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East Asia
Novelist Gong to fast in support of Moon
Liberal novelist Gong Ji-young said she will begin 12-days of fasting and prayer today as a demonstration of her support for opposition presidential candidate Moon Jae-in. The popular novelist is the latest in a series of literary figures who have thrown their weight behind Moon of the Democratic United Party’s…
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Korea, China to beef up efforts to stabilize Korean Peninsula: nuke envoy
South Korea and China shared the view that there should be no situations creating instability on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul’s top nuclear envoy said Friday ahead of North Korea’s possible missile test. Speculation is growing that North Korea is gearing up for another long-range missile test in the coming weeks…
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Psy says he would like to see Obama do ‘Gangnam Style’ move
Korea’s pop sensation Psy said late Friday he would like to see Barack Obama do the “Gangnam Style” dance move when he meets the U.S. president at a Washington D.C. concert later this month. The 34-year-old singer and rapper, whose video of his song “Gangnam Style” became a YouTube megahit,…
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West Asia
Funeral Held In Sanaa For Victims Of Bomb Explosion Against Yemeni Shiite Muslim
Yemeni Shiite Muslims attend the funeral for victims of last Saturday’s explosion in Sanaa, Nov. 29, 2012. Twin bombs ripped through a gathering of a Muslim Shiite celebration in the northern Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring several others. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>
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East Asia
Technicians Of Hohhot Railway In China’s Inner Mongolia Prepare For Winter
Technicians monitor the indicating maps of signals at the signal mechanical room of the Baotou East Station of the Baotou electricity section of the Hohhot Railway Bureau in Baotou, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2012. Facing the low temperatures, strong winds and snowfalls since winter, the Hohhot…
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East Asia
Giant Panda Cub Receives Weekly Health Exam In San Diego Zoo
In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, giant panda cub Xiao Liwu stretches out and shows his belly while animal care staff check him over during his weekly exam at the San Diego Zoo, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Nutritionist Jennifer Parsons took his measurements and noted that this…
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West Asia
Tunisians Protest Against Police Violence Against People Demanding Jobs
People demonstrate in Tunis , to protest police violence in Tunisian town of Siliana Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Tunisia’s army intervened Thursday in a third day of violent clashes in a northern town between police and striking residents who are demanding jobs and investment. After two days of battles that…
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Central Asia
Pussy Riot Ordered By Russian Court To Remove Their Performance Videos From Web
In this Feb. 21, 2012 file photo, members of the Russian radical feminist group Pussy Riot try to perform at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. A Moscow court on Thursday Nov. 29, 2012 ruled that the video of punk band Pussy Riot’s performance in Russia’s main cathedral is…
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East Asia
Jia Qinglin Meets With Chinese Officials And Students Living In Rome, Italy
Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, meets with staff members of the Chinese embassy to Italy, representatives of Chinese institutions, overseas Chinese and students in Rome, capital of Italy, Nov. 28, 2012. <Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng>
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East Asia
Satellite Launching Site In Cholsan, NK, Seen Ready To Blast-Off Rocket Soon
This Monday Nov. 26, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe and annotated by 38 North, the website of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, shows the Sohae Satellite Launch Station in Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. According to analysis done for 38 North,…
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