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Column
Middle East after Assad
BERLIN ― What will the Middle East look like once the Syrian civil war brings about the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, whose clan has ruled the country with an iron fist for more than 40 years? Given the recent dramatic turn of events that has pushed the battle for…
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Business
Animal marketing
Department stores open small zoos to attract customers Inside its glass tank a big turtle creeps toward a child tapping the glass as the animal sits down and closes its eyes. In the next cage an iguana is clinging to a dried piece of wood flicking its eerily long tongue…
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Business
Toyota’s breakthrough
Japanese automaker aims to be pioneer in local hybrid market The past three years may have been the most challenging period for Toyota Motor Korea CEO Tommy H. Nakabayashi since he took office in January 2010. From the end of 2009 to early 2010, Toyota Motor was hit hard by…
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Sex criminals banned from driving taxis for 20 years
Murderers, rapists and those convicted of other serious crimes will not permitted to drive a taxi from now on as part of government efforts to prevent offenses committed by cab drivers against female passengers. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said Wednesday that a revised law concerning the…
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Society
[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…
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South East Asia
Philippine : Gener ups death toll to 12; 300,000 affected–NDRRMC
Major News of < INQUIRER> : Gener ups death toll to 12; 300,000 affected–NDRRMC MANILA, Philippines–Heavy rains brought by typhoon Gener has claimed 12 lives, most of them due to drowning, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday. Four more fatalities were identified as: Mariel Manzo from San…
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South East Asia
Laos : ASEAN path to union muddied by South China Sea
Major News of <Laos Post> : ASEAN path to union muddied by South China Sea Reuters, JAKARTA, Thu, Aug 02, 2012 – Page 6 Discord in Southeast Asia over how to deal with Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea comes as the region struggles to overcome competing national interests…
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中韩国防战略对话 韩方表示决然应对朝鲜挑衅
大家好,我是王璇，今天的 The AsiaN新闻，又同您见面了。 韩国国防部在7月31日于中国北京召开的“中韩第二次国防战略对话会议”上，向中方政府表示，如果朝鲜方面再度发生军事挑衅行为，韩国军方将出于自卫，断然应战。当天参加会谈的有，韩国国防部副部长李庸杰、中国人民解放军副总参谋长马晓天空军上将等双方军事高层官员。 韩国国防部当天表示“韩半岛的紧张局势，究其根本原因，来自于朝鲜方面的军事冒险主义和接连不断的军事挑战”。此后，中韩双方为进一步巩固国防交流协作基础，签订了《中韩国防交流相关谅解备忘录》，并在其中明确地规定了交流的范围及合作的内容。此外，两国为增进国防交流、强化战略互动，特别设置、开通了两国之间的国防热线。 当然还是和往常一样，欢迎您点击我们的网站，浏览其他要闻。 我们的网站是 http://cn.theasian.asia/?p=6748 今天就到这里，谢谢您的收看。
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People
Han Bi-ya: “I enjoy my work as a relief worker”
Han Bi-ya, a Korean, is better known as a travel books writer and relief worker. She first inspired young people of the world through her books titled “Daughter of The Wind, Three and A Half Times Around The Globe On Foot.” The four-volume book was published based on her seven-year long travel around the world in 2007. She also wroted four other…
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