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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] Haze pollution – punish the criminals
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. Haze – punish the criminals [Brunei, The Brunei Times, 25-06-2013] Haze blowing onto Malaysia and Singapore from fires in Indonesia brings air population to life-threatening levels in some areas. Most of Indonesia is not affected by…
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South Asia
Floods, landslides ravages western Nepal, 40 dead
Kathmandu, June 24: The government of Nepal said that the death toll from the floods and landslides in the Mid Western and Far Western Development Regions has reached 40. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, 17 people went missing in the flash floods triggered by the torrential rain falls…
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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] East Asia trade pact to help ease tensions
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. East Asia trade pact to help ease tensions [China, China Daily, 19-06-2013] Free trade talks involving China, Japan and South Korea are predicted to ease political tensions and meet challenges of other FTAs. Shin Bong-kil, secretary-general…
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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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South East Asia
Floods wreaks havoc in western Nepal and northern India
Kathmandu- Incessant monsoon rains have wreaked havoc in western Nepal. Dozens of people were killed in the floods and mudslides triggered by the heavy rain. About 60 houses, including 11 government offices and a hospital of Darchula district headquarters were swept away by the swollen Mahakali river that flows down…
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East Asia
N. Korea: player in the Gwangju Democratic Uprising?
Korean history as seen in South Korea is deeply contentious. It is not incidental that many school textbooks prefer to stop their narrative around 1960, quietly assuming that what happened after is too controversial for anything resembling an impartial judgment to emerge. Most of the prominent historical events and figures…
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West Asia
Naurauz : Theatre for all Seasons
It had been a week of happiness for those who fall in love with theatre. The city is Kazan, the location is G. Kamal Tatar National Academic Theatre, and the event is the 11th edition of the International Theatre Festival of Turkic Peoples; Naurauz, with performances from 3 – 7…
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The ‘third Korea’ Yanbian in decline
As everybody knows, there are two Koreas – North and South. There is also, however, another area that is often described as the ‘third Korea’ – the Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, located in northeast China, along the border with North Korea. Large Korean-speaking populations can be found in many countries,…
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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] China’s princelings in high posts
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. China’s princelings in high posts [Singapore, The Straits Times, 29-05-2013] News of newly retired Chinese president Hu Jintao’s son entering into politics is only the beginning of many princelings to come. Recently, Deng Xiaoping’s 28-year-old grandson,…
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South Asia
Using dung-cakes as fuel in resource rich Pakistan
People using firewood and dung-cakes as fuel in Pakistan Pakistan is bestowed with abundant natural resources including oil, gas, coal, hydro, wind and solar to meet its all requirements yet it’s faced with severe energy crisis, unprecedented in the history of country. According to official statistics, Pakistan has proved gas…
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