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East Asia
New Year Decorations Put Up In Street Of Suzhou City, East China
Citizens walk past the New Year decorations in Suzhou City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 10, 2013. Tourists pose for photos in front of the New Year decorations in shape of snake in Suzhou City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 10, 2013. The lunar year 2013 is the “Year of…
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Central Asia
Archbishops Get Together In Tbilisi To Mark 80th Anniversary Of Georgian Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Constantinople, Patriarch Bartholomew I, left, and Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, right, talk during their meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Bartholomew I arrived in Georgia to mark the 80-year anniversary of the Georgian Orthodox Church. <AP/NEWSis>
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‘Be rude to your wife if you want to get a divorce’
“Sit properly! Where do you think you are that you are twisting your body around?” This is one of the comments made by a judge during a hearing, addressing a person who was facing a certain charge in court. In fact, the Seoul Bar Association said judges make it a…
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East Asia
Russian Red Star Ensemble Gives A Performance In Lanzhou, China
Artists of the Russian State Red Star Red Army Chorus & Dance Ensemble perform at Gansu Grand Theatre in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China’s Gansu Province, Jan. 9, 2013. The ensemble offered a performance in Lanzhou on Wednesday, with traditional Russian songs and dances such as “Moscow Night” “Oy, the…
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East Asia
Seokpajeong
Restored pavilion of Heungseon Daewongun Seokpajeong, located in Buam-dong, Jongno-gu, is a stately “hanok,” or Korean traditional building, built by the Joseon Kingdom’s (1392-1910) man of power Heungseon Daewongun. He was the father of the Joseon’s penultimate king. The house was privately owned for decades, but is now on public…
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East Asia
Smart ways to embrace New Year’s energy
People like to rearrange the interior of rooms or change furniture to refresh their living environment in the New Year. It is more recommended before Feb. 4, the first month of the saju calendar. In order to activate energy around us letting the old one out and allowing the new…
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East Asia
Chinese Craftsman Busy Painting New Year Pictures For Spring Festival
Craftsman Zhai Ruichen (R) and his wife Liu Shufang examine New Year pictures they paints in Liaocheng, east China’s Shandong Province, Jan. 9, 2013. The couple were busy painting New Year pictures recently to meet the demand in local market for the Spring Festival in February. Craftsman Zhai Ruichen (R)…
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Number of visitors to Lumbini in 2012 increased, but failed to reach target number
KATHMANDU – Nearly 760,000 visitors, including foreign and domestic, visited Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in western Nepal, during Lumbini Visit Year 2012. The government had targeted to bring one million visitors during the period. Records at the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) show that the visitors to Lumbini increased…
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East Asia
About disappearing jobs
Books published on different kind of extinction No jobs seem to be permanent. Jobs that flourished once would eventually disappear, leaving behind confounded workers. To shed light on this, in a cultural aspect, the National Folk Museum of Korea has recently published three books featuring jobs – match manufacturing, wall…
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East Asia
An Artisan Shows Traditional Chinese Clay Sculptures Designed With Snake Image In Wuxi City
An artisan decorates the traditional Chinese clay sculptures designed with the snake image in Wuxi City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 8, 2013. The lunar year 2013 is the “Year of the Snake” in the Chinese zodiac. An artisan shows the traditional Chinese clay sculptures designed with the snake image…
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