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South East Asia
Protest Against Visit Of Hillary Clinton To Indonesia
Muslim women shout slogans during a protest against a visit of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Clinton is scheduled to arrive in the most populous Muslim country on Sept. 3 as part of her six-nation tour. <AP…
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East Asia
Extra Editions Of A Paper Report Death Of Moon Sun-myung
A woman prays near the extra editions reporting about the death of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon at an Unification Church in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, died Monday at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast of…
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East Asia
Pak Speaks Of Funeral For Unification Church Founder Moon
Pak Bo-hi, chairman and president of The Korean Cultural Foundation, speaks about the funeral of Unification Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon at CheongShim Medical Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, died Monday at a church-owned hospital near his home…
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East Asia
Moon Sun-myung, Kim Il-sung Got Together In 1991
In this December, 1991 photo released by Unification Church, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, left, greets North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in North Korea. Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who founded the Unification Church, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast…
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East Asia
Children On Their Way To Beijing For Education
Children from Yushu sing in a carriage of a train from Xining, capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, to Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 2, 2012. A total of 22 children, whose homeland is Yushu of Qinghai Province, took the train back to school in Beijing on Sept. 2,…
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South Asia
Dispute Over Blasphemy On Quran Brought To Court
Rao Abdur Raheem, a lawyer for a Musliam cleric who brought a complaint against a Christian girl for burning a Quran, briefs reporters about a court proceeding in Islamabad, Pakistan Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. The Muslim cleric is accused of stashing pages of Quran in the girl’s bag to make…
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East Asia
Picturesque Scenery Around Yulong River, China
Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2012 shows a view of the Yulong River in Yangshuo County of Guilin, a tourist resort in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Tourists take a raft tour on the Yulong River in Yangshuo County of Guilin, a tourist resort in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang…
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East Asia
A Fisherman Carries Cormorant For Fishing In China
Fisherman Luo Laiyin carries his two cormorants with his motorcycle on the way to the fishing area in Mount Longhu scenic spot in Guixi City, east China’s Jiangxi Province on Aug. 30, 2012. Some fishermen here still inherit the tradition of cormorant fishing, a traditional fishing method in which fishermen…
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South East Asia
Islamic Soul Purification Healing Conducted In Indonesia
A mentally challenged patient is pinned down on the floor as he undergoes a traditional Islamic soul purification healing called “ruqyah” at a rehabilitation center run by Indonesian Red Cross in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
“White Dinner” Makes Asian Debut In Singapore
Some of the 888 guests, dressed in white gather at the Art Science Museum of the Marina Bay Sands on Thursday Aug. 30, 2012 in Singapore. Diner en Blanc or “White Dinner” which started in Paris 24 years ago, made its Asian debut in Singapore. Guests are expected to dress…
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