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Society
First multicultural officers in training
The Army will produce its first non-multiracial officers next month. Cadets Bae Jun-hyeong, 22, and Han Gi-yeop, 21, are in training at the Korea Army Training Center, and set to become non-commissioned officers on July 4 after completing a 12-week training period. “Since I had to enlist, I thought it’d…
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Business
Difficlties go on despite financial assistance to Spain
<Nikkei Editorial on June 12> Member nations of European Union(EU) has decided to give Spanish Bank financial assistance of 100 billion Euro (about 10 trillion yen) at maxium. We welcome the decision, though belated, of removing the cause for concern on the part of the regional market. Despite the decision,…
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East Asia
UN Calls For Donation To Help Feed NK People
In this photo taken Sunday, April 8, 2012, North Koreans work near farming machinery next to a field on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. The United Nations has called for $198 million in donations for 2012 – mostly to help feed the hungry but also to invest in programs…
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Business
Legislature to vote on US beef amendments
The Legislative Yuan is scheduled to vote on the so-called beef amendments today. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus said yesterday it’s staging an unprecedented 120-hour filibuster that could kill the package. If passed, amendments to Act Governing Food Sanitation would relax Taiwan’s zero-tolerance policy against U.S. beef imports containing…
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West Asia
Sunbather Floats on the Surface of Dead Sea
A sunbather floats on the Dead Sea in Israeli Dead Sea Hotels area on June 11, 2012. Israel’s Tourism Ministry announced Monday that 1.4 million visitors arrived in the months from January to May, 2012, 6 percent more than the same period of 2011 and 4 percent more than that…
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Apple’s New Software iOS 6 Unveils
Scott Forstall, Apple’s senior vice president of iOS Software, talks about features for the new iOS 6 software, including the new Passbook application, during the Apple Developers Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 11, 2012. New iPhone and Mac software and updated Mac computers were among the highlights Monday at…
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Business
Roundup: Wall Street unimpressed by Spain bailout
NEW YORK, June 11 (Xinhua) — U.S. stocks retreated on Monday and closed at session lows following a short rally as enthusiasm about the Spanish bank aid package faded. When the market closed, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 142.97 points, or 1.14 percent, to 12,411.23. The Standard & Poor’…
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South Asia
Earthquake Strikes Northern Afghanistan
An Afghan man mourns the death of relatives near the site after an earthquake hit Baghlan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 11, 2012. As many as 100 people are feared dead after an earthquake struck northern Afghanistan this morning. The governor of Baghlan province says the quake triggered…
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Column
UAE “Spain needs more than bailout”
<The Gulf News Editorial : June 11, 2012> Spain needs more than bailout Spain — the latest victim of a growing debt crisis in Europe — needs more than a bailout. The $125 billion (Dh459.75 billion) lifeline may give the country a reprieve, but that alone will not solve the…
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