• South Asia

    Six Men Enact A Mock Hanging In A Protest Asking Death Penalty For Six Men Accused Of Fatal Gang Rape Of A Woman In New Delhi

    An elderly protester, wearing an outfit with the colors of the Indian national flag, shouts slogans during a protest demanding the death penalty for six men accused of a fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Scores…

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  • South Asia

    Rescuers Excavate Bodies Of Those Killed By Landslide Which Claimed More Than 20 Lives In West Sumatra, Indonesia

    Rescuers use excavator to find the bodies of landslide victims at Agam district of West Sumatra, Indonesia, Jan. 28, 2013. The death toll in Sunday’s landslides in two places in the Sumatra island of Indonesia has risen to 19 with six persons still missing, an official said on Monday. Rescuers…

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  • East Asia

    O-hyun, a great Korean monk, depicts his enlightment through his poems

    We were eager to meet the great Korean monk in his reception room, when he entered with a bald head, and a bold smile. Shaking hand with him gave me a touch of the human aspect in Mr. Cho O-hyun, but listening to him added the divine side of that…

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  • West Asia

    [Novel] The Road to Shamawes ②

    [1] The air streams through the car window. I sat in the back seat. I was confused, not knowing where to look. The Nile is on the right with a long corniche as old as time; Cairo’s buildings on the left, with varying spaces in between as well as heights.…

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  • AJA expresses concern for Nepali Gov’t intervention in murder investigation

    Asia Journalist Association expresses its serious concerns over the latest incidents which have pushed the press and expression freedom in Nepal into crisis forcing many working journalists to flee their working areas citing insecurity. The state interference in the investigation process of the case relating to the murder of journalist…

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  • Won vs. yen

    Will ‘Geunhyenomics’ be able to get over ‘Abenomics’? “Japan Inc. is coming back at the expense of Korea Inc.” So went the headline of a Bloomberg news story Monday, which described the revival of Japanese auto and electronics makers riding on a weak yen in contrast to their Korean counterparts…

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  • East Asia

    Foreign filmmaker eyes Korea

    A foreign independent filmmaker has achieved what some see as a first on the peninsula. Writing and directing a movie about Korean issues from a foreign perspective, with Korean actors. U.S. citizen, Chris Norlund, founder and director of Ruva Film, shot a 30 minute drama titled “Into Pieces,” highlighting the…

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  • East Asia

    PM nominee withdraws

    ‘I don’t want to be burden to President-elect’ Kim Yong-joon, President-elect Park Geun-hye’s nominee for prime minister, withdrew his nomination Tuesday amid persisting suspicion over his property deals and other potential ethical lapses. In a statement read to the press by the transition team’s spokesman Yoon Chang-jung, Kim wrote, “I…

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  • East Asia

    NK leader empowers ‘cell secretaries’

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un emphasized the importance of lower-level secretaries of the ruling Worker’s Party in a rare meeting of such officials this week, Pyongyang’s state media said Tuesday, as the young ruler attempts to gain “grassroots” support. The North a day earlier convened the meeting of the secretaries…

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  • East Asia

    Kang Sue-jin offers life lessons

    Kang Sue-jin is more than a prima ballerina. Uniquely for an artist, the Korean public has embraced her as a national hero and many young women in their 20s perceive her as a role model. The longtime principal of Germany’s Stuttgart Ballet arrived in Seoul on Jan. 19 to promote…

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