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East Asia
Citizens In Shijiazhuang, China, Spend Time Reading In Library During New Year’s Holiday
Citizens read at Hebei Library in Shijiazhuang City, capital of north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 3, 2013. Numerous citizens in Shijiazhuang spent their time reading at Hebei Library during New Year’s holiday. A man reads at Hebei Library in Shijiazhuang City, capital of north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 3, 2013.…
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Central Asia
Local People Enjoy Ski In A Park In Moscow During New Year Vacation
Local residents prepare for skiing in a park in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 3, 2013. Lots of people here go skiing during the New Year vacation. Local residents ski in a park in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 3, 2013. <Xinhua/Jiang Kehong>
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Joint reform panel to be launched
The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) are seeking to launch a parliamentary committee to push forward a package of political reform measures. The move comes as lawmakers face mounting public criticism for passing state-subsidized pensions for retired lawmakers in this year’s budget, while cutting…
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West Asia
Egyptians Walking In A Street Seen Reflected In Mirrors Of Furniture Displayed On Sale In Cairo
Egyptians walking in a street are reflected in mirrors displayed for sale outside a furniture shop in Cairo, Egypt. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. <AP/NEWSis>
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Not Backing Down: China Responds to the US Rebalance to Asia
*Author, Wu Xinbo is Professor and Deputy Director, the Center for American Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai. Predictably, the last US presidential election campaign featured the usual competition between candidates over who would be “tougher” on China, a ritual political exercise that is almost always followed by even greater American engagement…
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No N. Koreans visited S. Korea in 2012
In the latest sign of stalled relations between the two Koreas, government figures showed Friday that no North Koreans visited the South in 2012. With interaction at its lowest point since the late 1990s, the focus now turns to President-elect Park Geun-hye and how quickly she will pursue her campaign…
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East Asia
International Ice Assemblage Sculpture Championship Opens In Harbin, China
A snow sculpture by contestants from the Netherlands, China’s mailand and China’s Taiwan is seen during the Second International Ice Assemblage Sculpture Championship in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 3, 2013. A total of 15 teams from China, Russia, South Korea and other countries and regions took…
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Seoul halts foreign school project
Seoul City said Friday that it has decided to halt a project to set up more foreign schools in the capital amid public criticism that recent admission fraud cases involving existing schools resulted from poor monitoring. The city initially planned to build another foreign school in Gaepo-dong, southern Seoul, after…
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Man stabs self at airport, cursing at Japan envoys
A member of an anti-Japan group stabbed himself during a rally protesting against the visit of special envoys of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Korea at Gimpo International Airport, Friday. According to police, the 63-year-old man, surnamed Kim stabbed himself with a knife while in the arrival area of…
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East Asia
What is happening in the closed doors of NK prisons
The story about a boy, a Shin, who was born in a North Korean prison and escaped at the age of 23, is being made into a movie based on the book “Escape from Camp 14:One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West.” Howard Brownstein, producer…
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