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Models Display Manish Malhotra’s Creations At Fashion Show In New Delhi

Models Display Manish Malhotra’s Creations At Fashion Show In New Delhi

In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 photo, models display creations by Manish Malhotra during the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi, India. Models display creations by Nachiket Barve during the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 photo, Bollywood actor Parineeti […]

Indian Artist Paints Idols Of Hindu Goddess For Durga Festival

Indian Artist Paints Idols Of Hindu Goddess For Durga Festival

An artist walks by idols of Hindu warrior goddess Durga, who destroys demons to prevail over evil, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. The festival of Durga, who prefers to travel on a lion, will be celebrated from Oct. 20-24, 2012. An artist paints idols of Hindu warrior goddess Durga, who destroys demons […]

Japanese-Cambodian Naval Commanders Get Together In Phnom Penh

Japanese-Cambodian Naval Commanders Get Together In Phnom Penh

Cambodian Royal Navy’s Commander Admiral Tea Vinh (R) meets with visiting Rear Admiral Hidetoshi Fuchinoue, Japanese Training Squadron Commander (L) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Oct. 8, 2012. <Xinhua/Phearum> news@theasian.asia

Greenpeace Protests Against Hosting UN Summit On Biodiversity In Hyderabad, India

Greenpeace Protests Against Hosting UN Summit On Biodiversity In Hyderabad, India

Greenpeace activists hang a banner with a photo of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh atop the Charminar monument in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. The activists were protesting against India hosting the UN summit on biodiversity even as Indian forests are being destroyed due to coal mining. Singh’s government was recently accused of irregular […]

Former Maldivian President Arrested To Face Charges Committed While In Office

Former Maldivian President Arrested To Face Charges Committed While In Office

In this photo released by Maldivian Democratic Party Secretariat, Maldives’ police personnel escort former President Mohamed Nasheed, center left, after he was arrested on Fares-Mathoda island, in the Gaaf Dhaal atoll, around 440 kilometers (273 miles) away from the capital Male, Maldives, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Police in the Maldives arrested Nasheed on Monday after […]

Turkey deploys military vehicles along border with Syria

Turkey deployed additional tanks and missile defense systems to the Syrian border following five days of artillery exchanges with President Bashar al-Assad’s armed forces. The vehicles sent to Suruc town of the southeastern Sanliurfa province included a large number of tanks and missile defense systems, according to the report. Turkey and Syria have been exchanging […]

Homeless to become hoteliers

Homeless people in Seoul are about to get the chance of becoming hoteliers as one of the best hotels in the nation is offering an opportunity for training and employment. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon and Sung Young-mo, CEO of the Westin Chosun Seoul, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Monday at City Hall to provide […]

Sejong Institute withdrawal to leave Cia-Cia out in cold

A Korean teaching institute in Indonesia that taught the Korean alphabet or Hangeul to a small tribe using an aboriginal language has shut down. The King Sejong Institute said Monday that it withdrew from Bau-Bau, a city located on the island of Buton, after a year-long operation. The decision raises concerns that the Cia-Cia, an […]

Seoul-Beijing ties may get friendlier under Xi

Seoul-Beijing ties may get friendlier under Xi

Throughout the year, concern has risen over how current political changes will affect Northeast Asia, stirring the threat of new uncertainty in the region. With elections underway in Seoul and Washington and a new North Korean regime, such concerns are well-founded. Add a new element to the mix: A month from now, the Chinese Communist […]

Japan should put old colonial dreams behind

Japan should put old colonial dreams behind

This is the sixth in a series of contributed articles by international and Korean experts shedding light on Japan’s claim on Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo and other affairs that prove Japan’s lack of remorse about historic misdeeds it has committed. ― E.D. Discussions often break down into confusing comparisons of ancient documents and lists […]

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