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East Asia
Female voices, feminism increase dominance on Korean literary scene
“Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982,” a revealing feminist novel, made a splash on the literary scene late last year, selling more than 1 million copies in South Korea, the country’s first million-seller novel since “Please Look After Mom” in 2009 by Shin Kyung-sook. The book by Cho Nam-joo debuted…
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Director Kim Ki-duk lodges 1 bln-won damages suit against actress, broadcaster
Kim Ki-duk, an internationally acclaimed filmmaker, has lodged a damages suit against an actress who claimed she was sexually assaulted by him and a local television broadcaster that reported on the sexual assault allegations against him. According to legal authorities on Friday, Kim filed a 1 billion won (US$880,700) suit…
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East Asia
China, Europe see closer economic, trade ties
China and Europe, both pulling great efforts on cooperation with each other, have been experiencing increasingly closer economic and trade ties over the past years. Thanks to the CHINA RAILWAY Express (Chinese block trains traveling to and from Europe), it only took 10 days for the four aircraft produced by…
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East Asia
Belt and Road Initiative broadly reputed for a reason
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by China has enjoyed energetic development and made remarkable achievements since it was proposed 5 years ago, winning wide reputation from the international society and expanding the “circle of friends”. More and more developed countries from the western world have expressed their interests…
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East Asia
China’s online retail sales top the world for 6th year
China’s online retail sales exceeded 9 trillion yuan in 2018, topping the world for the 6th year in a row, spokesperson Gao Feng said during a regular conference of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on March 21. The country’s online retail sales maintained a high-speed growth over the past ten-plus…
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Commentary: Xi’s trip to inject new vitality into China-Europe ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visits to Italy, Monaco, and France bear historic significance for the development of relations between China and the three countries and will inject new vitality to the development of China-Europe relations in the new era. Scheduled from Mar.21 to 26, Xi’s visit to Europe will be…
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East Asia
Opening up of service sector brings new energy to Beijing’s economy
By expanding supply-side structural reform in the service sector, Beijing has injected new energy into its economy since it became the first city in China to carry out the pilot program of opening up the service industry in May 2015. During the past four years, the city opened China’s first…
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East Asia
China, Italy walk toward stronger ties
The city of Rome has been surrounded by a friendly atmosphere these days. Before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the European country, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and other politicians and famous people of various circles received interviews with People’s Daily. The most special interview…
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East Asia
S. Korean foreign minister heads to U.S. for talks with Pompeo
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha left for the United States on Thursday to attend a U.N. forum and hold talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It would be their first meeting since the sudden collapse of a Hanoi summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President…
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East Asia
S. Korea to push for N.K. leader’s visit to Seoul for fourth summit with Moon
South Korea will try to realize a visit to Seoul by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a summit with President Moon Jae-in this year so as to improve cross-border relations and help move the stalled denuclearization process forward, the unification ministry said Friday. The ministry said that it will…
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