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East Asia
Pop starts urged to shun alcohol ads
Seoul City government is poised to set guidelines on alcohol advertisements that may be harmful to teenagers. The municipal authorities said Tuesday that it sent an official document to alcohol manufacturers, entertainment companies and advertisers requesting that they refrain from contracting young idol stars. A recent soju advertisement showing female…
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Park, Moon fight on for undecided
Conservative ruling party candidate Park Geun-hye and opposition challenger Moon Jae-in were in the thick of frantic campaigning, Monday, making closing arguments to a closely divided Korean electorate ahead of Wednesday’s vote. Park, the daughter of the late military strongman Park Chung-hee and representing the Saenuri Party’s hopes of retaining…
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East Asia
Which color will shine?
Presidential candidates seek to polish image, appeal to voters with colors At 11:20 p.m. on Nov. 6, the Empire State Building in New York was bathed in blue light. American citizens immediately noted Barack Obama’s victory for a second term. CNN used color and the skyscraper to project election results…
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Seoul-Tokyo ties under pressure
Seoul-Tokyo relations will be further tested under Japan’s next administration following a landslide victory by that nation’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Sunday after three years in opposition. In the past, the LDP sounded a nationalist note that rubbed Koreans the wrong way, when it pledged to revise its…
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South Asia
Thengal Manor, Home Of Barooah Tea Dynasty, Becomes A Tourist Attraction In India
In this photo taken Nov. 29, 2012, guests and staff members pose at the entrance of Thengal Manor, gracious home of the Barooah tea dynasty which is now open to tourists in Jorhat, India. Guests enjoy superb service from a staff of 15 for only five rooms. In this photo…
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South Asia
Two Separate Gunshots In Quetta, Pakistan, Leave Four Dead
People gather around a body of a government official at the shootout site in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta, Dec. 17, 2012. At least four people including one official and three policemen were killed in two separate firing incidents in Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta on Monday morning, reported local media Samaa.…
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un likely to be chosen as TIME’s new “Person of the Year”
2012 seems to be a good year for Kim Jong-un, beside succeeding his late father, Kim Jung-il, in ruling North Korea, he appeared on TIME magazine’s cover before and even been named “sexist man alive” although the later one was a prank done by satirical newspaper “The Onion”, and some…
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un Inaugurates Renovated Kumsusan Palace Of The Sun In Pyongyang
Top leader Kim Jong Un (L) attend the inaugural ceremony for the renovated Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the embalmed bodies of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are laid in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Dec. 17, 2012. DPRK held various…
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West Asia
Bahraini Anti-Gov’t Protesters Run Away From Police Chase In Manama
Bahraini anti-government protesters run from riot police, unseen, run in Manama, Bahrain, Monday, Dec.17, 2012. Security forces in Bahrain have fired tear gas and stun grenades to break up protest marchers after calls by anti-government groups to snarl the Gulf nation’s capital with demonstrators. Bahraini human rights activist Sayed Yousef…
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West Asia
Israeli Soldiers Intervene Fighting Between Palestinians And Jewish Settlers In West Bank
An Israeli soldier detains a Palestinian farmer from the northern West Bank village of Madama, on Dec. 17, 2012, in the West Bank, near city of Nablus. Israeli soldiers came to the area to intervene in the fighting which left tree Palestinian and one settler wounded. Armed Israeli settlers from…
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