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East Asia
China-Russia agree to hold joint military drills in coming two months
China and Russia will hold two joint military drills in the coming two months, military officials from both countries said here Monday. Fang Fenghui, chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’ s Liberation Army (PLA), together with his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov, ratified relevant documents and announced the…
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Central Asia
Mongolia’s President Elbegdorj wins his second presidential term
Mongolia’s election commission says Harvard-educated Tsakhia Elbegdorj has won a second presidential term. Elbegdorj took 50.22 percent of the vote, with Baterdene Badmaanyambuu of the main opposition Mongolian People’s Party receiving 41.48 percent. Udval Natsag, Mongolia’s first female candidate for the presidency, had 8.3 percent of votes in Wednesday’s election.…
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Central Asia
Mongolian President participate campaign rally for June 26 election
In this Sunday, June 23, 2013 photo, Mongolia’s incumbent President Elbegdorj Tsakhia of the ruling Democratic Party waves at his supporters during a campaign rally in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, for Wednesday’s presidential elections. One of Mongolia’s colorful traditional wrestlers is the main rival to corruption-busting Elbegdorj as residents of the…
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East Asia
China’s Shenzhou-10 spacecraft returns safely to Earth
The re-entry capsule of China’s Shenzhou-10 spacecraft is landing in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on June 26, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ren Junchuan>
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East Asia
Samsung chosen as most popular company to work for in Asia
Survey commemorating the launching of ‘Magazine N’ “I want to work at Samsung, and visit Tokyo,” Asian university students say. They have also chosen Xi Jinping as the most influential individual in Asia. The students were asked three questions and Korea, China, and Japan each ranked first in one category.…
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Central Asia
A liger licks her one-month-old liliger cub at Novosibirsk Zoo, Russia
In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo Zita, a liger, half-lioness, half-tiger, licks her one month old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub’s father is a lion, Sam. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ilnar Salakhiev> In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, a month-old liliger cub walks in Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub’s…
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East Asia
Hong Kong allows whistle-blower Snowden to go for third country
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden – an admitted leaker of state secrets – was expected to fly from Moscow to Cuba and Venezuela en route to possible asylum in Ecuador. Snowden, also a former CIA technician, fled Hong Kong on Sunday to dodge U.S. efforts to extradite him…
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Central Asia
Herdsmen of Owenke ethnic group wrestle at Sebin Festival in Inner Mongolia
Herdsmen of the Owenke ethnic group wrestle at the annual Sebin (Happiness) Festival in Owenke Autonomous Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 18, 2013. The Owenke ethnic group has the reputation of the “last hunting tribe in China”. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Liu Yongzhen> Herdsmen of the Owenke ethnic group participate in…
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East Asia
G8 leaders call for coalition government in Syria
President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders took a united stance Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement to forge a “united, inclusive and democratic” government – but couldn’t agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must go. Their declaration at the end of…
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Central Asia
G8 leadership remains divided on Syria conflict
Deep differences over Syria’s fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s regime. But there were also fissures among the three Western…
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