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Lifestyle
‘Korean Eye’ takes 34 artists to London
“Korean Eye,” an exhibition to introduce contemporary Korean artists to the world, revealed the 34 who will present their work at the 2012 show at the Saatchi Gallery in London from July 25 to Sept. 23. “Korean Eye” was founded by Parallel Media Group chairman David Ciclitira to promote Korean…
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Allies stuck in 6-party deja vu
Seoul, Washington and Tokyo renewed their sticks-and-carrots approach to North Korea, Monday, amid tensions following a failed long-range rocket launch. But despite the diplomacy, huge doubts loom over the ability of the region to cope with Pyongyang. Officials of the three nations, following trilateral talks in Seoul, laid out their…
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Strike called by ethnic communities goes violent
KATHMANDU — Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the umbrella organization of Nepal’s journalists, have expressed its serious concerns about the manhandling of the journalists, vandalizing of their vehicles misbehaviors meted out against them on the first and second days of the three-day general strike called by the Nepal Federation of…
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“No Pains, No Gains”
Filipino boys use their faces to move a coin close to their mouth during a game as part of celebrations of the feast day of Saint Rita de Cascia in suburban Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines Sunday May 20, 2012. Philippine fiestas, a festive time for family and friendly reunions,…
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San Francisco Marks 75th Anniversary Of Golden Gate Bridge
File – In this May 24, 1987 file photo, a crowd estimated at several hundred thousand jams the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco during a walk to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the bridge. The bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in…
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Society
Strike lessens chicken consumption by 33% in Katmandu
Protesters gather after the motorcycle of a journalist is torched during a general strike called by Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 20, 2012. The group had called for businesses to close and vehicles to stay off the streets to support their demand that states proposed…
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Politics
G8 Leaders gather at Camp David
MARYLANDㅡ The leaders of the G8 nations meeting at Camp David on Friday-Saturday agreed that Iran needed to take concrete steps to prove the claim that its nuclear program was peaceful, a U.S. official said. The onus is on the government in Tehran to disclose more about its nuclear activities,…
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Politics
Myanmar seeks compromise with armed ethnic group
Delegaters of Myanmar government’s peace-making group talk at central level with the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and its military wing the Shan State Army South (RCSS/SSA) during the second round of peace talks between the two sides, in Kengtung, Myanmar, May 19, 2012. (Photo=Xinhua/Ding Lingling) KENGTUNG, Myanmar, May…
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Lebanese painter looks for lost Utopia
*Editor’s note: This is the third installment of six-part stories about six Arab women artists devoting themselves to creating different style of art and innovating their methods of expression for “revolutionary” change. Artist Fatima Alhajj stands in the heart of a triangle whose three academic sides are the universities of Beirut, Moscow and Paris, where she specialized…
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