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East Asia
Japanese Lawmakers In Kimono Attend Opening Ceremony Of Ordinary Diet Session
Japanese lawmakers clad in kimono participate in the opening ceremony of the ordinary diet session at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. About 80 lawmakers who belong to a non-partisan parliamentary group to promote the Japanese traditional attire customary attend the first diet session in…
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South East Asia
Bodies Of Nine People Killed In An Ambush By Gunmen Lie Along The Road In Central Philippines
In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 photo released by the Philippine National Police Region 6 Public Information Office, the bodies of nine people, including civilians, village guards and police, lie along a dirt road after being ambushed by gunmen hiding in a sugarcane field in La Castellana township, Negros Occidental…
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East Asia
President Lee Myung-bak Talks With Aung San Suu Kyi At The Blue House In Seoul
Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, is greeted by Myanmarese who lives in South Korea upon her arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Suu Kyi arrived in South Korea for her five-days trip to attend the opening ceremony…
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NHRC urges all concerned parties to complete probe on 2004 murder of journalist
KATHMANDU – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged all stakeholders concerned to complete investigations into the 2004 murder of journalist Dekendra Thapa by following the due processes. In a statement on Thursday, the only constitutional human rights watchdog expressed concern over a clash between cadres of the ruling…
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East Asia
Restoring Seoul City Wall
Over the past several years, the city government of Seoul has taken a new interest in the Seoul City Wall that surrounded the old city. Built in 1396 four years after the selection of Seoul as the capital of the Joseon Dynasty, the wall is one of Seoul’s grandest historic…
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East Asia
‘Park’s challenge comes from inside’
BEIJING — The most daunting foreign policy challenge for incoming president, Park Geun-hye, will be to ensure that the nation is strong enough domestically to confidently handle its foreign affairs, according to an eminent U.S. security expert on Asia. Pundits largely agree that the most important global challenge Park faces…
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East Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi to meet ‘Hallyu’ stars
Myanmar’s pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi plans to meet actor and singer Ahn Jae-wook Thursday, indicating that she is a big fan of hallyu, the Korean culture boom, according to foreign ministry officials Monday. Suu Kyi arrived here Monday to attend the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Special Olympics…
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East Asia
More dads taking ‘maternity’ leave
The number of male workers taking paternity leave increased by nearly 30 percent last year from 2011, government data showed Monday. While they accounted for only 2.8 percent of the total workers who used the leave in 2012, it is the largest figure so far. According to data from the…
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East Asia
‘GHnomics’ shaping up slowly
President-elect vows to focus on addressing debts, welfare issues Change and happiness were the watchwords of Park Geun-hye’s presidential campaign. But converting the huge hopes and expectations she has generated into practical policies will be a difficult challenge for the incoming Korean president set to inherit an economy crippled by…
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East Asia
Mahindra objects to Ssangyong audit
Mahindra & Mahindra, the Indian owner of Ssangyong Motor, said Monday that it objects to an audit by the National Assembly and that if it is pursued, it could affect the firm’s investment plan to the tune of 1 trillion won. “Funds for this (1 trillion won) investment will have…
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