• Business

    Old habits die hard

    Despite housing slump, rich still bet on real estate The property market is in dire need of a boost, but wealthier Koreans keep the faith that there will be another huge payoff with a stubborn commitment to real estate. Not that they can afford to second-guess when real estate continues…

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  • West Asia

    Major news in Qatar on July 3: Arabs urge Syria opposition to unite

    Major news in <The Peninsula>: Arabs urge Syria opposition to unite Qatar with other Arab states and Turkey urged Syria’s divided opposition yesterday to unite and form a credible alternative to the government of President Bashar Al Assad, but rifts swiftly emerged at talks in Cairo. Addressing the conference of…

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  • Culture

    Super Junior to Release 6th Album ‘Sexy, Free & Single’

    S. Korean K-pop boy group Super Junior members pose for the media after a press conference for their 6th album in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 3, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    Major news in Israel on July 3: Israel has low expectations for talks between Iran, P5+1

    Major news in <The Jerusalem Post>: Israel has low expectations for talks between Iran, P5+1 Gov’t sees little hope in upcoming low-level talks, which aim to see if there is reason to convene another full meeting. Israel has almost no expectations that low-level technical talks between Iran and world powers…

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  • South East Asia

    Major news in Viet Nam on July 3 : Deputy PM seeks greater Japan trade

    Major news in <Vietnam News> : Deputy PM seeks greater Japan trade Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda yesterday in Tokyo. — VNA Photo TOKYO – Despite the fact that bilateral trade between Viet Nam and Japan reached US$21 billion in 2011, there is still…

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  • World

    Egyptian President Meets Turkish FM

    Turkish Ambassador to Egypt, Hussein Awny, left, and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, center, meet with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 2, 2012. Morsi, whose appointment is the fruit of Egypt’s own uprising, said in a statement that he welcomes the…

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  • West Asia

    Scenes Of Funeral For Former Israeli PM

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) eulogizes former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir during his funeral at the Mount Hertzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, July 2, 2012. Yitzhak Shamir, Israel’s seventh prime minister, died Saturday at a nursing home near Tel Aviv at the age of 96, after long years…

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  • tobechecked

    韩国儿童学与玩 小年龄看大世界

    大家好,我是王璇，今天的 The AsiaN新闻，有同您见面了。 今天要为您播送的是一则关于少儿艺术的新闻。 6月29日晚，韩国小画家洪城民，在首尔市江南区三星塔花园酒店，举办了第一届名为“Play Art Rest”的个人画展，展出了他从7岁开始创作的近20余幅绘画作品。洪城民曾经多次先后获诸多艺术奖项。 此外，他还深深受到在联合国担当世界艾滋病防治形象大使的父亲洪明浦总教练的影响，为引起世界对儿童艾滋病发生原因的重视，他特意创作并展出了名为“红飘带”、“消失在霞光中的艾滋”等具有社会意义的作品。 展览会上，现任韩国国奥代表队总教练洪明浦及夫人也一起到场，为儿子的首次艺术展览表示祝贺，他们的出现吸引了大批现场观众的目光。 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=4364 今天就到这里，谢谢您的收看。 news@theasian.asia

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  • South East Asia

    : Major news in Indonesia on July 2: Long Lines Plague Indonesia’s Merak Port

    Major news in <Jakarta Globe> : Long Lines Plague Indonesia’s Merak Port Merek. Truck traffic came to a standstill at the typically congested road to Merak Port, in Banten, West Java, on Monday as truck drivers say in a four-kilometer-long queue for more than ten hours. Long lines have plagued the…

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  • Geneva talks on Syria produce no effective results

    The nine-hour talks held in Geneva on Saturday with the intention of tackling the Syrian crisis produced “significant” decisions that are unlikely to be “effective.” These decisions are significant in that Russia and China, who have so far not refrained from backing the Assad regime, have, for the first time,…

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