• Column

    “People in my apartment enjoy a friendly neighborhood”

    I am living in an apartment which is more than 30 years old. People in the neighbors are all close like old friends. Some people who like to follow new trends moved out to a nearby new apartment, named ‘Palace something,’ but others are still here where they have been living for long years. They are all close…

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  • East Asia

    Japanese Police Captures Member of Aum Shinrikyo On The Run

    Police officers investigate a house where Naoko Kikuchi, a former senior member of AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult wanted in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, has lived since 2010 in Sagamihara city, 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Monday, June 4, 2012, a day after her arrest. Kikuchi wanted…

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    A Victim Helped Out Of Building Torn Down By Suicide Bomber

      A wounded man is helped from the scene after a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 4, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car outside Iraq’s main religious affairs office for Shiite Muslims on Monday, tearing down part of the three-story building and killed and wounded…

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    Facebook To Repeal Age Limit Not To Make Children Liars

      An unidentified 11-year-old girl looks at Facebook on her computer at her home in Palo Alto, Calif., on Monday, June 4, 2012. Though Facebook bans children under 13, millions of them have profiles on the site by lying about their age. The company is now testing ways to allow…

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    Queen To Shake Hands With Crown Prince Charles

    Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II shakes the hand of her son Prince Charles at the end of the Queen’s Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace, London, Monday, June 4, 2012. The concert is a part of four days of celebrations to mark the 60 year reign of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth…

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    Turkish Cookers Challenge Making Longest Flan In World

    A Turkish flan cooker in western Turkish city of Bursa made and record attempt by preparing 2023 meter- long flan. Turkish cooker used 650 kg flour, 350kg oil, 1000 eggs, 45 kg salt, 900 kg cheese, potatoes, meat and spinach for his flan. Crazy cooker tried to enter “Guinness World…

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    Guests Enjoy Dinner On 50-Meter High Platform In Brussels

      Guests enjoy a “Dinner in the Sky” on a platform hanging in front of the Royal Palace in Brussels, capital of Belgium, June 4, 2012. “Dinner in the Sky” can accommodate 22 guests, seated at a table suspended from a crane at a height of 50 meters. The crane…

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  • World

    Egyptians Get Angry With Verdict Against Mubarak

    An Egyptian protester waves a national flag as he sits on a tree during a demonstration in Tahrir Square to protest against the mixed verdict against former leader Hosni Mubarak and his aides, in Cairo, Egypt, late Monday, June 4, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • Business

    English divide deepens further

    The massive gulf between the rich and poor contributes to a dramatic disparity in English skills, government researchers said Monday. With the economy in decay, low-income earners are unable to pay for private language courses while the quality of public education just isn’t cutting it. This marginalizes them in society…

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  • What’s in a neighborhood name?

    The Seochon neighborhood that sits between Mt. Inwang and Gyeongbok Palace is no stranger to controversy. For most of the 2000s, debates over apartment-style redevelopment riled the neighborhood. In 2008, the city of Seoul stopped redevelopment plans for most of the area and began drawing up plans for preserving the…

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