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Kakao Talk launches new cyber money
Kakao Talk, Korea’s largest mobile messenger service provider, said Wednesday it plans to launch its own cyber currency called Choco on Thursday. Subscribers will be able to buy and charge Choco which can be used to buy emoticons at the firm’s app store. Ten Choco will cost 1,000 won, the…
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Society
‘I object to faculty’s sense of privilege’
KAIST chief dismisses professors’ claim about patent theft Suh Nam-pyo, president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), said Friday that he won’t succumb to pressure from the professors’ council. ““The professors’ council has told me to quit and leave this school. But I won’t do so.…
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South East Asia
Major news in Thai on June 28: What a pity!
Top news in <Bangkok Post> : Cabinet sends Nasa plan to parliament Cabinet sends Nasa plan to parliament Cancellation likely, Yingluck concedes The cabinet yesterday voted to forward Nasa’s request to use U-tapao naval airbase in Rayong for atmospheric studies to parliament for debate in August, which will likely result in…
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South East Asia
Major news in Burma on June 28: Farmland laws should be amended: committee
Major news in <BangkokPost > : Farmland laws should be amended: committee Volume 32, No. 632 June 25 – July 1, 2012 By Sandar Lwin <Top N> Major news in Burma on June 27: Farmland laws should be amended: committee A MEMBER of a parliamentary committee on reform has…
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People
Ryoji Ito: “Korea-Japan Relationship gets better”
The AsiaN, represented by Lee Sang-ki, and Asia Journalist Association (AJA) jointly hosted a farewell party for Ryoji Ito, who leaves for Japan after finishing his three years of service as the NHK Seoul bureau chief, at Seoul Press Center on Monday (June 25) with the attendance of some 50 foreign and Korean guests including Japanese Ambassador…
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South East Asia
Major news in Philippine on June 27: Chinese ships still in Panatag
Top news in <Manila Times> : Chinese ships still in Panatag THE Philippine Navy on Tuesday refuted reports that Beijing had pulled out all of its ships from the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, saying there are 28 Chinese ships in the area, including surveillance and law enforcement vessels. Navy flag officer-in-command…
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Business
Chinese official: Economic cooperation with DPRK goes well
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that China’s economic and trade cooperation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is developing well. “China-DPRK economic and trade cooperation is currently in good shape in terms of development,” spokesman Hong Lei said at a routine press…
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World
Morsi Meets Rep of Coptic Community
In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, President-elect Mohammed Morsi, left, meets with a representative from the Coptic community, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The military has pledged to turn power over to a civilian government once a new president is…
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Central Asia
Major news in Kyrgyzstan on June 27: What Are Kyrgyz Kids Learning?
Major news in <URASIANET>: What Are Kyrgyz Kids Learning? Children study at a school in Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn province in February 2010. When Kyrgyzstan twice scored last place in an international exam designed to rate the country’s education system, the official response – to stop participating in the test altogether –…
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