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Society
Acceleration Of Polar Ice Melting Has Ice Scientists Worried
This May 30, 2012 image provided by Ian Joughin shows an iceberg in or just outside the Ilulissat fjord, that likely calved from Jakobshavn Isbrae, the fastest glacier in west Greenland. Polar ice sheets are now melting three times faster than in the 1990s, but so far that’s added just…
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East Asia
Students Of Dajia Elementary School In Taipei Enjoy Lunch Offered By School
A worker prepares students’ lunch at the dining hall of Dajia Elementary School in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Nov. 29, 2012. Food metarials are purchased through bidding in order to make sure of the nutrition, low price and taste of lunch for students. Students of Dajia Elementary School enjoy their…
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East Asia
Three candidates poised to highlight policy differences
During the televised presidential debates, the three participants are poised to clearly state their differences in policy. Many voters say that pledges made so far by the two main contenders, Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in are too similar, making it difficult to decide which candidate is deserving of their support.…
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Lawyer to manage NK residents’ assets in South
A local court ordered a South Korean lawyer Friday to manage the assets of North Korean residents that were bequeathed to them by a deceased family member who lived in the South. The Seoul Family Court dismissed a request from a surviving South Korean family member for a trial to…
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East Asia
Novelist Gong to fast in support of Moon
Liberal novelist Gong Ji-young said she will begin 12-days of fasting and prayer today as a demonstration of her support for opposition presidential candidate Moon Jae-in. The popular novelist is the latest in a series of literary figures who have thrown their weight behind Moon of the Democratic United Party’s…
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Korea, China to beef up efforts to stabilize Korean Peninsula: nuke envoy
South Korea and China shared the view that there should be no situations creating instability on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul’s top nuclear envoy said Friday ahead of North Korea’s possible missile test. Speculation is growing that North Korea is gearing up for another long-range missile test in the coming weeks…
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West Asia
Funeral Held In Sanaa For Victims Of Bomb Explosion Against Yemeni Shiite Muslim
Yemeni Shiite Muslims attend the funeral for victims of last Saturday’s explosion in Sanaa, Nov. 29, 2012. Twin bombs ripped through a gathering of a Muslim Shiite celebration in the northern Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring several others. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>
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East Asia
Technicians Of Hohhot Railway In China’s Inner Mongolia Prepare For Winter
Technicians monitor the indicating maps of signals at the signal mechanical room of the Baotou East Station of the Baotou electricity section of the Hohhot Railway Bureau in Baotou, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2012. Facing the low temperatures, strong winds and snowfalls since winter, the Hohhot…
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East Asia
Giant Panda Cub Receives Weekly Health Exam In San Diego Zoo
In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, giant panda cub Xiao Liwu stretches out and shows his belly while animal care staff check him over during his weekly exam at the San Diego Zoo, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Nutritionist Jennifer Parsons took his measurements and noted that this…
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West Asia
Tunisians Protest Against Police Violence Against People Demanding Jobs
People demonstrate in Tunis , to protest police violence in Tunisian town of Siliana Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Tunisia’s army intervened Thursday in a third day of violent clashes in a northern town between police and striking residents who are demanding jobs and investment. After two days of battles that…
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