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South East Asia
Trade Ministers Pose For Camera At APEC Summit In Vladivostok
Peru’s Trade minister Jose Luis Silva, fifth from right, breaks from a group photo of the Trade ministers from Trans-Pacific Countries at the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. Pictured from left, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy,Bruno Ferrari, Australia’s Craig Emerson, Brunei’s Lim Jock Seng, Chile’s Foreign Minister,…
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West Asia
Yemenis Suffering Poverty Promised $6.4 Billion Of Aid
SANAA — A poor familiy live in a house on the outskirts of Sanaa, capital of Yemen, on Sept. 5, 2012. An international donors’ meeting held in Saudi capital of Riyadh on Tuesday pledged 6.4 billion U.S. dollars of aid to Yemen to help stabilize the impoverished country after a…
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East Asia
Giant Panda Named Kai Kai Arrives In Singapore
Kai Kai, one of two giant pandas arrives at the Singapore Changi Airport Cargo Complex from Chengdu, China on Thursday Sept. 6, 2012 in Singapore. Two giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia on a 10-year loan from China will undergo a month long quarantine and will be on display…
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East Asia
Colorful Performances Staged At Cultural Expo In Nanjing
NANJING — A performance is staged during the opening ceremony of the 2012 China Nanjing World Historical and Cultural Cities Expo, in Nanjing City, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 50 Chinese and foreign cities attended the five-day expo, which kicked off on Wednesday evening.…
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East Asia
Mourners Pay Respect To The Late Rev. Moon
Mourners leave after paying respect to the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon in front of his portrait during a memorial service at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. People wait in front of a portrait of the late Rev. <AP Photo/Lee Jin-man>…
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East Asia
Momorial Serice For Rev. Moon At Chong Shim Peace World Center
The Rev. Hyung-jin Moon, third from left, the youngest son of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, bows with mourners during a memorial service for his father and the founder of the Unification Church at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. <AP…
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South Asia
Fireworks Factory In India Seen Gutted By Fire
SIVAKASHI– Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2012 shows the scene of a fireworks factory after massive fire in Sivakasi district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. At least 25 people were killed and 40 others seriously injured after an explosion in a fireworks factory in Sivakasi district. <Xinhua/Stringer>…
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South East Asia
Philippine : Visayas quake damages P133M worth of infrastructure–NDRRMC
Major News of <INQUIRER> : Visayas quake damages P133M worth of infrastructure–NDRRMC MANILA, Philippines — The magnitude 7.6 earthquake off Visayas last Friday has left about P133.6 million worth of damages to public infrastructure, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday. In Eastern Samar, damages recorded were…
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East Asia
Rescuers Rush To Scene Of Coal Mine Blast In China
Resucers get ready to enter the Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in Panzhihua City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Sept. 3, 2012. The death toll of last Wednesday’s colliery blast in Panzhihua has climbed to 45. A rescuer registers on a chart before entering the Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in Panzhihua City, southwest China’s…
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East Asia
Colorful Performances Shown In China-Eurasia Expo
A performance is staged during the Second China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2012. <Xinhua/Qiu Lingling> news@theasian.asia
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