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Wrong person suffers five years in jail because of namesake with real culprit
DHAKA — A man, who was illegally imprisoned in a murder case as the accused was his namesake, was freed on Tuesday (14 August) on a court’s order after spending five years in jail. The jail authorities released him from the Bangladesh High Court premises in Dhaka immediately after the…
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West Asia
Syria: Ex-Syrian PM, Assad Government ‘Enemy of God’
Major News in <Ammon News>: Ex-Syrian PM, Assad Government ‘Enemy of God’ Former Syrian prime minister Riad Hijab appeared publicly Tuesday for the first time since his defection, calling President Bashar al-Assad’s government an “enemy of God” and saying it is collapsing. In a news conference in Amman, Hijab…
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West Asia
Yemen: UK to help Yemen to enhance political change
Major News in <Yemen News Agency(SABA)>: UK to help Yemen to enhance political change Director of Yemen office in the UK Department for International Development (DFID) asserted Wednesday the UK government’s keenness to offer all aid required to enhance the underway political change in Yemen. During her meeting with Minister…
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Politics
Is North Korea becoming China’s satellite?
China has struck deals with North Korea this week to develop economic zones and foster investment in the impoverished country. The moves, analysts say, signals Beijing’s full support of fledgling North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The promises boost the viability of Kim, who is in his late twenties, but also…
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‘Japan massacred Koreans on Sakhalin’
A recently released Soviet Union report suggests that a large-scale massacre of Koreans by Japanese soldiers took place on Sakhalin, off Russia’s east coast. It also sheds more light on the fate of victims of forcible conscription for wartime labor under Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945). The National Archives of Korea…
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Society
‘Accidental death’ of activist may have been murder
Jang Jun-ha, an independence activist, journalist, lawmaker and democracy activist who died in 1975, may have been murdered and not killed after falling while mountain climbing as claimed by the Park Chung-hee administration, according to a new examination of Jang’s remains. The examination was conducted on Aug. 1 when the…
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Business
Luxury brands booming
Louis Vuitton, Gucci stingy in social contribution Sales of foreign luxury brands in Korea tripled in the last five years thanks to local consumers’ constant fever for Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Prada, an online information provider said Wednesday. According to Chaebul.com, combined sales of top 10 foreign luxury brands reached…
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Business
Foreigners rush to sell buildings
An increasing number of foreign landlords of office buildings in Seoul are selling their properties amid a prolonged slowdown in the market. According to market sources, during the first half of the year no foreign investors signed contracts to buy office buildings or mega-sized commercial buildings with total floor areas…
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Business
Casinos return to limelight
Gov’t mulls easing rules to bolster economy Speaking of the positive sides to casinos has been a taboo subject in presidential meetings over the past four years. Though it was obvious that gambling business will help lure foreign investors and travelers, President Lee Myung-bak, a devoted Christian, had been opposed…
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Society
‘Philippines has much to learn from Korea’
The Philippines can learn a lot from Korea in terms of economic development, said Jose Mariano, president of the University of Asia and the Pacific. “The situation of the Philippines and Korea was not so different a couple of decades ago,” said Mariano. “But in a decade or two, Korea…
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