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South East Asia
Int’l meeting on how to protect endangered species ended in Bangkok
John E. Scanlon, Secretary General of the 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), speaks at the closing ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, March 14, 2013. The 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna…
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South East Asia
Suu Kyi comforts people in a mine village who got angry with gov’t over violent handling of protesters
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, speaks during a meeting with villagers at a school during a visit to an area near the Letpadaung copper mine, in Monywa township, 760 kilometers (450 miles) north of Yangon, central Myanmar, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Opponents of the nearly $1 billion…
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South East Asia
Artists dance at festival ending Chinese New Year celebration in Bogor, Indonesia
People perform a dragon dance during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebrations in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. An artist performs during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebration in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.…
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East Asia
Vietnamese President welcomes former head of JVFPA in Hanoi
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) shakes hands with Takebe Tsutomu, former president of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA), in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, March 12, 2013. <Xinhua/VNA>
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South East Asia
Leaders of four Asian nations and ASEAN get together for summit in Vientiane
Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Vice President of Myanmar Mauk Kham, and Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh (L to R) pose for photos during the 6th annual Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, March 12, 2013. Senior…
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South East Asia
A monk in Yangon buys a newspaper carrying a report on copper mine incident that injured 108 people
A Buddhist monk buys a state-run newspaper with a report by an investigation commission on an incident at Latpadaung copper mine, in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The eagerly awaited official report has confirmed that police in Myanmar used smoke bombs that contain phosphorus during a crackdown on anti-mine…
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East Asia
Japanese mountaineer, reported missing at Mt. Sibayak in Indonesia, found alive by rescuers
Japanese mountaineer Kosei Yamada, center, who was reported missing on Wednesday last week, is assisted by rescuers after he was found at the bottom of a ravine at Mount Sibayak in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Yamada was found alive near the top of the 2,212 meter…
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South East Asia
A man carries mattress in unemployment stricken Myanmar
A man carries mattress on his shoulder at a railway station in Yangon, Myanmar, March 8, 2013. Nearly 350,000 or 56 percent job-seeking workers out of 810,000 registered with Myanmar’s labor department were employed at home and abroad as of the end of 2012, leaving over 500,000 still unemployed, local…
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South East Asia
Accident scene where 11 people were killed in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam
Photo taken on March 8, 2013 shows the debris at the accident site in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam. At least 11 people were killed and another 49 injured as two coaches collided with each other on Highway 1A in Vietnam’s central Khanh Hoa province early Friday morning, local VnExpress reported.…
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South East Asia
Malaysian Sultan Jamalul Kiram III orders unilateral ceasefire
Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, right, of the Sultanate of Sulu, and his daughter Princess Jacel Kiram, talk to the media in their house after attending the Friday prayers at the Blue Mosque at suburban Taguig city east of Manila, Philippines Friday Mar.8, 2013. Kiram III ordered his “Royal Army” followers,…
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