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East Asia
Smile with Confucius’ Style
Pupils acting as ancient boy servants recite the analects of Confucius during the spring sacrificing ceremony for Confucius in Tianjin, north China, April 29, 2012. <Xinhua/Liu Dongyue> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on April 28
Top news in <The Mainichi> : 9,000 U.S. Marines to be shifted out of Okinawa under force realignment news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on April 28 : China-Russia on deepening strategic partnership
Top news in <Xinhua> : Chinese vice premier meets Russian president on deepening strategic partnership news@theasian.asia
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iPhones to be banned in defense ministry
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) plans to prohibit the use of Apple’s iPhones in two of its major buildings from August, military officials said Friday. They said other smart devices will continue to be allowed after installing a mobile device management (MDM) system, an application that would automatically disable…
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‘Korea’ offers guide to expatriates
There are a lot of guidebooks on Korea but many of them seem nothing more than quick cut-and-paste jobs from information gleaned from the Internet ― dull and lacking first-hand experience. Robert Koehler’s “Korea” is not that type of book. Koehler, who has been collecting information for this book for…
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OECD head urges Korea to reform labor sector
Reform of the labor market would be indispensable for sustainable economic development and social cohesion in Korea, the top official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Friday. Angel Gurria, secretary general of the OECD, said the country should revise its long-hour working system to give more…
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Business
Naver losing grip in Korea
Portal firm’s growth potential ebbing away as it sticks to comfort zone Naver, Korea’s biggest Web portal, is losing its grip on the domestic market. The local search giant is being cornered, needing to diversify its business portfolio amid a rapid rise of social networking services (SNS), according to market…
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Business
Plenty of bang for buck
Samsung Electronics chalks up record profits on mobile sales Samsung Electronics posted its best quarterly operating profit during the first three months of this year and is expected to improve on it during the seasonally-favorable second quarter. The world’s biggest supplier of flat screens, memory chips and smartphones reported 45.27…
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Column
Violence escalates in major cities of Bangladesh
Dhaka–With the political unrest taking the course of street violence, a wide range of anxiety is spreading quickly among the people at all levels in Bangladesh. The three-day-long hartal enforced by the opposition BNP has demonstrated the level of violence that left at least three persons killed, hundreds injured, thousands arrested and torching of a number of vehicles…
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