• Business

    Alcohol, tobacco and wealth

    Income gap hardly affects consumption of ‘sin products’ The conventional wisdom holds that if you earn more, you will spend more on alcohol and cigarettes as economists rationalize they are non-essential goods. But this often turns out to not be the case. According to the latest report on household consumption…

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  • Society

    ‘Attachment parenting’… umm

    Jane Han, The Korea Times’ New York correspondent, writes her column Jane’s Americanology in order to fill the gap between cultures of the two countries. ― ED. American moms prize independence and self-sufficiency when raising their kids ― or so we thought, until Time magazine’s latest provocative cover of a…

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  • Lifestyle

    Moroccan artist conveys her message through abstract works

    *Editor’s note: This is the fourth 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.  Messages of  peace, love, sympathy, modesty and generosity Peace,  love, sympathy, modesty, and generosity: Five words that make up the message of Moroccan artist Malika…

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  • West Asia

    Scene Of Massacre By Syrian Troops In Houla

    This frame grab made from an amateur video provided by Syrian activists on Monday, May 28, 2012, purports to show the massacre in Houla on May 25 that killed more than 100 people, many of them children. The amateur footage shows people running along a street, purportedly just after the…

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  • South Asia

    Heads Of India And Myanmar For Signing MOU

    Myanmar President Thein Sein, right, and Indian Prime Minister Dr.Manmonhan Singh, left, attend Memorandum (MOU) signing ceremony at presidential house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, May.27, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

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  • tobechecked

    Celebration Of Fifth Republic Day In Nepal

    Nepalese women in their traditional dresses perform a dance during a function to observe Nepal Fifth Republic Day, in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 28, 2012. The fifth Republic Day was observed to commemorate the day when the first meeting of the elected Constituent Assembly (CA) declared Nepal a Republic and…

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  • tobechecked

    Sri Lankans To Stow Away Into Australia Stopped

    One of the Sri Lankan nationals arrested early Monday by police while preparing to leave the country in a fishing trawler covers his face as he sits with others at a police station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 28, 2012. Sri Lankan police say they have arrested 113 people…

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  • East Asia

    People Enjoy Holiday On Buddha’s Birthday

    Visitors walk on stones bridge near the lanterns decorated to celebrate Buddha’s birthday on the stream in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 28, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    Civilian Bodies Including Children Killed By Syrian Soldiers

    This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network taken Saturday, May 26, 2012, purports to show shrouded dead bodies following a Syrian government assault on Houla, Syria. The Syrian government denied Sunday its troops were behind an attack on a string of villages that left more than 90 people…

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  • Xenophobia and law

    Anti-racism act needed to prevent social conflicts Is Korea a xenophobic country? The answer is yes and no. Depending on how we look at what’s going on here, the answer could be either. Yet what is clear is that a huge influx of migrant workers, immigrant wives and North Korean…

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