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South Asia
Indian Muslims Celebrate Execution Of Lone Surviving Gunman From 2008 Terror Attack On Mumbai
An activist of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad or All Indian Student Council, prepares an effigy of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai, before it was burned to celebrate his execution in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was…
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East Asia
Chinese Premier In Bangkok To Sign Document On Bilateral Cooperation With Thailand
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L back) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R back) attend a signing ceremony of documents on bilateral cooperation in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 21, 2012. <Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng> Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra walk together during a welcome ceremony at the…
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East Asia
More Than 1,000 Siberian Tigers Protected At Park In Harbin, Northeast China
A Siberian tiger with an ear marked with a code lies on the ground at the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 19, 2012. The Siberian Tiger Park, world’s largest artificially Siberian tigers breeding base, announced that its 1,067 Siberian tigers had all received…
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East Asia
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East Asia
Search for identity
Some say that politicians and entertainers are similar in that both have a flair for the stage and a superb appeal to the public that enables them a “public” life in the literal sense. The three leading contenders for the Dec. 19 presidential elections are vibrantly successful people with a…
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East Asia
Living with my name in globalizing world
I’ve long held my parents accountable for naming me what they named me. My name carries a heavy load of over- and undertones, and I like none of them. I, of course, did not ask my parents to bestow this name upon me. Like almost everybody else on this globe,…
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East Asia
Beatles vs. Girls’ Generation
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan getting their start in the music business. It was in 1962 that the Beatles signed their first record contract, the Rolling Stones had their first hit single (fun fact: it was written for them by…
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East Asia
‘Japan should admit sexual enslavement of Korean women’
The aftermath of Japanese colonization (1910-1945) still reverberates in Korean society and this painful part of Korea’s modern history is a frequent source of friction in Seoul-Tokyo ties. Kevin N. Cawley, director of the Irish Institute of Korean Studies at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland, said in a recent…
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East Asia
Foreign tourist arrivals top 10 mil.
The number of foreign tourists visiting Korea this year surpassed the 10-million mark Wednesday thanks to a surge in Chinese and Japanese tourists. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) held an event to celebrate the tourism achievement at Incheon International Airport, west of…
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East Asia
Parodies cause more than laugh
A copycat painting featuring Moon Jae-in having given birth to a baby resembling his former boss, the late President Roh Moo-hyun, was posted on the Internet Wednesday, days after an artist’s original painting caused a stir. It is a parody of left-wing artist Hong Sung-dam’s recent painting, dubbed “Golden Time…
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