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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 Asia
Pakistan’s PM Sharif to pursue high treason case against former President
Image released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) shows Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif adressing the parliament in Islamabad on June 24, 2013. Nawaz Sharif Monday announced that his government will pursue high treason case against former military President Pervez Musharraf in the Supreme Court for abrogating the country’s constitution…
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West Asia
Qatar’s Emir Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani hands power over to his son
March 26, 2013 file photo, Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, attends the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Doha. Qatar’s emir moves to hand power over to his son, aiming to bring a youthful new face to rule in a tiny Gulf nation…
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East Asia
Japan’s ruling party makes big gains in Tokyo metropolitan assembly election
Japan’s ruling party on Monday welcomed its sweeping gains in a Tokyo assembly election that was closely watched as an indicator of how the country’s major parties will fare in parliamentary polls next month. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party became the largest single bloc after winning nearly half of the…
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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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South East Asia
Thai demonstrators hold masks to protest against gov’t corruption
Anti-government demonstrators hold a mask during a rally Sunday, June 23, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. A few thousands of demonstrators took part in the rally to show their resistance against the government accused of ravishingly spending the tax money just to win popularity. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Sakchai Lalit> Anti-government demonstrators march through…
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West Asia
An Iraqi woman cast votes during country’s provincial elections
Iraqis in two Sunni-dominated provinces voted Thursday in provincial elections marked by tight security that left streets in former insurgent strongholds largely deserted for much of the day. The country is confronting its worst outbreak of violence in years and relations between Iraq’s Sunni and Shiite Muslims remain fraught. The…
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East Asia
China and Taiwan agree to strengthen cross-Strait economic ties
Negotiators from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan on Thursday spoke highly of the prospects of a service trade agreement in strengthening cross-Strait economic ties and boosting the two sides’ respective competitiveness in the service industry. Both Zheng Lizhong, a senior negotiator from the Chinese mainland and his Taiwanese counterpart, Kao…
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East Asia
Chinese Premier visits Vietnam to ease disputes between two nations
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang on Thursday, calling for dialogue to expand consensus and manage differences between the two countries. As neighbors and partners, China and Vietnam are important to each other and the two countries are mutually complementary economically with immense room…
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South Asia
Dissent follows Nepal’s election date announcement
Kathmandu – Almost three months after its formation, the election interim government of Nepal has decided to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) election on November 19. The announcement of the poll date has ended the uncertainty about the second CA elections in this tiny Himalayan country. The key parties have already…
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