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    Exercise For May 9 Military Parade

    MOSCOW – Training exercises for the military parade in honor of the 67th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War were held Thursday night in the center of the Russian capital. On Red Square a column of 14,000 soldiers and officers, accompanied by an orchestra of 1,100 musicians took…

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  • East Asia

    Stars & Stripes In Flames

    MANILA – A Filipino protester burns a U.S. flag to express his disgust on what he says are interference of U.S. and China on a disputed shoal outside the Chinese consulate in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Monday April 30, 2012. The impasse began on April 10, 2012…

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    UN Chief With Myanmar President

    Myanmar President Thein Sein, left, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during their meeting at the presidential house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Monday, April 30, 2012. Ban is on a three-day visit in Myanmar to see how the world body can help promote the country’s tentative steps toward democratic reform.…

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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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