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“Distance makes the heart grow fonder”
Interview with the Philippine Ambassador to Korea Luis Cruz Going back and forth between Korea and Singapore has become routine for Ambassador Luis and Minda Cruz. They joined the Foreign Service together in 1983 and have been on joint and separate missions from London, Beijing, Malaysia, and Singapore to Korea.…
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South Asia
Nepal’s mountaineer Serchan tries to regain Mt. Everest Record at 83
Kathmandu: An octogenarian Nepali mountaineer, whose Guinness World Record as the oldest man to conquer Mt. Everest, the highest peak of the world, was breached by a Japanese octogenarian in May this year, is planning to climb the peak again in Spring next year. Onetime Guinness World Record holder octogenarian…
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South Asia
Sri Lankans urges Indian gov’t not to interfere with their internal affairs
A protestor holds a placard with a photograph of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a protest by Federation of National Organizations, a collective of nationalistic groups, outside the Indian High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 29, 2013. The protestors urged India not to interfere in Sri Lanka’s…
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West Asia
Tunisian PM rejects demands to step down and promises to hold election in December
In a defiant speech, Tunisia’s prime minister rejected opposition demands that his government step down and promised on Monday to complete the country’s democratic transition with a new constitution by August and elections in December. The assassination of two opposition legislators over the last six months has plunged Tunisia –…
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South East Asia
Indonesian activists protest against Sumatran tiger trade on Global Tiger Day
A Muslim activist with face painted to resemble a tiger, takes part in a protest against Sumatran tiger trade that marks the Global Tiger Day, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 29, 2013. Sumatran tiger is the world’s most critically endangered tiger subspecies with fewer than 400 remain in the wild…
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South Asia
Indian artists perform in Hindu goddess Kali costume during Bonalu folk festival
Indian security men watch artists dressed like Hindu goddess Kali perform during Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2013. Bonalu is a Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mahesh Kumar A.> An Indian artist dressed like Hindu goddess Kali…
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South East Asia
50 tons of crude oil leaks from pipeline in Thailand’s popular tourist island Prao Bay
Streaks of crude oil cover the shore of Prao Bay on Samet Island in Rayong province eastern Thailand Monday, July 29, 2013. The oil spill that leaked from a pipeline has reached the popular tourist island in Thailand’s eastern sea despite continuous attempts to clean it up over the weekend,…
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West Asia
63 killed in series of deadliest atacks in Baghdad including 17 car bombings
A wave of violence, including 17 car bombings hitting Iraqi cities, killed up to 63 people and wounded some 224, amid growing tension that pushed UN envoy to Iraq to call for immediate government actions to stop the violence to avoid slipping the country back into sectarian strife. The deadliest…
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South East Asia
Cambodia’s ruling party led by Hun Sen wins majority in July 28 general election
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen won a majority vote in Sunday’s general elections, indicating that the prime minister, who has ruled the country for 28 years, will continue to stay in power for another five years. “Preliminary results shows that the ruling CPP…
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East Asia
North Korea celebrates 60th anniversary of armistice ending Korean War
Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang’s main square on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea’s adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th…
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