North Korean citizens see wide Olympic coverage
North Korea is providing its citizens with wide coverage of the London Olympics, officials said Thursday, as its athletes continue to attribute success to their new leader. According to one North Korean official, the country’s impressive showing _ five medals so far including four golds _ has caused a sensation among the populace that comes […]
Koreans found negative in accepting multiculturalism
General people’s awareness about multiculturalism appeared to be neither positive or negative. Ahn Sang-oo, researcher of the Korea Women’s Development Institute, said Saturday (July 25) that the average culture receptivity index among Korean people was found to be 51 points (full marks: 100 points) in a survey conducted on some 2,500 people in the age bracket of […]
Contraception still in shadows
A couple of weeks ago, Park So-yoen, a 27-year-old department store sales manager, visited Jeju Island for a summer holiday, together with her boyfriend. After a fantastic day sightseeing around the beautiful resort island, the couple ― as many others do ― went to bed together that night. “Of course I thought my boyfriend had […]
Marriage brokers for overseas brides under greater scrutiny
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Wednesday it will implement stricter rules on interracial marriages brokered by matchmaking firms, mandating the companies to provide detailed personal information about Koreans looking for foreign spouses. The measure comes amid concerns that many brokers have provided foreign women seeking to marry South Korean men with falsified […]
Macquarie deal up for revision
The contract between Seoul City and investors in the capital’s subway line 9, including Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF), is being reexamined and should be amended, if found to contain unfair and improper elements, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said, Monday. “It appears that investors including Macquarie have failed to keep some parts of the agreement; […]
Police investigate firms after snakes found in western Seoul
Police said Wednesday that they plan to investigate companies making products advertized as stamina food containing snake-based ingredients, in an effort to find where a number of snakes caught and sighted in Sinwol-dong, western Seoul, came from. Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Wednesday that investigators will enter businesses located in the area to determine whether […]
[Indonesia Report] Jakarta, world’s most active twitter city
![[Indonesia Report] Jakarta, world’s most active twitter city](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2Fimages.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[Indonesia Report] Jakarta, world’s most active twitter city")
Jakarta, Indonesian capital city, is home for the most active “tweeps” and “twitterian” in the world. Semiocast, a French based social media monitor company published a survey on July 30, saying that Jakarta is the city with most number of posted tweets. Tweep is a Twitter user who is a novice by virtue of their […]
Throne Day Celebration of Morocco observed in Seoul
A reception to mark the 2012 Throne Day Celebration of the Kingdom of Morocco was held on July 30, 2012 at the Lotte Hotel, Seoul under the auspieces of Amb. & Mrs. Mohammed Chraibi of Morocco. In a speech, Amb. Chraibi touched upon the significance of the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relationship between South Korea and Morocco. Many […]
One second too many
Series of blunders compromise Olympic credibility South Korean fencer Shin A-lam probably never expected to see her dream of standing on top of the medal podium in London end in what has emerged as one of the biggest controversies of the Olympics. Nor did she imagine herself sitting alone at the edge of the platform […]
[Indonesia Report] Indonesians condemn violence in Rakhine
![[Indonesia Report] Indonesians condemn violence in Rakhine](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F07%2F2_Muslim-Rohingya-living-in-refugee-camp.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[Indonesia Report] Indonesians condemn violence in Rakhine")
Rohingya – Rakhine conflict in Myanmar has been going on for the past two months. According to Amnesty International, Myanmar’s National Human Rights Commission on July 11 reported at least 78 people have been killed, but unofficial estimates exceed 100. Around 50.000 – 90.000 people has been displaced. Due to the conflict, many of the […]
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