Myanmarese President holds talks with Indonesian President Yuhoyono
Myanmar President Thein Sein, right, holds talks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yuhoyono, left, during their meeting at Presidential House Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. <AP Photo>
Sea disputes, N. Korea in spotlight at annual ASEAN summit
Worried that long-seething rifts could escalate over the South China Sea, Southeast Asian leaders are expected this week to press China to agree to start negotiations on a new pact aimed at thwarting a major clash in one of the world’s busiest waterways. Concern over North Korea’s latest threats is also expected to gain attention […]
[Canada Report] Japan and Canada hold trade talks
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Below is a round-up of recent news from Canada concerning Canada and Asia-Pacific relations. Japan, Canada Hold Trade Talks Japan and Canada are set to hold a second round of trade talks from April 22nd to 26th, 2013. These come just weeks after the two countries’ Ministers of Foreign Affairs (John Baird, Canada; Fumio Kishida, […]
Nepal’s former minister is now rearing pigs
Kathmandu – Former Minister Shiva Raj Joshi who spent almost 15 years at the Singh Durbar, the central secretariat of the Nepal government, as a parliamentarian and a minister, is now spending his day at a piggery in a village of south-west Nepal. Accustomed to putting signatures on the piles of files at the ministries, Joshi […]
Knowledge collaboration: Indonesian students in Korea to hold conference
Indonesian Students Association in Korea (PERPIKA) this year presents Conference of Indonesian Students in Korea (Cisak) the 6th. Cisak 2013 will be held in Daejon, South Korea on July 7. Students, academics and practitioners from around the world are invited to attend the conference which is also a Research Paper Competition with various clusters of […]
Yemeni boy washes blanket in polluted water on International Earth Day
A Yemeni boy washes his blanket in polluted water, at a slum area on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, April 22, 2013. Hundreds of countries globally, mark International Earth Day on April 22, to help raise ecological awareness and support environmental protection. A Yemeni boy stands in the middle of garbage at a slum […]
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional official meets widow of Koo Chen-fu
Peng Qinghua (L), secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China, pays a visit to Koo Yen Cho-yun, wife of the late Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman Koo Chen-fu in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, April 22, 2013. <Xinhua/Xiong Hongming>
Bhutanese officials check voting machines for parliamentary election
A polling official in traditional attire accompanied by Royal Bhutan Army soldiers carrying electronic voting machines arrives at a polling center on the eve of polling to the upper house National Council in Samdrup Jonkhar, Bhutan, Monday, April 22, 2013. The small Himalayan country of Bhutan ended more than a century of absolute monarchy by […]
Sri Lankan activists protest steep rise in electricity charges
Activists of Sri Lanka’s Marxist political party People’s Liberation Front shout slogans as they protest the steep rise in electricity charges in Maharagama, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 22, 2013. Placards in Sinhalese read “Entertainment for rulers and Bill for the people”. <AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena>
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