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  • South East Asia

    Government mulls amending law on conferring Malaysian citizenship

    Petaling Jaya: Malaysia is looking at amending Article 14 of the Federal Constitution to allow Malaysian mothers to pass on automatically their citizenship to their children born overseas. Under the current law, only Malaysian fathers are allowed to obtain automatically the Malaysian citizenship for their children born overseas whereas mothers…

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  • East Asia

    Magazine N’s October Issue

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  • Politics

    Malala calls on world leaders to save Rohingya Muslims

      On Monday 8th June, Nobel laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai spoke up for the rights of Rohingya Muslims, urging influential world leaders to take action against the persecution of the minority group, according to a statement released by the Malala Fund, Malala’s charity organization. “I stand with the…

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    The Endless World War III

    War correspondents and history analysts are confused of the daily scenes they are facing in the Middle East: where Arabs are fighting their Arab neighbors, Muslims are battling against Islamists, Christians are helping the killers of Christians, and old enemies are flocking together with their own historic opponents. The Holy…

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  • East Asia

    Facebook is the General Trend for Asian Journalists

    Survey by AJA and AsiaN The journalists of Asia use Facebook the most compared to other social network services. 56% of them use Facebook and then Twitter (30%) and Blog (14%) followed. The AsiaN in association with the Asia Journalist Association conducted a survey on 20~30 November in celebration of…

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  • <2011 Top News> Turkey ‘Cihan’ Issues

     Here are 2011’s top news stories according to the Cihan News Agency of Turkey.    1. Arab Spring  2. Great earthquake in Japan  3. Kemal Burkay’s return to Turkey       Kurdish politician, social activist and poet Kemal Burkay returned to Turkey after 31 years of exile in Sweden. 4. President of…

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  • East Asia

    NK, Issues J.I Kim Commorative Stamps

    Photo released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 30, 2011 shows a commemorative stamp issued by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) featuring the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. <Photo: Xinhua/KCNA> news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    NK Issues Commemorative Stamp for J.I Kim

    Photo released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 30, 2011 shows a commemorative stamp issued by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) featuring the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) and Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of…

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    Lee Kun-hee of Samsung, the most influential business figure

    Survey by AsiaN and AJA, 50 Asian journalists answered Journalists of Asia think that Samsung is the most influential company in Asia. The AsiaN in association with the Asia Journalist Association conducted a survey on 20~30 November in celebration of its launch and 50 newspaper, TV, and online journalists of…

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    <2011 Top News> ‘The AsiaN’ Top News in Asia

    (Bigger images in a row when you click them) In 2011, natural disasters struck all places of Asia and dictators stepped down. The biggest news of Asia selected by the AsiaN is ‘Death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’. Earthquake hit Turkey, India, Indonesia and China, not to mention Japan…

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