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China media: New Year greetings

YoopyaJan 31, 2014November 1, 20230

Media offer New Year greetings, while discussing the challenges China faces in the year ahead. On Lunar New Year’s Day, Chinese media outlets dwell on

Japan revises school manuals to set out territorial claims

YoopyaJan 28, 2014November 25, 20230

Japan’s Education Ministry says it is revising teaching manuals for schools to set out its ownership of disputed islands. Minister Hakubun Shimomura said Japan wanted

Family reunions for South Korea

YoopyaJan 27, 2014November 25, 20230

South Korea, today, proposed that the rival Koreas hold reunions next month for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, the latest response from a

Syria talks yield narrow deal, Assad ‘red line’

YoopyaJan 27, 2014November 29, 20230

GENEVA (AP) — Two days of face-to-face peace talks yielded a narrow and tentative agreement Sunday for women and children trapped in a besieged Syrian

Syrian govt says terrorism, not talks, is priority

YoopyaJan 23, 2014November 26, 20230

GENEVA (AP) — Syria’s government declared that its main priority was stopping terrorism – not ensuring peace – and the opposition hinted it was far

Hard to see end to Thailand’s cycle of instability

YoopyaJan 23, 2014December 10, 20230

BANGKOK (AP) — Just before the start of an anti-government rally that paralyzed the heart of Bangkok four years ago, Thailand’s deputy prime minister issued

UAE convicts 30 Islamists of backing banned Muslim Brotherhood

YoopyaJan 22, 2014November 26, 20230

The highest court in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday convicted 30 Islamists of establishing an international branch of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in the

Bird flu spikes in China ahead of Lunar New Year

YoopyaJan 22, 2014November 26, 20230

A spate of bird flu cases since the beginning of the year in China has experts watching closely as millions of people and poultry are

A Leader of Pro-Government Faction Shot in Thailand

YoopyaJan 22, 2014November 26, 20230

BANGKOK — A leader of a pro-government faction was shot and wounded outside his home in northeast Thailand Wednesday, one day after Thailand’s prime minister

Sister echoes apology of man held in North Korea

YoopyaJan 21, 2014November 29, 20230

SEATTLE (AP) — The sister of an American missionary detained for more than a year in North Korea echoed her brother’s apology to the nation