• East Asia

    Female Bodyguards Get Training

    The contestants receive training by the sea in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province, Jan. 8, 2012. A selection of female bodyguards organized by Beijing Tianjiao Special Guard company started in Sanya on Sunday. <Photo: Xinhua/Hou Jiansen> news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    China Develops Its 1st Wearable Computer

    A staff member shows how to use a wearable computer designed by a company in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 6, 2012. The wearable computer, designed and made by a sci-tech company in Yunnan, includes an eyeglasses-shaped mainframe, a mouse and a folding keyboard. The computer, the first of its…

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  • East Asia

    A Praying Pigeon to Lord Buddha

     A pigeon is sitting in front of a statue of Lord Buddha next to the main building of Jogye Temple where a mortuary of Ven. Jigwan was set up. She seems to be praying for her own wishes.    news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    What Makes Nepal Identify Lumbini’s Nationality

                   Maya Devi Mandir in Lumbini, Nepal dedicated to Queen Maya, Buddha’s mother               <Source: AsiaN> 2012 as ‘Visit Lumbini Year’ The Nepali people have launched an aggressive campaign to promote the fact that Buddha was born in Nepal, not India. Nepal’s Ambassador to Korea Kamal Prasad Koirala wrote a letter…

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  • West Asia

    US Navy Rescue 13 Iranians from Pirates

    In this photo released by US Navy, a U.S. Navy SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter provides support to a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team in a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) in the Arabian Sea Jan. 5, 2012. The VBSS team…

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  • West Asia

    Syria Suicide Bomb, 25 People Dead

    Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2012 shows the site of the suicide bombing in Damascus, capital of Syria, on Jan. 6, 2012. The initial death toll in a suicide car bombing attack in al-Midan neighborhood in central Damascus on Friday was estimated at 25, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported.…

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  • Apple Products up to ‘35%’ Off

     Apple Red Friday If you live in China, Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore or the Philippines, it will be a good idea to go to the Apple Store on Friday, 6 January. Apple informed customers in several Asian countries regarding this Friday’s one-day shopping event in celebration of the…

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  • Kuwait on 6 January 2012

    Arab Times reports His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber’s visit to Morocco. news@theasian.asia

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  • UAE on 6 January 2012

    Gulf News reports that DSF(Dubai Shopping Festival) opens with dazzling display of fireworks. news@theasian.asia

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  • Hong Kong on 6 January 2012

    South China Morning Post reports Lau Wong-fat elected as council chief. news@theasian.asia

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