• South Asia

    Indian Brides And Grooms Pledge To Vote For Coming Assembly Election During Mass Marriage

    Indian brides and grooms raise their hands to pledge to vote in the upcoming state assembly elections, during a mass marriage in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on Dec. 13 and 17 and counting of votes on Dec. 20.…

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  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Oppositionists Demand Caretaker Administration To Oversee Coming Election

    Bangladesh’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist shouts slogans during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas Sunday to disperse stone-throwing protesters who set fire to vehicles and tried to block roads across Bangladesh to demand restoration of caretaker administration to…

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  • West Asia

    Yemeni Activists Stage Anti-Corruption Demonstration In Sanaa

    Yemeni activists take part in a demonstration in capital of Sanaa on Dec. 9, 2012, calling on the government to fight against corruption. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>

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  • North Korea likely to delay rocket launch

    North Korea is “readjusting” the launch of its long-range rocket scheduled for this month, citing “unspecified problems” found during preparations. “Our scientists and technicians are seriously examining readjusting the launch time of the satellite,” a spokesman of the North’s Korean Committee of Space Technology was quoted as saying by the…

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  • Doctor gets 20 years for killing wife

    The Seoul High Court confirmed its original verdict on a doctor charged with strangling his pregnant wife to death, sentencing him to 20 years in prison Friday. The Supreme Court had earlier returned the case to the high court for reexamination, citing a lack of concrete evidence _ it will…

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  • East Asia

    Tears, good or bad for candidates?

    After the successful 2002 tear-jerker, candidates appeal to voter emotion Tears of politicians have been viewed as a weapon to touch the hearts of voters over the past decade after Roh Moo-hyun benefitted from a 2002 presidential TV advertisement featuring his tears. Recently, both Park Geun-hye of the Saenuri Party…

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  • ‘NK prepares to fuel rocket’

    North Korea was making preparations to begin fueling a long-range rocket Friday, ahead of a launch planned for as early as Monday, reports said. Regional players began bracing for the move, with Washington deploying two destroyers to the area to monitor the launch and Tokyo issuing an order to shoot…

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  • East Asia

    Everyone is a winner

    Recipients of multicultural youth awards announced Hwang Min-woo, a dance prodigy with a Vietnamese mother, and nine other nominees were named winners in the 1st Korea Multicultural Youth Awards, Friday. The Korea Times organized the event to promote diversity and support talented children from multiethnic families with the Ministry of…

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  • South Asia

    People In Pakistan Driven Into Hardships Due To Insufficient Economic Growth

    A carriage driver waits for customers on a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Dec. 6, 2012. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s economic growth at 3.25 percent in 2012-13, which it said is insufficient to achieve significant improvement in living standards and to absorb the rising labor force.…

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  • East Asia

    Flooded Coal Mine In China Leaves Three Dead, Seven Others Missing

    Rescuers carry a rescued miner off a tramcar at the flooded Furuixiang Coal Mine in Qitaihe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 7, 2012. Four miners who have been trapped in the flooded Furuixiang Coal Mine for more than five days were rescued early Friday morning. Rescuers are still searching for…

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