Thailand's prime minister, Surayud Chulanont, has warned that additional bomb attacks are possible following the blasts that shook the capital New Year's Eve. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from Bangkok that people in the capital continue to go about their business, as security measures and speculation increase.

An international Islamic cultural body has chosen Tashkent as one of its four "capitals of Islamic culture" for 2007.

Burma's main opposition party says the military government has freed at least 40 political prisoners as part of a larger prisoner release marking the country's independence day.

key political alliance in Bangladesh has announced a boycott of national elections scheduled to take place later this month, charging that the country's caretaker administration is not neutral. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, it has announced a fresh program of strikes across Bangladesh instead.

Actions Semiconductor Co., one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive mixed-signal system-on-a-chip solutions (SoC) for portable consumer electronics, today announced that it has entered into a distributor agreement with World Peace Industrial Group (WPI Group).

Architectural Tours: FREE with museum admission. Learn about the transformation of San Francisco's former main public library building into the new Asian Art Museum. All tours assemble at the information desk on the ground floor.

April 6: The Confluence of Literati and Zen painting in the Edo period (1615-1868)
Dr. Elizabeth Sharf, Research Associate, UC Berkeley

February 1-11: AsiaAlive: Indian Picture Storytelling:

FREE with museum admission. Experience the performance storytelling art of Mohan Bhopa and Patasi from Rajasthan, India, who were recently featured in The New Yorker (November 20, 2006). The Bhopa (the storyteller, priest, dancer, and musician) and his wife, a Bhopi, travel from village to village to perform epic stories that are not only literary entertainment, but are also thought by some to have curative powers for people and their valued livestock.

January 18: 37 Isolated Events: Butoh Perfomance featuring Paige Sorvillo:

FREE with museum admission (only $5 after 5:00 pm on Thursdays). Drawing from butoh (a unique and often unusual avant-garde Japanese dance form) and a variety of other movement disciplines, Paige Sorvillo investigates the connection and disconnection between human intimacy and human violence.

March 2: Art Above the Clouds: Courtly Arts of Edo-Period Japan
Dr. Elizabeth Lillehoj, DePaul University

Bay Area residents and visitors of all ages were invited to participate in the timehonored Japanese tradition of striking a temple bell to mark the end of the year and welcome the new at the Asian Art Museum's 21st Annual Japanese New Year Bell Ringing Ceremony on Sunday, December 31 beginning in Samsung Hall.

Dynamic and Delicious Japanese New Year Celebration at the Asian Art Museum SAN FRANCISCO, CA DECEMBER 4, 2006: To celebrate the New Year, the Asian Art Museum invites everyone to participate in its annual Japanese Mochi Pounding Party on Saturday, January 6, beginning at 12:00 noon. In Japan,
mochi (sticky rice dumpling) is a tasty treat made in recognition of special occasions and is commonly eaten during the New Year.