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[Asia Round-up] Never-ending rape of Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. The never-ending rape of the Camerons [Malaysia, The Star, 22-05-2013] Once a destination to getaway crowds, the Cameron Highlands, one of the most prominent hill resorts in Malaysia, is now swamped by tourist crowds and being…
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East Asia
80-year-old Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, oldest to summit Mt. Everest
A team of climbers led by 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura, third from left on the peak, stand on the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Miura on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura’s Tokyo-based support…
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Central Asia
Pivotally located Georgia waits for foreign investors
Celebrating Independence Day of Georgia Georgia celebrates its Independence Day on May 26, the date commemorating declaration of the first Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918, when the country was liberated after more than 100 years of subjugation under the Russian Empire. Throughout the centuries Georgia has seen numerous invasions…
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Learning Korean can’t be done ‘pali pali’
Learning Korean is not pali pali (빨리 빨리) One of the first things I learned upon arrival to Korea was the culture of doing things quickly (빨리 빨리 문화). In fact, this country achieved a developed economy within about 50 years. If one looks at history, Germany and Japan took…
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East Asia
Chinese Premier Li meets Pakistani President to strengthen alliance
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) meets with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 22, 2013. <Xinhua/Pang Xinglei> Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, fourth right, watch as Pakistani and Chinese officials, foreground, sign an agreement during a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan…
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West Asia
More than 10,000 Jews attend celebrated Rabbi’s wedding
Bride Panett dances with the groom Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, the grandson of the Belz Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, during their wedding ceremony at the neighbourhood of Kiryat Belz in Jerusalem on May 21, 2013. More than 10,000 Jews participated in the wedding. Bride Panett holds a ribbon after dancing with…
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South East Asia
Indonesian city personnel evict illegal housings of poor
A woman stands amongs the ruins of her home as city security personnel evict illegal housings on a land which belongs to a company, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Hundreds of poverty-stricken people living in makeshift houses were evicted from the land. Evicted villager sit among the ruins…
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South Asia
Nepali Rato Machhindranath chariot festival held in suburban Kathmandu
The Nepalese priest climbs on top of the chariot to perform coconut dropping rituals during the Rato Machhindranath chariot festival in Lagankhel, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, May 21, 2013. The Nepalese worships Machhindranath for rain, good crop and prosperity. The Nepalese priest shows the coconut to devotees before…
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South East Asia
Filipino protesters demand safety of Filipino workers in Taiwan
Protesters flash peace signa as they picket Taiwan’s Taipei Economic and Cultural Office at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday May 22, 2013, urging both governments to show restraint in the current diplomatic row following the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast…
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East Asia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends special envoy to China
After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country’s most important ally and a sign that he may be giving diplomacy a chance.…
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