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‘China threatens Korea’s shipbuilding supremacy’
China overtook Korea last year to become the world’s largest shipbuilder by exports, a trade research institute estimated Thursday. By every assessment, Korea has been the undisputed kingpin in the global shipbuilding industry for years, thanks largely as its home to the world’s three largest shipbuilders. But the leadership was…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Perdebatan PBB akan Roket Korea Utara Tertunda
Halo, saya Meidyana Rayana. Berikut perkembangan tanggapan Dewan Keamanan PBB pasca peluncuran roket Korea Utara. Dewan Keamanan PBB tidak tampak akan segera memutuskan respon terhadap peluncuran roket Korea Utara pada akhir bulan ini, disebabka keengganan China untuk menjatuhkan sanksi baru terhadap Korea Utara, menurut para pejabat Seou seperti yang dilansir…
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East Asia
Rescuers Work At Scene Of Cave-In Accident In Nanning, China
Rescuers work at the scene of a cave-in accident in Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2013. The tunnel of a metro line under construction in Nanning collapsed Wednesday afternoon, trapping three workers. Two have been rescued and one still trapped. <Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang>
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East Asia
Local People Head For Wedding Ceremony On A Boat Loaded With Presents In Anchang, China
Local residents wearing traditional costumes ride a boat fully loaded with bride-price presents on their way to a wedding ceremony in Anchang Township in Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Jan. 2, 2013. Local residents wearing traditional costumes ride a boat loaded with bride-price presents on their way to a wedding…
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South Asia
Indian Men Warm Themselves Around Bonfire At A Road In New Delhi Amid Dense Fog
Indian men warm themselves around a bonfire as another gets a haircut from a roadside barber in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Dense fog enveloped the city in the morning hours affecting road and rail traffic as well as operations at the International Airport, according to a local…
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South East Asia
Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Produced In Vietnam Are Listed As Protected Desination Of Orgin
Phu Quoc fish sauce is displayed for sale on Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang province, Vietnam, on Jan. 2, 2013. <Xinhua/VNA>
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West Asia
A Syrian Rebel Plays Soccer While Fighting Against Gov’t Soldiers Near Alleppo
A Syrian rebel plays football in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The United Nations estimated Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria’s 21-month-old uprising against authoritarian rule, a toll one-third higher than what anti-regime activists had counted. The U.N. human…
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West Asia
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Hold Traditional Jewish Wedding Ceremony In Netanya, Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray in the men’s section during a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony of the great-grandson of the Rabbi of the Sanz Hasidic dynasty, in Netanya, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Thousands of people attended the wedding. Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather for a traditional Jewish wedding of the great-grandson of the…
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West Asia
Shitte Muslim Worshippers Celebrate Arbaeen Festival In Karbala Near Baghdad
Shiite Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 2 , 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century…
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South Asia
Pakistani President Meets With Malala Undergoing Treatment In Birmingham Hospital
In this Dec. 8, 2012 file photo provided by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, left, and his daughter Asifa Bhutto, center back, meet with Malala Yousufzai, where she is undergoing treatment for injuries sustained when a Taliban gunman opened fire on her and her friends…
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