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People
Akira, Rep. Chun exchange talks for helping those in plight
Freedom, ‘work’ paves for, happiness growing ripe with ‘work’ Rep. Chun Soon-ok has become a member of the National Assembly in the general election held earlier this year under the proportional representation of the opposition Democratic United Party. She met Akira, a noted peace activist of Camboida and a winner of Manhae Prize who…
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South East Asia
Flood Submerges Whole City Of Baguio, Philippines
Houses are submerged in floods at City Camp Lagoon in Baguio City, northern Philippines, Wednesday Aug. 15, 2012. A second tropical storm in as many weeks battered the northern Philippines on Wednesday as forecasters warned that the still-reeling capital could see more flooding. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Society
[ASEAN Report] Corruption fosters wildlife traffickers
South East Asian countries are homes for various endanger species that are target for poachers and traffickers. ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network reported on their website, experts estimate the illegal wildlife trade is up to US$10 – 20 billion dollar annually or ₩11,310 billion Korean Won. Associated Press published a report…
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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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