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South Asia
Pakistanis Displaced From Their Homes Due To Tribal Conflict Live In Refugee Camp Near Peshawar
In this Sept. 13, 2012 photo, Pakistanis who were displaced from Pakistan’s tribal areas due to fighting gather at a water point, in Jalozai refugee camp, near Peshawar, Pakistan. Roughly 65,000 refugees from the various tribal agencies are currently living at Jalozai, a Pakistani government camp about 30 kilometers (19…
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West Asia
Israeli Lawmakers Dissolve Parliament For New Election In January
Photo taken on Oct. 15, 2012 shows the winter session of Israeli Knesset (parliament) held in Jerusalem. Israeli lawmakers passed a bill in an early Tuesday morning vote approving a bid for the Knesset’s (parliament) dissolution and holding an early election on Jan. 22, 2013. <Xinhua/Jini> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Chinese Missile Destroyer Spotted Sailing Off Japanese Waters By Japanese Aircraft
In this photo released by Japan’s Joint Staff Office, a Chinese missile destroyer sails in waters off the island of Yonaguni in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Japanese aircraft spotted seven Chinese warships in waters off the southern Japan island and about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from…
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East Asia
Chinese Children Offer Flowers To Elders In Celebration Of Double Ninth Festival
Children send flowers and cards to the elders during a celebration activity for the Double Ninth Festival in Wenjiao community in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, Oct. 16, 2012. The Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival to pay respect to the seniors. Dozens…
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Society
KAIST agrees on dual degree program with Danish university
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) signed four memorandums of understanding with the Technical University of Denmark Tuesday to boost bilateral academic exchanges in the fields of cyber education, biotechnology research and battery development. KAIST President Suh Nam-pyo and Anders Overgaard Bjarklev, president of the top Danish…
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Society
Songdo leads fight against climate change
Incheon City plans to provide 15 floors of I-Tower, a 35-story skyscraper being built inside the Songdo International Business District, for free to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), if it is chosen as the host of the U.N.-operated fund. The building, which houses regional offices of some 10 international organizations,…
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Chinese fisherman killed by Coast Guard
Rubber bullet fired to calm violent resistance A Chinese fisherman was killed and another was wounded Tuesday during a crackdown on dozens of Chinese fishing boats operating illegally in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Sea, according to the Korea Coast Guard (KCG). The guard’s regional headquarters…
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Society
Be extra careful what you download
Internet users up in arms over vague guidelines on child porn crackdown “Jjanggu,” the popular character in Japanese animation series “Crayon Shin-chan (“Jjanggu the Unstoppable”), often takes his pants off to perform a butt-revealing dance. The kindergarten student’s cute trademark dance has recently become the subject of an online dispute…
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Lifestyle
Revival of Korean movies
This is the 14th in a 15-part series on the stars and trends in “Hallyu” or Korean wave, which is gaining global popularity in Southeast Asia and Latin America. The Korea Times produces this special project in cooperation with the Korean Foundation and CJ E&M. ― ED. If the 10-million…
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