• East Asia

    Japanese Rally Asking To Giving Up Nuclear Power

    Protesters scuffle with police outside parliament house in Tokyo, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Thousands of people formed “a human chain” around the parliament complex Sunday to demand the government abandon nuclear power – the latest in a series of peaceful demonstrations on a scale not seen in Tokyo for decades.…

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    Cooking Nanta

    This is Korean famous Cooking Nanta performing in Hanoi last week to celebrate 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam-Korea. The AsiaN Editor news@theasian.asia

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    Japan: Death rate among handicapped people in tsunami 2.5-fold larger

    News is <Kyodonews>: Death rate among handicapped people in tsunami 2.5-fold larger The death rate among handicapped people living in coastal areas of Miyagi Prefecture when the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster struck was 2.5 times higher than the overall average for residents, a support group for them said…

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    Bird’s Eye Views Of Latest Pyongyang

      Photo taken on July 26, 2012 shows the city view of Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). <Xinhua/Zeng Tao> news@theasian.asia

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    Thousands Performers Play Chinese Lute For World Record

    Performers play the Chinese lute together under the guidance of a conductor in Liaoyuan City, northeast China’s Jilin Province, July 26, 2012. Altogether 2,012 performers on Thursday played the Chinese lute together, setting a World Guinness Record, in northeast China’s Jilin province. The group, including 1,800 primary students and 212…

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  • East Asia

    ‘Who’ll Stop The Rain?’

    Citizens sit outside a flooded shop in Tianjin, north China, July 26, 2012. A downpour battered Tianjin on Thursday, flooding many downtown streets and vehicles. <Xinhua/Yue Yuewei> news@theasian.asia

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    Flags Of Two Koreas Confuse Olympic Organizers

    This mobile phone photo provided by James Crossan, shows a mistakenly displayed South Korean flag on a jumbo screen instead of North Korea’s, before a women’s soccer match which prompted the North Koreans to refuse to take the field for nearly an hour on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in Glasgow,…

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  • East Asia

    Mysterious Woman Found To Be Kim Jong-un’s Wife

    This photo released on July 25, 2012 by KCNA, State media of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), shows Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju, inspects an amusement park in Pyongyang, capital of DPRK. The official KCNA news agency confirmed Wednesday that top leader Kim…

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    Kipas Tangan Masih Popular di Pakistan

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia, sedang bermagang untuk The AsiaN. Berikut salah satu berita mengenai keunikan budaya di Pakistan yang dapat anda baca di situs The AsiaN. Disebagian besar wilayah Pakistan, dimana musim panas berlangsung selama sekitar delapan bulan, ditambah dengan kekurangan tenaga listrik berkepanjangan hingga 22 jam sehari,…

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  • East Asia

    Mini Melon From China As Small As Coin

    Photo taken on July 24, 2012 shows a comparison between a coin and a mini melon titled Pepquino planted in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. The Pepquino melon is a very ancient species originated from South America, which has a slight sour cucumber flavor. <Xinhua/Li Yibo> news@theasian.asia

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