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South Asia
Samsung mobile products become more popular in Kathmandu
Number of the showrooms and shops of the Samsung products, especially the mobile phone sets, have increased in Kathmandu, the capital city of the tiny beautiful Himalayan country. When one passes through New Road, the downtown in Kathmandu, and other major markets of city these days, he can notice new…
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West Asia
Iraqis Work At A Shop In Baghdad Earning $20 Per Day
Iraqis work on sieves at a shop in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. These workers earn about $20 per day. <AP Photo/Karim Kadim>
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East Asia
A Job Fair Attracts A Large Number Of Students In Tianjin, North China
Swarm of students attend a job fair in Tianjin Normal University in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, Dec. 2, 2012. Tianjin Normal University held a job fair for its fresh graduates in 2013 on Sunday, which attracted over 200 enterprises. Students attend a job fair in Tianjin Normal University in north…
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East Asia
Foreigners Experience Writing Chinese Calligraphy In Taipei
British tourists experience writing Chinese calligraphy during an activity at Taipei Confucius Temple in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan Province, Dec. 2, 2012. Tourists pose for pictures with their calligraphy works during a Chinese calligraphy experience activity at Taipei Confucius Temple in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan Province, Dec. 2,2012. <Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng>
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Pyongyang’s losing game
Missile gamble will not pay at home, abroad Concerns of the international community will likely become a reality once again, as North Korea has made its intention to launch another rocket official. No matter what North Korean officials say to justify what they call the peaceful promotion of space science,…
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East Asia
India and North Korean economic reform
The economic paradigm in the Asia-Pacific region is changing very quickly. America, which used to be the dominant player both economically and militarily, is no longer calling the shots. Not long ago it was the biggest trading partner of almost all countries in the region. Not anymore. Slowly but surely…
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Korea, US step up monitoring ahead of NK rocket launch
South Korea and the United States have increased their surveillance activities to closely monitor North Korea’s preparations for a rocket launch scheduled for later this month, a senior military source in Seoul said Monday. After Pyongyang on Saturday announced its decision to launch a rocket carrying a “working satellite” between…
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Freed sailor describes 19-month ordeal as living like animal
Describing the ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates for 19 months, a Korean sailor said Sunday he and his three colleagues lived the lives of caged “animals” and didn’t have access to clean water. The four Korean crew members of the MT Gemini, a tanker operated by the Singapore-based…
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East Asia
When facing death in the face
“If there is someone you must see, this is the tie to call them.” This was something told to someone at a hospice facility in Ilsan, Goyang City in Gyeonggi Province recently. The place looks like any other hospital but most of the people there are facing imminent death. For…
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‘Korea’s criminal probe system ineffective’
Korea’s criminal investigation system has been evaluated as being ineffective by an American non-governmental organization. The Rule of Law Index 2012, released Wednesday by the World Justice Project (WJP), an independent U.S.-based organization, showed that the effectiveness of Korea’s criminal investigation system was rated low while other justice systems were…
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