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South Asia
“Both Indians and Koreans consider education as a passport to success”
Interview with Indian Ambassador Vishnu Prakash Ambassador Vishnu Prakash said as a career diplomat, South Korea was a post he was always waiting to be assigned, which he was granted in January 2012. The AsiaN interviewed Amb. Prakash in early February at the Indian Embassy in Seoul. Prakash first visited…
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33 Myanmar Muslims rescued by Sri Lankan navy from a sinking ship
A rescued Myanmar ethnic Rohingya Muslim gets a haircut as he spends time at a Sri Lankan immigration detention center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Thirty three Myanmar nationals – all Rohingya Muslims – rescued by the Sri Lankan navy when their dilapidated wooden vessel began sinking…
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Indian activists block a railway during a strike against gov’t policies
Activists of trade unions block a railway during a nationwide strike in Guwahati, capital city of India’s northeastern state of Assam, Feb. 20, 2013. Indian unions started a two-day strike Wednesday to protest high inflation, privatization of public sector and alleged anti-labor policies by the Congress-led government. Police try to…
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Movie about hunt for Bin Laden sparks controversy in Pakistan
A Pakistani man enters the doorway of a cinema to watch a movie in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Pakistan stars in “Zero Dark Thirty,” from early scenes at a detention site to the dramatic closing minutes as Navy SEALs assault the hideout of bin Laden. But the Academy…
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Pakistani girls displaced from their tribal areas attend school near Islamabad
Pakistani schoolgirls, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan’s tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, attend school in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. <AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen>
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“Good Time to Invest in Pakistan”
Interview with Pakistani Ambassador Shaukat Ali Mukadam This year marks the 30th anniversary of Korea-Pakistan bilateral relations. In 1968, Korea and Pakistan established diplomatic relations on the consular level and relations on the ambassadorial level in November 1983. In an interview with The AsiaN earlier this month, Ambassador Shaukat Ali…
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A man competes in Kalavayal race during post-harvest festival in Kakoor, India
A man participates in the “Kakkoor Kalavayal” race during post-harvest festival in Kakkoor, around 30 km from Kochi, India, Feb. 18, 2013. <Xinhua/Stringer>
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Nepal’s parties agree to form election government led by Chief Justice
Kathmandu – Nepal’s key four political parties, which were divided following the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly in May last year, have succeeded to make a significant breakthrough by agreeing to form an election government led by sitting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Holding several rounds of meeting over…
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Shiite Muslims in Lahore condemn terrorist bomb attack that left 90 dead
Pakistani Shiite Muslims shout slogans during a protest in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Feb. 18, 2013, condemning the terrorist bomb attack on Saturday which killed 90 people in Quetta, local media reported on Monday. Pakistani Shiite Muslims pray during a protest in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Feb. 18, 2013. <Xinhua/Sajjad>
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The Experiment of Democratic Islamists and Its Hope
Europe in the Middle Ages was still lying in darkness and its priests, armed with their papal and clerical authority, involved in the sale of indulgences claiming the remission of punishment for sins. But a 16th-century church reformer, who was a professor of biblical studies at the University of Wittenberg…
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