Pictures Show North Korea Rocket Launch Upgrade
Washington. North Korea has undertaken a major upgrade of a launch pad that could pave the way for longer-range missiles, a research group said on Tuesday, amid mounting concern over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. 8:23am May 23, 2012South Korea to Chemically Castrate Sex Offender
Seoul. South Korea will this week chemically castrate a man repeatedly convicted of sexually assaulting children in the country’s first use of the punishment, an official said on Wednesday. 1:44pm May 23, 2012South Korean Smokers Finally Start to Feel the Heat
Seoul. After decades of indifference, big businesses and the government are turning up the heat on smokers in South Korea, a nation with one of the developed world’s highest male smoking rates. 10:49am May 23, 2012Thousands Gaze at Pacific Eclipse Spectacle
Tokyo. Thousands turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific to gaze excitedly as a partial eclipse occluded the sun at dawn in Asia and at dusk in the western United States. 8:33am May 21, 2012New Zealand Smashes Global Child Pornography Ring
Wellington, New Zealand. A global network that used social networking sites such as Facebook to distribute child pornography has been smashed after a tip-off from New Zealand authorities, officials said on Tuesday. 6:46pm May 22, 2012Half of Australians Want End to Immigration: Poll
Sydney. Some 50 percent of Australians want an end to the nation’s immigration program because they believe the country has too many people, a poll showed on Tuesday. 2:51pm May 22, 2012Asean-China Center Opens in Beijing
Blind Chinese Activist Prepares to Leave for US
East Asia, Western US Await ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse
Asia’s Private Museums Blaze New Trails in Art World
Australia ‘Must Boost’ Asian Language Learning
Mongolia Passes Watered-Down Foreign Investment Law
China Sentences Former Fugitive to Life in Prison
Spotlight on Asian Art as Hong Kong Fair Opens
China Accuses Dalai Lama of Deceit After Murder Plot Claim
A North Korean missile is displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang in this file photo. (Agency Photo)Australia ‘Must Boost’ Asian Language Learning
Sydney. Like a surfer who fails to catch a wave off one of its famous beaches, Australia faces an Asian languages “wipe-out” and is being urged to change course. 6:44pm May 18, 2012
Mongolia Passes Watered-Down Foreign Investment Law
Ulan Bator. Mongolia’s parliament passed a controversial law aimed at capping foreign ownership in “strategic” industries like mining on Thursday, but investors expressed relief that the legislation was weaker than first anticipated. 4:44pm May 18, 2012
Asean-China Center Opens in Beijing
The 10-state Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the People’s Republic of China have opened an Asean-China Center in Beijing to boost bilateral trade, investment and tourism. 12:06pm May 21, 2012
Thousands Gaze at Pacific Eclipse Spectacle
Tokyo. Thousands turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific to gaze excitedly as a partial eclipse occluded the sun at dawn in Asia and at dusk in the western United States. 8:33am May 21, 2012
Asia’s Private Museums Blaze New Trails in Art World
Hong Kong. A boom in private museums funded by wealthy collectors is transforming the artistic landscape in Asia, and filling the cultural vacuum left by penny-pinching governments, experts say. 7:21pm May 18, 2012
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So this article appeared in New York Times? Yay! Indostan finally got some attention. -
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In my opinion, SBY is more interested in consolidating his own power and playing politics with his so-called coalitions. He went so far as to makin -
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Too many easy judgements, I guess. As I know, there was an huge lack of evidences, and failures by Bali’s Police, in this case (nobody checked the -
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Well maybe she was in love with him. Indonesians in certain areas of the country believe that menstrual blood mixed into food can cast a spell over -
1:43pm | Indoneisan Antigraft Group Poi...
How can tax paying Indonesians read this and not be angry? How can he do this, when just a couple of weeks ago we read on this paper about h -
1:41pm | Jakarta Police Would Dispatch ...
The point is really if you are ready to defend the freedom of expression against some goons who want to make you their way only. The police should -
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So go and burn another church down Bondboerabo. -
1:39pm | RIM to Develop Indonesian ITB ...
Indonesians should not be signing up with failing companies or failing countries. Indonesia should genuninely assess her ownstrengths and riches.
