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Mass Circumcision Performed For Muslim Boys Free Of Charge In Indonesia

Paramedics perform circumcision to a boy during a charge-free mass circumcision in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. In accordance with Islamic tradition Indonesian Muslim boys are circumcised before they reach puberty. A boy cries in pain as a relative tries to calm him down during a…
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South East Asia

Gunbattle Takes Place Between Police And Criminals In Atimonan, Philippines

In this photo released by the Philippine National Police Quezon Provincial Director’s Office, police officers gather evidence as bodies of suspected criminals lay on the road after a shootout with army and police at a checkpoint along a road in the town of Atimonan in Quezon province, about 140 kilometers…
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South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Rencana Transisi Kepresidenan Korea Selatan

Halo, saya Meidyana Rayana. Berikut adalah berita mengenai persiapan masa transisi kepresidenan Korea Selatan. Presiden-terpilih Park Geun-hye secara serius mempertimbangkan pemilihan tokoh politik netral untuk memimpin tim transisinya, menurut sumber dalam kepada Korea Times. Akhir pekan lalu Park mendedikasikan dirinya untuk membentuk tim transisi yang kemungkinan akan terdiri dari…
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Challenging ASEAN:The US Pivot Through Southeast Asia’s Eyes

*Author, Donald K. Emmerson heads the Southeast Asia Forum in the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. The US pivot toward Asia has been viewed largely through the lens of American security and economic competition with China. Within that context, writes Donald K. Emmerson, Washington is also deepening its…
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South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Perdebatan PBB akan Roket Korea Utara Tertunda

Halo, saya Meidyana Rayana. Berikut perkembangan tanggapan Dewan Keamanan PBB pasca peluncuran roket Korea Utara. Dewan Keamanan PBB tidak tampak akan segera memutuskan respon terhadap peluncuran roket Korea Utara pada akhir bulan ini, disebabka keengganan China untuk menjatuhkan sanksi baru terhadap Korea Utara, menurut para pejabat Seou seperti yang dilansir…
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South East Asia

Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Produced In Vietnam Are Listed As Protected Desination Of Orgin

Phu Quoc fish sauce is displayed for sale on Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang province, Vietnam, on Jan. 2, 2013. <Xinhua/VNA>
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South East Asia

Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers Adrifting On A Troubled Boat Disembark A Rescue Ship

Indonesian police officers watch as Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were rescued from a troubled boat adrift trying to reach Australia disembark a rescue ship at Teluk Bayur port in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Officials said they rescued 46 asylum seekers on Wednesday after their boat…
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[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] 2 Bulan Penting Dalam Transisi Presiden Korea Selatan

Halo, saya Meidyana Rayana. Berikut adalah berita dari dalam negeri Korea Selatan. Dalam politik Amerika, dikatakan bahwa keberhasilan pemerintahan baru sering tergantung pada apa yang dilakukan dalam 100 hari pertama. Sebaliknya, di Korea, 67 hari pertama dari pemilihan hingga pelantikan sebagai presiden dapat menentukan nasib suatu pemerintahan baru. Sejak pemilihan…
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East Asia

13 wishful actions Asian leaders hoped to take this year

1. Could I have a dream that Mr. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; President-elect of the People’s Republic of China, will play a greater role in the global peace of the yellow continent and the world? Shops and houses are filled with Chinese…
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South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Hubungan Korea – Jepang Dibawah Kepemimpinan Baru

Halo, saya Meidyana Rayana. Berikut berita mengenai hubungan Jepang dan Korea Selatan dibawah kepemimpinan baru keduanya. Shinzo Abe, Perdana Menteri Jepang berikutnya, harus menyerah pada pendekatan tentatif dan mengatasi masalah dengan negara-negara tetangga mengenai intensinya untuk merevisi konstitusi pasifis Jepang, menurut para ahli dan pejabat Partai Saenuri Korea Selatan pada…
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