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Column
Missing element in China’s charm offensive
China strives to project a profile on the global stage as a responsible state because some western observers remain wary of “an assertive China” after its rapid rise to become a global economic power house. Chiefly through its state-controlled media, the Chinese government launched a campaign to highlight its peaceful…
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IT-Science
Samsung, Apple may be near reconciliation
Samsung Electronics and Apple may enter a comprehensive cross-licensing deal this year, sources told The Korea Times, Thursday. The first trial on the Samsung-Apple patent dispute in the United States is slated for July 30. Samsung is asking Apple to pay a 2.4 percent royalty rate for the iPhone and…
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Society
Calls growing for better child protection
The killing of a schoolgirl in Tongyeong by a convicted sex offender has triggered calls to enhance childcare facilities, especially for children living with working parents in rural areas. The 10-year-old victim, Han A-reum, is known to have often missed meals because her father and older brother had to work.…
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Politics
NK leader fast cementing hold on leadership
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has asserted his leadership style with more speed than expected, analysts said Thursday, amid a series of moves aimed to build his personality cult. From attending a concert featuring Disney and other icons of American culture to the surprise acknowledgment of his 2010 marriage, watchers…
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Politics
2 trouble-hit lawmakers to stay in leftist party
The plan to expel two trouble-hit lawmakers of the minor Unified Progressive Party (UPP) was foiled Thursday. Only six out of 13 UPP legislators voted in favor of the move at a party meeting. The leftist party will inevitably face a backlash from the public as the results showed the…
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Politics
Presidential hopeful calls for S-N coalition
Park Joon-yung, a presidential contender of the main opposition party, has expressed his desire to form a coalition government with North Korea, should he win the upcoming presidential election. “I believe South and North Korea will be able to enter the first stage of unification on the assumption that the…
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Society
Most sex crimes reported at Gangnam Station
Fifty seven sex offenses were reported at Gangnam Station in the upscale southern Seoul district during the first six months of this year. It is highest among 265 subway stops in Seoul, police data showed, Thursday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said that a total of 465 cases of sex…
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South East Asia
Laos : EU to fund climate change adaptation efforts in Laos
Major News of <Vientiane Times> : EU to fund climate change adaptation efforts in Laos The European Union has made 5 million euros available to finance climate change projects initiated by civil society organisations, public sector operators, local authorities and international organisations with expertise in the field. The funding is being…
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South Asia
Pakistaner Sindh a ajana rooge moyur er mrityu
Nomoskar,ami Sudhanya Ghosh,Asia Journalist Association,AJA. Bharater rajasthan morubhumir simante abosthito pakistaner thar morubhumite ek ojana roge akranto hoye besh kichu moyur-r mrityu hoyeche. goto paanch dine chollisti moyur-r mrityu ebong dine panch theke dosh ti moyur-r mrityu hochche bole sthanio bashinda o NGO guli theke khobor pawa gache. Mrityur sonkhha…
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[London Olympics] ⑤ The torch is the start
*Editor’s note: This is the fifth of six-part stories on the London Olympics Art begins to kindle with the Olympic torch, moving from Olympia, where ancient Greek philosophers planted their ideas which produced a civilization around the world. The torch was introduced as a key event in the opening ceremony…
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