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Israel Builds Apartment In East Jerusalem Despite Opposition By Palestinians

Israel Builds Apartment In East Jerusalem Despite Opposition By Palestinians

In this Nov. 2, 2011 file photo, a construction worker works on a new housing unit in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa. Israel is planning its biggest construction surge in east Jerusalem in decades, settlement opponents say, a move that would complicate prospects for restarting peace talks with the Palestinians. With more than […]

Dr. Ra Jeong-chan, Chairman of RNL BIO and Nobel Prize nominee, has developed stem cell therapeutics

Dr. Ra Jeong-chan, Chairman of RNL BIO and Nobel Prize nominee, has developed stem cell therapeutics

Last year(2011), two Koreans were within reach of the Nobel prize. Former Korean President Kim Dae-joong was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  But no Korean has ever been awarded an academic Nobel prize. This year, however, Korea had a finalist for the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. 49 year-old Dr. Ra Jeong-chan of […]

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Impor Minuman Keras Korea Selatan Meningkat

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Impor Minuman Keras Korea Selatan Meningkat

Halo, saya Meidyana Rayana. Berikut berita mengenai kenaikan impor minuman beralkohol Korea Selatan. Impor Korea sake minuman beralkohol tradisional Jepang melonjak ke rekor tertinggi tahun ini di tengah permintaan akan minuman keras asing di kalangan konsumen lokal meningkat, berdasarkan data bea cukai pada Senin. Korea mengimpor 4,1 juta liter sake selama periode Januari-November yang merupakan […]

Air Show Held To Celebrate Graduation Ceremony Of Israeli Military Pilots

Air Show Held To Celebrate Graduation Ceremony Of Israeli Military Pilots

A female graduate of Class 165 of Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) Flight School stands beside a F-15I fighter jet of IAF at Hatzerim base near Beersheva, south Israel, on Dec. 27, 2012. An F-15I fighter jet of Israeli Air Force (IAF) takes off during an air show at a graduation ceremony of Israeli military pilots […]

Traditional Furnitures On Display At Hainan Museum In Haikou, China

Traditional Furnitures On Display At Hainan Museum In Haikou, China

A woman takes pictures of a set of traditional furniture in Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of south China’s Hainan Province, Dec. 27, 2012. Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2012 shows an exhibition hall for “Huaguang Reef No.1 shipwreck” in Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of south China’s Hainan Province. Visitors look at calligraphy works […]

Large Number Of Fishermen Take Part In Ice Fishing Event In Jilin Province, China

Large Number Of Fishermen Take Part In Ice Fishing Event In Jilin Province, China

Local fishermen drag a huge fishing net out of water during an ice fishing event in the Chagan Lake in Qian Gorlos Mongolian Autonomous County, northeast China’s Jilin Province, Dec. 27, 2012. Local fishermen net fish during an ice fishing event in the Chagan Lake in Qian Gorlos Mongolian Autonomous County, northeast China’s Jilin Province, […]

A Total of 180 Afghan Policemen Attend A Graduation Ceremony

A Total of 180 Afghan Policemen Attend A Graduation Ceremony

Afghan police officers attend a graduation ceremony in Nangarhar province of eastern Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2012. A total of 180 Afghan policemen graduated on Thursday after a two-month training in Nangarhar. Afghan police officers take oath during a graduation ceremony in Nangarhar province of eastern Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2012. <Xinhua/Tahir Safi>

AJA picks Aung San Suu Kyi and Malala Yousafzai as Asians of 2012

AJA picks Aung San Suu Kyi and Malala Yousafzai as Asians of 2012

Asian journalist Association (AJA) has picked Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar opposition leader, and Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani human right activist, as Asians of 2012 Thursday (Dec. 27). Suu Kyi has devoted herself to the democratization of her country under the oppresion of the military regime and contributed greatly to the opening of Myanmar to outside world. She efforts have born fruit and enabled […]

Alittihad, a UAE’s major daily, carries poems of Ko Un, a noted Korean poet

Alittihad, a UAE’s major daily, carries poems of Ko Un, a noted Korean poet

Alittihad, a UAE’s major daily, carries poems of Ko Un, a noted Korean poet. The Arabic version of Ko’s poem was translated by Ashraf Dali, Chief of The AsiaN’s Middle East Bureau. Al-Ittihad (“Union” in Arabic) is an Arabic language newspaper published daily in the United Arab Emirates. The paper was launched as a weekly 12-page […]

Fifth Death Anniversary Of Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto Observed In Garhi Khuda Baksh

Fifth Death Anniversary Of Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto Observed In Garhi Khuda Baksh

In this handout photo released by the Press Information Department (PID), Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari (L) raises the hand of his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during a rally to mark the fifth death anniversary of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Baksh, Pakistan, Dec. 27, 2012. In this handout photo released […]

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