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Under-use of consultants
An acquaintance of mine, undergoing a divorce, returned from a meeting with his Korean counsel looking frustrated. Apparently, he had been advised by a third party of a critical fact, which his lawyer had not mentioned. When my friend asked why not, the lawyer replied: “Oh! You did not ask…
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WTO asks Bangladesh to diversify export
Dhaka University students burn Lamy’s effigy on the campus to protest his presence in the convocation ceremony on March 31, 2012 (Photo: Abdur Rahman Khan) DHAKA, Bangladesh –The WTO director general Pascal Lamy has suggested Bangladesh to address non-tariff barriers for boosting the country’s trade besides diversifying its export basket.…
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Asia-Pacific nations lean to green energy instead of nuclear
The region should follow the Philippines’ lead and focus on renewable, not nuclear power. A year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, questions remain over the role of nuclear power in the developing world, including South-East Asia and the Pacific. Nuclear power had a renaissance, driven by rapidly growing energy demands,…
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Culture
Leader of K-Pop Group Meets Press
Tae Yeon, header of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation, answers questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, capital of South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia
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K-Pop Singers Before the Foreign Press
SEOUL – Yoon A, left, and Yuri of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation answer questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia
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K-Pop Girls’ New York Holiday
NEW YORK – Members of the Korean Pop band Girls Generation, from left, Seohyeon, Sunny, Taeyeon, Yoori, Tiffany, Hohyeon, Sooyoung and Yoona make an appearance at a Best Buy store in New York on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Time-Honored Method of Agriculture
(Photo: Jamal Daudpoto) A photograph above shows centuries-old agriculture method being used in 21st century in Pakistan. Mechanized agriculture has been introduced in Pakistan since many decades ago but every landholder cannot afford to buy or even hire the machinery used to plough the land for sowing the crops.…
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Is It Crop Circle? It Must Be Man-Made
MANHATTAN, Kansas – In this photograph released on Sunday, April 1, 2012 by AP Images for Butterfinger, a helicopter catches an aerial view of an unusual crop circle in Manhattan, Kansas. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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Is It Weapon or Toy?
NEW DELHI, India — Visitors look at the ‘snake robot’ developed by India’s Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO) at the 7th International Land and Naval Defence Systems Exhibition in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 1, 2012. The event, which is a showcase for global defense hardware manufacturers and suppliers,…
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