Hindu Holy Men Attend Community Feast During Maha Kumbh Festival In Allahabad, India
Hindu holy man Anand Giri checks delicacies before being served in a community feast at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, india, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world’s largest […]
Wife Of A Missing Journalist Stages Protest In Colombo Asking The Gov’t To Reveal What Happened To Him
Sandya Ekneligoda, wife of missing journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda wears a black band over her mouth during a protest outside parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Relatives, colleagues and opposition activists staged a protest Thursday demanding that the Sri Lanka government hold a proper investigation to find out what happened to Ekneligoda who […]
Online bookstores oppose discount ban
Publishing firms and online book stores are pitched against each other over a revised bill recently submitted to the National Assembly that is designed to stop excessive discounts on book prices. Publishers and major bookstores that support the bill claim that online bookstores are not only taking away their share of sales but are also […]
Afghan Men Make Traditional Sweet AT A Factory In Nangarhar Province
An Afghan man works at a traditional sweet factory in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, on Jan. 24, 2013. Afghan men make traditional sweet at a factory in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, on Jan. 24, 2013. <Xinhua/Tahir Safi>
Samsung posts record profit of W8.84 tril.
Samsung Electronics said Friday that its operating profit nearly doubled to a record high of 8.84 trillion won ($8.3 billion) for the fourth quarter of last year from a year earlier on the back of brisk smartphone sales. Its net profit jumped 75.6 percent to 7.04 trillion won during the same period, with revenue of […]
Apple pressured to provide iOS 6 source code
Samsung Electronics claimed Friday it should be able to access Apple’s software source code to confirm whether or not its technology patents were infringed upon in the latest i0S 6 operating system powering iPhones and iPads. Apple has denied the request of its Korean rival, calling it ridiculous. Both Motorola and Google have also asked […]
A Convicted Thief Gets Punishment Of Having His Three Fingers Amputated At A Public Square In Shiraz, Iran
Authorities carry out the court-ordered amputation of the fingers of a convicted thief in a public square in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. The 29-year-old man was convicted for being part of a 10-member gang that carried out burglaries in the city and on charges of having illegal relations, according […]
We want to see more of you
We want to see more of our leader-to-be as Park Geun-hye has made herself scarce, minimizing public appearances. Keeping a low profile may help in some ways but doesn’t in others. As the President-elect said, it enables the incumbent government to finish their business without distraction. During previous changeovers, the outgoing governments complained that the […]
Kakao Story creating lots of trouble for everyone
So Yeon, a member of girls vocal group Tiara, and her entertainer friends engaged in private conversation on Kakao Story, a mobile communications network, in which she berated some of the people she knew. That got her into hot water. A 27-year-old company worker went on a pleasure trip to Bali in Indonesia with his […]
KT, LG to offer ‘unlimited’ LTE service
KT and LG Uplus announced Friday that they will offer “unlimited” data services for customers signing up for new pricing packages supporting speedier telecommunication networks called Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The move was designed to attract more customers as top local carrier SK Telecom will be banned from signing new customers for 22 days from Jan. […]
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