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Tuesday 18 June 2013

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N. Korea: player in the Gwangju Democratic Uprising?

International students gather to promote foreign investment in Korea

Gabrielle Bishop

Gabrielle Bishop

Canada, Junior AJA reporter, Undergraduate student of the Global Studies Department at Vancouver Island University in Canada, Exchange student at Chung-Ang University in Korea

Hailing from 22 countries and speaking over 30 languages, Invest Korea recently welcomed 35 international students into its inaugural youth ambassador program. These students will be the faces of the first-ever Friends of Invest Kore ...

Georgia's standpoint on South Ossetia, Abkhazia conflict with Russia

Nikoloz Apkhazava

Nikoloz Apkhazava

Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Korea

Counterarguments to the Article of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Korea In connection with my article devoted to the Day of Independence of Georgia (May 24, 2013), the Russian ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Mr. Vnukov ...

[Egypt Report] Samsung completes first Middle East factory in Egypt

Hossam Soltan

Hossam Soltan

Egypt, Junior AJA reporter, Graduate student at KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Korea

Global IT giant, Samsung Electronics will start producing TV sets this month in the first Middle East factory in Egypt. The factory has been built at the Kom Abu Radi Industrial Zone in Beni Suef covering 336,000m², making it the first ...

China, US ready to open new chapter

The AsiaN Editor

The AsiaN Editor

news@theasian.asia

The just-concluded two-day summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama will have an important and positive impact on the future growth of China-US relations as well as peace and stability in the Asia- ...

FTA opens doors for wider markets for both Turkey and Korea

Lisa Witter

Lisa Witter

The AsiaN Reporter

Interview with the Turkish Ambassador to Korea Mustafa Naci Saribas Turkey and Korea embark on the first steps of a strategic partnership as a free trade agreement came in effect on May 1, 2013. In a recent interview with The AsiaN a ...

[Asia Round-up] China's princelings in high posts

The AsiaN Editor

The AsiaN Editor

news@theasian.asia

Editor's note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. China's princelings in high posts [Singapore, The Straits Times, 29-05-2013] News of newly retired Chinese president Hu Jintao’s son ente ...

[Junior AJA Talk] What would you do for Asia if you were UN Sec-Gen?

Lisa Witter

Lisa Witter

The AsiaN Reporter

  The Asia Journalist Association(AJA) has created the Junior AJA program to allow for international students to experience journalism and expand their perspective of their country, Asia and the world through workshops, writing ...

[Malaysia Report] Penang tourism fair on the way

Leong Hong Sim

Leong Hong Sim

Malaysia, Junior AJA reporter, MA from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Korea University in Korea

Penang MATTA Fair 2013 second season on the way! The second season of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agent (MATTA) Fair 2013 will be held from 5 July to 7 July at the Penang Times Square from 10am to 9pm, according to Berna ...

IT means democratising of information

Lisa Witter

Lisa Witter

The AsiaN Reporter

Interview with internet and education activist Wael Ghonim Wael Ghonim, 32, became an international figure in 2011 for his role in the pro-democracy revolution in Egypt as co-creator and administrator of the Facebook page that helped spa ...

Bangkok ranked world’s top tourist destination

Oh Ryong

Oh Ryong

The AsiaN Reporter

Bangkok has emerged as the world’s top tourist destination, with 15.98 million visitors projected to visit the Thailand’s capital city this year, according to the 2013 Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard on May 27. ...

Why constitutional reforms required for Philippines

Jose C. Sison

Jose C. Sison

Philippines, Attorney and columnist, Managing partner of Sison and Associates Law Office

All in the Family If PNoy (President Noynoy meaning current Philippine President Benigno Aquino III) is really sincere in his avowed promise to clean and improve government service, he should not oppose the move to change the constit ...

G8 leadership remains divided on Syria conflict

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape

Iranian President urges greater nuclear transparency

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape

Indonesians protest against gov't plans to raise fuel price

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape

Torrential rain and floods in India kill more than 50

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape

Turkish labor groups strike to support protesters

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape

Kashmiri Hindu devotees pray in Khir Bhawani temple

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape

A Nepalese woman makes handmade paper used by government

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape

Thais wearing white masks participate in anti-gov't protest

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape

A banner supporting Snowden displayed in Hong Kong

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape
TopN - Today's Asia

Cambodia-Thailand agree to establish two sepcial economic zones

Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape
Andrei Lankov

The 'third Korea' Yanbian in decline

Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov

Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov

Russia, Attended Kim Il-sung University, PhD in Korean History, Leningrad State University, Professor at Australian National University(1996), Professor at Kookmin University, Contributor for The AsiaN

As everybody knows, there are two Koreas – North and South. There is also, however, another area that is often described as the ‘third Korea’ – the Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, located in northeast China, along the border with ...

Nasir Aijaz

Using dung-cakes as fuel in resource rich Pakistan

Nasir Aijaz

Nasir Aijaz

Pakistan, Pakistan Press International Editor, Contributor for The AsiaN

People using firewood and dung-cakes as fuel in Pakistan Pakistan is bestowed with abundant natural resources including oil, gas, coal, hydro, wind and solar to meet its all requirements yet it’s faced with severe energy crisis, unpr ...

Ashraf Dali

World celebrates prince of Russian poetry Alexander Pushkin

Ashraf Dali

Ashraf Dali

Egypt, Editor of Al-Arabi Magazine in Kuwait, Chief of The AsiaN's Middle East Bureau

On the day of the Russian language: The world celebrates prince of Russian poetry Alexander Pushkin For almost 150 million people, the Russian language is considered their mother tongue, added to that figure nearly 100 million more w ...

Bishnu Gautam

350 climbers including handless Nepali reach atop Mt. Everest, 4 dead

Bishnu Gautam

Bishnu Gautam

Nepal, Reporter of The Rising Nepal

Kathmandu - Nearly 350 climbers reached atop Mt. Everest by May 20 this year. A total of 94 climbers, including Sudarshan Gautam, a handless (not having both hands) Nepali, reached atop Mount Everest on Monday, thanks to the favourable ...

Radwa Ashraf

[Book Review] The Bamboo Stick: Dispersion between two worlds

Radwa Ashraf

Radwa Ashraf

Egypt, Managing Editor of the AsiaN's Middle East Bureau, Graduate Student of Mass Communication and Journalism at Ahram Canadian University

The Bamboo Stick: Dispersion between two worlds "The Bamboo Stick" is a novel by Kuwaiti writer Saud Al-Sanousi, which recently won the Booker prize for Arabic novels. It shows the story of Eissa or José, whose mother is Filipino while h ...

Pramod Mathur

Can India's government empower its people?

Pramod Mathur

Pramod Mathur

India, SPOTFILMS CEO, FORMEDIA Chairman

Commercial forestry: A legacy of British rule The Indian politician and the bureaucrat have struggled for the past 65 years to shed the legacy and the mechanisms of British rule and empower the people but have failed...why? As is ...

Ivan Lim

Common Sense Approach to Conflicts in East Asia

Ivan Lim

Ivan Lim

Singapore, President of Asia Journalist Association

Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor's Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea's nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and de ...

Ashraf Dali - The Road to Shamawes

When Hisham left his car and entered the villa with his dogs which only left him at the hobby door, his father was getting ready to go out. He didn’t like the noise that accompanied Hisham : “What’s the matter, Hisham? ...

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