SEOUL, July 2 (Xinhua) — Without doubt, one of the most unforgettable moments in the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics was created by a young South Korean boy who rolled a hoop across the grass infield of ...

Iran will construct a wind park in Kazakhstan to generate electricity. The agreement was signed between Iran’s Power and Water Equipment & Services Export Company (SUNIR) and Eurasia Invest Group in ...

After years of research I’ve come to the conclusion that there is a way to become rich without working strenuously; to be born of a rich family holding silver chopsticks. It’s really easy: you don’t ...

The World Bank said Wednesday that the extreme poverty population in every region of the developing world declined by 13 million between 2005 and 2008, but more efforts are needed to fight against it.

SEOUL: The traditional Korean mask dance, or “talchum” in Korean, has been inscribed onto a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the ...

ALMATY: The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Asia has agreed in principle with the Kazakhstan Taekwondo Federation to begin its support program for orphans in Almaty, Kazakhstan starting next ...

Karachi: The provincial government of Sindh on Wednesday announced a fixed five per cent quota to employ transgender folks in all government departments. Sindh Chief Minister’s Adviser on Information ...

Gyeongju: Gyeongju, the capital of ancient Korea, has been selected as the South Korean city to represent the Culture City of East Asia 2021, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday.

The boy who sat one row behind my desk in our elementary school was called Shimizu. He was born on Dec. 23, Showa 8 (1933), the same day the then Crown Prince Akihito, now the emperor, was born. It ...

ASHGABAT: Water problems in Central Asia countries are a determining factor in regional processes, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has said. The development of the Central Asian ...

In 1990s Britain, three friends: Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy attend the quaint boarding school,… ...

Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoist (UCPN-M) that waged an armed insurgency from 1996 to 2006 in Nepal killing about 17,000 people had suffered a humiliating defeat in the second election to the ...