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East Asia
Chinese Rocket Successfully Launched To Put Two Satellites On Orbits
The Long March 2C carrier rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province, Oct. 14, 2012. Satellite A and Satellite B, which form Shijian (practice)-9 satellites, successfully entered preset orbits on Sunday morning. <Xinhua/Yan…
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South East Asia
Filipino Muslims Welcome Peace Pact To Be Signed Between Gov’t And Muslim Lebel Forces
Filipino Muslim women march during a rally outside the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. Philippine officials and rebels say about 200 Muslim guerrillas led by their elusive chief have arrived in Manila for the signing of a preliminary peace pact to end one of…
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East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Dokdo Menyakiti Ekonomi Jepang dan Korea
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai efek ekonomi dari hubungan Korea Selatan dan Jepang yang memanas. Bertambahnya jumlah retailer, agensi travel dan bisnis katering bagi turis Jepang atau penjualan produk Jepang telah mulai merasakan efek rusaknya hubungan diplomatik Korea Selatan dan Jepang. Sejak Presiden Lee Myung-Bak…
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East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Kontroversi Garis Batas Utara
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai pernyataan mantan presiden Korea Selatan akan batas demarkasi laut Selatan dan Korea Utara. Komentar Roh pada pertemuan 2007 harus diklarifikasi. Mengejutkan mendengar alegasi dari mantan presiden Roh Moo-Hyun menyerahkan Garis Batas Utara (NLL), batas perairan di laut barat yang sebenarnya,…
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South Asia
An Indian Carries Goat Instead Of Guest On His Rickshaw
An Indian carries a goat on his rickshaw in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Oct.11, 2012. <AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.> news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Top Leaders Of Turkey, Kazakhstan Get Together In Ankara
Photo released by the Presidential Palace of Turkey shows Turkish President Abdullah Gul (R) meets with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 11, 2012. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Pakistani Christians Condemn Taliban Of Shooting Young Girl In Support Of Education For Women
Pakistani Christians chant slogans during a protest to condemn the attack on a 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. <AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary> Pakistanis hold candles…
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South East Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi Surrounded By Well-Wishers When Visiting Provincial Office Of Her Party
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, leaves a branch office of her National League for Democracy party during her visit to Thone Gwa township in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. <AP Photo/Khin Maung Win> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Inter’l Day Of Girl Child Observed In Countries Where Rampant Discriminations Happen Against Girls
Mariam Ahmed, 10, center, listens to a teacher, unseen, in a classroom on the first International Day of the Girl Child, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. The U.N. has declared October 11th as the International Day of the Girl Child. Girls face double discrimination due to their gender…
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South Asia
Indian Landless Farmers March To New Delhi To Push Gov’t For Land Reform
Indian landless villagers shout slogans in Agra, about 185 kilometers (115 miles) southeast of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. Thousands of poor farmers have ended their march to India’s capital after the government agreed to formulate a new reform policy, providing land rights to them and fast tracking…
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