journalist demonstrates with gag reading “censorship” and banner reading “Press freedom is the basis of democracy”, outside the national journalists…
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East Asia
International Folk Dance Contest Kicks Off In Shanghai, China
Dancers from New Zealand perform during the Lujiazui Cup, an international folk dance contest, in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 17, 2012. The international folk dance contest started on Wednesday, attracting dancers from 12 countries and regions. Dancers from China’s Guizhou Province perform during the Lujiazui Cup, an international folk dance…
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East Asia
Body Of Late King Sihanouk Returning From China Warmly Welcomed By Grief-Stricken Cambodians In Phnom Penh
A portrait of Cambodia’s late King Norodom Sihanouk leads the procession of the body of Sihanouk in a casket on a street to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. The body returned to his homeland on the plane from China on Wednesday, welcomed by tens…
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People
Templestay marks a decade
Since the templestay program was first introduced ahead of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup in a move to promote traditional Korean Buddhist culture, its popularity has been steadily soaring attracting both local and foreign tourists. In commemorating the 10th anniversary of the program, plans are being put in place to…
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East Asia
Beauty of Goryeo celadon revealed
From diversely shaped vases to an openwork incense burner supported by three little rabbits, the essence of Goryeo celadon or “cheongja” is on display at the National Museum of Korea (NMK). “The Best under Heaven, the Celadons of Korea” is the first exhibition dedicated to Goryeo celadon at the Nation…
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Samsung halts clinical tests for biosimilar
Samsung Electronics’ aspirations to find a new growth engine in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals appear to have hit a speed bump. Company officials admit that it has halted clinical tests for SAIT101, a material it hoped would create more effective drugs to fight Hodgkin’s disease. “We have been conducting clinical tests…
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Politics
NK seeks to fight inflation
North Korea appears to be agonizing over how to curb rampant inflation, one of the most serious hurdles to developing its economy, an expert who frequently visits the country said Wednesday. The expert, who recently traveled to Pyongyang, was told by officials that wages had been raised to cope with…
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Military hit for politicized lectures on pro-NK groups
A lawmaker criticized the military Wednesday for allowing “biased” lecturers to teach soldiers about “Pro-North Korean forces in the South,” claiming they made inappropriate remarks about liberal presidential candidates. Rep. Ahn Gyu-baek of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) claimed that the military had increased such training sessions ahead…
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Politics
Africa wants greater help from Korea
The participants of the third Korea-Africa Forum adopted the Seoul Declaration calling for an increase in Korea’s development assistance to the continent and a specific action plan to deepen partnerships. Under the declaration, Korea vowed to increase non-binding aid to Africa gradually and expand cooperation across the region. The agreement…
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Politics
China makes no big fuss over death of fisherman
Envoy’s protest visit cancelled Beijing is apparently refraining from engaging in a diplomatic spat with Seoul over the death of a Chinese fisherman on a boat illegally fishing in South Korea’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Sea. Zhang Xinsen, the Chinese Ambassador to Korea, had earlier planned to…
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