• West Asia

    Israeli Air Force Flies With The Moon

    Israeli Air Force acrobat training planes fly in front of the moon during an acrobatics display during a graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Air Force base near the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, June 28, 2012. The pilots, who train for three years, will fly all types of military…

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  • Column

    Rains wreak havoc on Bangladesh

    Torrential rains over the week have triggered flooding, landslide and river erosion leaving at least 110 persons killed in Bangladesh. A huge population in  the eastern and  northern  part  of the country  have  been marooned as flood situation continued  to worsen  due  to  the  rains  and  the  onrush  of  waters  from …

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  • Society

    Japan to restart nuclear plants amid criticisms and protests

    TOKYO, June 29 (Xinhua) — Amid widespread criticisms and protests, Japan will allow, starting next month, some of its nuclear facilities to resume operation, about 15 months after the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The No. 3 reactor at Oi plant in western Japan’s Fukui Prefecture…

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  • Society

    Teacher helps students shed mountainside poverty

    BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) — Although teacher Qiao Yongfeng is barely able to support his family with his slender income, the students who he has helped to seek higher education and escape poverty have sustained him. The 42-year-old Qiao is a community-sponsored teacher in Kanzhipo village, located in Zhang county…

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  • Korea to host anti-smoking confab

    Korea will host a World Health Organization (WHO) conference on smoking aimed at reducing the sales of tobacco products worldwide. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday 1,000 delegates from 170 countries will attend the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on Nov. 12 for six days. The meeting…

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  • Prison terms confirmed for ex-medical students

    The Supreme Court has upheld prison sentences issued by lower courts on two former medical students of Korea University convicted of sexually harassing a drunken female classmate in May last year. On Thursday, the Supreme Court confirmed a 30-month prison term for a 24-year-old man surnamed Park. He was convicted…

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  • Society

    Bill to ban alcohol ads by young celebrities

    Figure skater Kim Yu-na and CL of girl group 2NE1 may not appear in beer commercials anymore, because a lawmaker plans to present a bill banning athletes and entertainers aged-under 25 appearing in alcoholic drink ads. The move is aimed at putting the brakes on alcoholic marketing that targets youngsters.…

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  • Korea-Japan military pact draws fire

    The government’s envisioned military accord with Japan is being heavily criticized by the main opposition party and civic groups amid lingering animosity over Japan’s brutal military rule (1910-1945) and its move to become a nuclear power. Seoul said it will sign the General Security of Military Information Act (GSOMIA) with…

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  • Military ties with Japan

    President must persuade National Assembly first When an administration has what it thinks are necessary but unpopular things to do, it usually explains them to the people and seeks their consent. But the Lee Myung-bak administration pushes ahead with them stealthily and keeps them secret until someone else exposes what…

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  • Society

    Diet is tricky for stomach cancer patients

    Stomach cancer is the most common cancer in Korea and kills about 10,000 people every year. It is the most prevalent carcinoma among men (20.7 percent of all cancer cases in 2008) and the third most common in women after thyroid and ovarian cancer (10.7 percent). Experts point to the…

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