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Number of multiracial students rises to 46,900
The number of students from multiracial families increased fivefold since 2006 and by more than 20 percent over the past year, statistics showed Monday. Data compiled by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology showed the number of multiracial students increased by 8,276, or 21 percent, to 46,954 this year…
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Politics
Will father’s legacy damage Park’s bid?
Saenuri party’s candidate adjusting stance little by little Rep. Park Geun-hye, the presidential candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party, is grappling with the legacy of her father, the late former President Park Chung-hee. The deceased Park seized power in a military coup in 1961 and maintained an iron-fisted dictatorship for…
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Politics
Are 2 allies or foes?
Moon on 1st day as candidate; Ahn to disclose plans Wednesday Will the two mix and match for a joint bid or go their separate ways with the risk of certain defeat at the hands of the ruling Saenuri Party’s presidential candidate Park Geun-hye? Soon, the first look will be…
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Samsung advertisement strikes back at Apple
Samsung Electronics has struck back at Apple, not in their multiple courtroom fights over patents, but through newspaper advertisements. The Korean company has released an ad campaign in newspapers both here and in the United States, directly comparing its Galaxy S3 with Apple’s iPhone 5, under the tagline “It doesn’t…
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East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Microsoft Korea Berkeinginan Untuk Menjadi "Melting Pot"
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana, dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita dari Korea Selatan. Microsoft Korea berkeinginan untuk menjadi “melting pot” atau tempat bercampur dimana masyarakat dengan berbagai kewarganegaraan dan latar belakang budaya berkomitmen untuk mendorong pengalaman teknologi pribadi di negara yang terobsesi dengan segala jenis e teknologi. James Kim, General Manager…
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World
A Afrobeat Artist Performs At Afrika Shrine, a night club, In Lagos, Nigeria
Singer Femi Kuti, right, performs at the new Afrika Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Sep. 16, 2012. The Afrobeat artist, son of the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, performs regularly at the nightclub. <AP Photo/Sunday Alamba> news@theasian.asia
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World
Thousands Of People Stay At Yida Camp In South Sudan To Avoid Border Dispute
Boys gather to wrestle, a traditional sport practiced in many parts of South Sudan, on a sandy patch of ground in Yida camp, South Sudan, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. Yida refugee camp is home to thousands of people who have fled recent fighting in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state and around…
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South Asia
Pakistanis Protest Against Anti-Islam Movie Outside U.S. Consulate In Karachi
Pakistani Shiite Muslim protesters gather outside the U.S. consulate during a rally against an anti-Islam movie in Karachi, southern Pakistan, on Sept. 16, 2012. At least one person was killed and ten others injured as clashes broke out between police and protestors outside the U.S. consulate in Pakistan’s southern port…
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[Indonesia Report] Illegal immigrants escape Indonesian detention facility
Some 20 illegal immigrants from Middle East countries again escaped from the East Java Immigration Detention Center’s temporary detention facility in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia on Friday (Sept 14). They escaped through window, climbed a wall and then moved onto the roof of a house next to the hotel used…
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