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President Lee’s Online New Year Message
The Blue House of Korea sent a new year’s message to government officials, journalists, artists, sportspeople, and many other celebrities in the name of President Lee Myung-bak and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok on 29th, three days before 2012. President Lee said, “It is a difficult time for middle class…
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Korea’s “Democracy Godfather” Dies
<Photo> The portrait of Kim Geun-tae is entering into the mortuary of the Seoul Nationl University Hospital on 30. Kim Geun-tae, a leader of Korean democratic movement died Friday from a brain disease. He was 64. He was dubbed the “Godfather” of the country’s democratization. He served as leader…
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Waiting for Rescue···
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ① An elder woman waits for rescue in northern Thailand’s Pathum Thani Province, Oct. 12, 2011. news@theasian.asia
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“I’m the Leader of Parade”
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ③ A mascot dog walks during the parade marking the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification in Rome, capital of Italy, June 2, 2011. news@theasian.asia
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“Welcome to Our Village”
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ④ A snow-covered sculpture in a town of famous tourism spot Okuaizu area, Japan, Jan. 16, 2011. news@thesasian.asia
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“We are One”
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑤ French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) welcomes visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, Dec. 5, 2011. Sarkozy and Merkel met in Paris to thrash out a plan to save the euro. news@theasian.asia
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“What a Cold”
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑥ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow’s Kremlin, Feb. 23, 2011. Russia celebrates its annual Defender of the Fatherland day on February 23. news@theasian.asia
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Wave for Egypt Democracy
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑦ Protestors wave a national flag of Egypt during a demonstration on Tahrir Square in central Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 8, 2011. As a standoff with protesters seeking the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak entered its third week Tuesday, demonstrators called for…
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“I Just Want to Play”
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑧ People gather at the Navona Plaza during an anti-war rally against the West-led military intervention in Libya in central Rome, Italy, April 2, 2011. The rally was organized by Emergency, an Italian humanitarian group running clinics in war-torn countries. news@theasian.asia…
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“Sunshine Always Makes Us Happy”
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑨ People in jeans enjoy the sunshine at a garden in Brussels, capital of Belgium, April 9, 2011. news@theasian.asia
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