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South East Asia
Poem dedicated to two women handpicked by The AsiaN as 2012 Asians of the year
When I got the names of Aung San Suu Kyi(Myanmar) and Malala Yousafzai(Pakistan) to be 2012 Asian of the Year I was watching Egyptian women at Tahrir Square, Cairo, cutting their hair, as a sign of showing opposition to the new constitution approved by the radical government in Egypt. Our…
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West Asia
Afghan Policemen Seize Some 800 Kilograms Of Hashish In Recent Operation
Afghan policemen unload bags of seized hashish during a presentation by Afghan border police in east Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province, Dec. 27, 2012. Afghan border police captured around 800 kilograms of hashish during an operation in Nangarhar province. <Xinhua/Tahir Safi>
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West Asia
Heavy Rainstorm Inundated Streets In Baghdad, Iraq
Iraqis make their way through flooded streets in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. An unusually heavy rainstorm has collapsed shoddy houses in Iraq, killing several people, police and health officials said Wednesday. <AP Photo/Karim Kadim>
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West Asia
An Egyptian Couple Talk Under A Bridge Amid Report Of Investigation Into Accusations Against Opposition Leaders
An Egyptian couple sits under a bridge in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. An Egyptian official says the country’s top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into accusations against opposition leaders of incitement to overthrow the regime. An Egyptian couple strolls along the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Dec.…
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East Asia
‘Inter-Korean summit in 2014,’ ex-unification minister suggests
Park Jae-kyu, 68, president of Kyungnam University and former unification minister, advised the upcoming administration of Park Geun-hye to adopt a “gradual step-by-step” approach to improving relations between the two Koreas. The North Korean expert, in an interview with The Korea Times, Monday, cautioned that a sudden shift from the…
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East Asia
Kolleen Park joins team
Renowned musical director Kolleen Park was tapped as a member of the Special Committee for Youth of President-elect Park Geun-hye’s transition team, Thursday. According to Park’s chief spokesman Yoon Chang-jung, Park will join the committee set up to tackle youth unemployment and other policy headaches. The 45-year-old artist is a…
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East Asia
Esteemed ex-judge to head Park’s transition committee
President-elect Park Geun-hye appointed Kim Yong-jun, a former head of the Constitutional Court, to lead the presidential transition team, Thursday, while naming a close aide and ruling party lawmaker as its deputy chief. During the 60 days of its existence, Chairman Kim will oversee the team laying the groundwork for…
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East Asia
Cancer survival rate up
The survival rate for cancer patients has increased significantly over the past five years, a positive sign for those trying to overcome the disease, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Thursday. In a report, the ministry said the rate reached 64.1 percent between 2006 and 2010, up from…
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Seoul submits new claim on East China Sea shelf
Seoul has submitted a claim to the United Nations to extend a portion of its continental shelf toward Japan, clarifying its stance over boundary limitation in the resource-rich East China Sea. The claim was submitted to the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in New York,…
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South East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Second grandson born to Presidential couple
Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife, Ani Yudhoyono recently got a new addition to their family, as their last son, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono’s wife, Aliya Rajasa, gave birth to their first child, Airlangga Satriadhi Yudhono. The baby boy is the second grandchildren for the Presidential couple. Airlangga was…
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