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West Asia
“Kharabeesh,” a maker of sarcastic cartoons, becomes conspicuous with Arab Spring
After the internet became the source for any scoop and websites like Facebook and Twitter became more into journalism than into socializing. It was only ordinary when cartoons turn into one of the ways to express your opinion, maybe it’s the strongest way. “Kharabeesh” or more accurately “Kharabeesh Toon” became…
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East Asia
Actress Bae Doona proud of her roles in ‘Cloud Atlas’
South Korean actress Bae Doona’s filmography is full of names of celebrated directors — Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Hirokazu Koreeda, the Wachowski siblings and Tom Tykwer. Unlike other fashion model-turned actresses, she wasn’t bothered by playing an insensitive apartment management worker in a yellow-hooded T-shirt with almost no…
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East Asia
Yang Hae-gue unravels Diaspora at Haus der Kunst in Munich
The year 2012 was a splendorous year for Seoul- and Berlin-based Yang Hae-gue. She participated in dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany and Urdaibai Art Biennale in Spain and presented “Dress Vehicles” at the newly opened Tanks at Tate Modern in London. In November, Yang unveiled a new piece “Accommodating the…
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South East Asia
Red Lanterns Decorated In Thean Hou Temple In Kuala Lumpur
Red lanterns are seen in Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, on Jan. 7, 2013. Visitors walk pass red lanterns in Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, on Jan. 7, 2013. <Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung>
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South Asia
Thousands Of Indians Play Traditional Instrument To Create A Guinness Record
Indians wearing traditional Assamese attire play the khol, a traditional percussion instrument of Assam, in an attempt to create a Guinness record, in Titabar, about 350 kilometers (219 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. A total of 14,833 people participated in the event, according to officials. A…
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West Asia
Egyptian Christians Attend Mass For Orthodox Christmas At St. Mark’s Cathedral In Cairo
Egyptian Christians pray during a midnight Mass on the eve of Orthodox Christmas at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, late Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 . Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, left, leads a midnight Mass on the eve of Orthodox Christmas at…
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West Asia
Radical Islamist destroys a Buddha statue at Japanese Garden in Cairo
(Photo : Japanes Garden, Cairo, Old and New) In a dangerous precedent, under circumstances of semi-deliberated absence of the internal security forces, a person, who belongs to the Salafist (Radical Islamist Group), attacked one of the magnificent adorned Buddha statues that stood on the banks of the majestic holy Japanese…
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Culture
Russia Orthodox Believers Attend Mass For Christmas Which Falls On Jan. 7
Russian Orthodox believers attend the Christmas Mass at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, early Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar…
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South Asia
Rare elephants’ sports competitions attract over 100,000 spectators in Nepal
Photo: Bishnu GautamKATHMANDU – Over 100,000 local and foreign tourists enjoyed the games and beauty pageant of elephants in the Chitwan National Park, some 200 kilometers west of here last week.An overwhelming crowd of viewers of all ages and sexes reached the park, the largest national park of Nepal, to enjoy the…
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West Asia
An Afghan Woman Weaves A Carpet, Traditional Craft In The Country
An Afghan girl work at a carpet weaving home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 3, 2013. As a traditional crafts, the carpet industry has created thousands of job opportunities for locals across the country. Afghan women work at a carpet weaving home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 3, 2013. <Xinhua/Maryam…
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