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Assistant Commissioner Noor Bano and the broken sandals in a glass case on her mahogany desk

By Nasir Aijaz
The AsiaN Representative

ISLAMABAD: In the shimmering heat of Tharparkar, a desert district of Sindh province of Pakistan, bordering India, where the wind carries more sand than moisture, fourteen-year-old Noor...

(From left) Vice President Kang Seok-jae, Chairman Koo Bon-hong, Director Bae Ki-seon, Director Oh Ji-cheol, Director Kim Geun-sang, New Chairman Lee Ki-woo, and Founding President Lee Sang-ki of the Asia Journalists Association <Photo by Director Ko Myeong-jin>

By Lee Sang-ki
Former President of Asia Journalist Association

AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA)

Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, Korea
An elementary school sixth grader who went hiking with family members at Juwangsan National P...

AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA)

Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, Korea
Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Wang Yajun visited Changdeok School in Pyongyang on May 11,...

Photos of the 41 people arrested in Bahrain for links with the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (Ministry of Interior)

By Habib Toumi

MANAMA: Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said that it had arrested 41 members of an organization linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Wilayat Al Faqih ideology (Guardian...