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Pouring Cold Water On Putin’s Inauguration
A wounded opposition protester winces in pain during a rally in Moscow on Sunday, May 6, 2012. Riot police in Moscow have begun arresting protesters who were trying to reach the Kremlin in a demonstration on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as president. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Home Celebration of Mother’s Day In India
An Indian woman plays with her child at the doorway of her house ahead of Mother’s Day, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Mother’s Day will be celebrated on May 13. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Red Rose In Full Bloom In France
France’s Socialist Party’s candidate Francois Hollande gestures to his supporters during a rally after he defeated incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday’s decisive presidential runoff, in Tulle, southern France, May 6, 2012. Francois Hollande said he feels proud of bringing hope to France and that change will start from…
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Lifestyle
Art embraces fashion
The boundary of fine art is being blurred and becoming ever more diversified. Incorporating fashion into art is the latest of this movement. Fashion exhibitions have become a part of major fine art museums across the globe. “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and “Balenciaga and…
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Rebirth of progressives
Only thorough self-reform ensures leftists’ survival Korea’s political progressives, a perennial minority, have often resorted to radical, and violent, tactics to make themselves seen and heard. They destroyed furniture at the National Assembly Secretariat and detonated a tear gas canister in its main chamber. Those misconducts were largely forgiven, as…
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Society
Fire kills 9 at Busan karaoke
Nine people, including three Sri Lankan nationals, were killed and dozens were injured in a fire at karaoke rooms in Busan, Saturday. The fire broke out at around 8:52 p.m. on the third floor of a six-story building in the bustling district of Bujeon-dong. Seven men and two women died…
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East Asia
Royal ritual
A ritual specialist wearing a king’s costume enters Jongmyo, a UNESCO-registered royal shrine from the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) in central Seoul, to reenact Jongmyo Jerye, Sunday. Jongmyo Jerye is a royal ancestral ritual paying tribute to the kings and queens of the kingdom and was listed as a UNESCO Intangible…
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Kenya to emulate Korea’s development model
‘We need Koreans’ technology, experience and energy,’ envoy says Korea’s relationship with Kenya and, by extension, with the African continent, is poised to take a leap forward. Korean-Kenyan investment and trade surged in recent years and could jump still higher with direct flights set to begin in June _ that…
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Business
Going global
We’ve reached a tipping point in how the world works. The largest economy in the world is no longer the economy of any one country — it is the economy of the global trade of goods and services. Countries making an impact in the world of global trade are those…
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NK leader ready for China trip: report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed his intent to visit Beijing later this year in what would be a highly symbolic trip to his country’s most important ally, a Japanese report said Sunday. According to the Nihon Keizai newspaper, the message was conveyed to Chinese President Hu Jintao by…
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