• East Asia

    Major news in China on Apr 12 2012

    Top news in <CNTV>: Yogurt and jelly makers worry about blogs’ effects news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    Major news in Japan on April 12 2012

    Top news in <Kyodo News>: G-8 agrees N. Korea’s rocket launch would violate U.N. resolutions news@theasian.asia

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  • tobechecked

    ‘Forgive Our Former Master Who Abandoned Us’

    HUMANE, Ohio — This Tuesday, April 10, 2012, photo shows a litter of six puppies, and their mother, an English bulldog mix, at the Toledo Area Humane Society in Maumee, Ohio. A man tried to abandon the six puppies by zipping them inside a suitcase and leaving it outside an…

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  • Politics

    Change or status quo?

    Interpretation differs by partisan line Millions of voters cast their ballots in the 2012 National Assembly elections, Wednesday. It was a collective effort to shape the future of the nation. A series of pre-election surveys conducted by media outlets have predicted the result to be on a knife edge and…

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  • Politics

    What will be changed after the election?

    The just-ended National Assembly election has elected a total of 300 new legislators. The election will have great significance in the Korean politics. First of all, the South-North relation is expected to improve markedly in any form. What attract people’s attention would be whether the major policies of the Lee Myung-bak regime will be changed…

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  • Culture

    G-Dragon Listens to Questions

    South Korea’s popular boy band “Big Bang” member G-Dragon listens to questions during a media conference to promote the band’s new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia  

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  • Culture

    Big Bang ‘TOP’

    South Korea’s popular boy band “Big Bang” member TOP listens to questions during a media conference to promote the band’s new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia  

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  • Culture

    Taeyang of Big Bang

    South Korea’s popular boy band “Big Bang” member Taeyang smiles as he takes questions during a media conference to promote the band’s new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia  

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  • Culture

    G-Dragon of Big Bang

    South Korea’s popular boy band “Big Bang” G-Dragon poses during a media conference to promote their new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia  

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  • Culture

    “No Way Out, Daesung”

    South Korea’s popular boy band “Big Bang” members Taeyang, left, and TOP, right, try to put birthday cake on Daesung who has a birthday this month during a media conference to promote their new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia  

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