Members of the East Asia Summit East Asia Summit members include the ten member states of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, along with 8 additional countries, namely ...
Erlitou, in north-central Henan, for example, was initially classified archaeologically as Early Shang; its developmental sequence from about 2400 to 1450 bce documents the vessel types and burial customs that link Early Shang culture to the Late Neolithic cultures of the east. In dynastic terms,...
Farther to the south, bordering Brazil, is an area consisting largely of a central mountain range, its various branches, and scattered hilly areas; avasttropical rainforest covers these highlands. The highest summit, at 4,035 feet (1,230 metres), isJuliana Top, in theWilhelminaMountains. In ...
The idea had also been earlier discussed at the Asian Relations Conference, an assembly of representatives from almost all Asian nations, hosted in New Delhi in 1947, shortly before India’s independence. Jawaharlal Nehru, who later became the first Prime Minister of India, led ...
In 1922, French priest Émile Licent and Belgian scholar Teilhard de Chardin found a fossilized shovel-shaped incisor from a late Homo sapiens, from approximately 70,000 years ago, which was a critical time for the development of the modern Asian human species. The shovel-shaped incisor is a...
At an unprecedented summit meeting in North Korea in Sept. 2002, President Kim Jong Il apologized to Koizumi for North Korea's kidnapping of Japanese citizens during the 1970s and 1980s, and Koizumi pledged a generous aid package—both significant steps toward normalizing relations. ...
Becoming Kim Jong Un(2020) tells the story of the North Korean dictator from his childhood as the son and grandson of two infamous Korean leaders through to his momentous summit with American president Donald Trump. Setting aside the insults and jokes about Kim that the media and internet often...
Vast territories in the north and east of England remained independent of the kings of Wessex and their client-kingdom of English Mercia. Alfred’s son, Edward the Elder, reigned conjointly with his sister Aethelflaed, the Lady of Mercia. At her death the kingdom was united. During this...
The World Summit for Social Development was held in Denmark in March of 1995. This program highlights the efforts of participants at the summit to seek ways of eradicating poverty, building solidarity, and creating jobs. Featured in the program are: Chilean Ambassador, Juan Somavia; Jan Birket-...