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East Asia
People Celebrate Mongolian Folk Festival
People perform during the opening of a Nadam fair in Hulun Buir, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 16, 2012. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing in Mongolian language, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. During the event, local residents participate in activities like horse racing, archery…
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West Asia
Russian FM Refuses To Ask Assad To Step Down
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference in Moscow, Russia, July 16, 2012. Lavrov said the calls for Russia to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down are “unrealistic”, as the president still enjoys supports from a significant part of the Syrian people. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Culture
Anti Nuclear Protesters March On Tokyo Street
Anti-nuclear energy protesters march on a street in Tokyo Monday, July 16, 2012. Tens of thousands of people gathered at a Tokyo park, demanding Sayonara, or goodbye, to nuclear power as Japan prepares to restart yet another reactor, and expressed outrage over a report that blamed culture on the Fukushima…
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West Asia
Hillary With Israeli PM In Jerusalem
Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjiamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Pool/Abir Sultan> news@theasian.asia
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Regional role of Korea
Nation should at least be mediator, if not balancer Recently, the United States and China have sometimes competed, and sometimes cooperated with each other on the international stage. In the eyes of most, if not all observers, the G2 nations competed more than they cooperated around the ASEAN Regional Forum…
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Lifestyle
BoA, queen of K-pop, returns with new album
Title track ‘Only One’ composed, written by 25-year-old singer Trailblazing K-pop singer BoA has been better known in recent months as a sharp-eyed judge following a stint last year on SBS’ “K-pop Star,” a popular audition program. But with a new studio album out next week she will bid to…
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Society
Suh vs. Oh
KAIST chief rejects board chairman’s call for resignation KAIST President Suh Nam-pyo rejected calls from the school’s board to resign voluntarily Monday, claiming the demand was a politically motivated attempt masterminded by senior education officials who dislike him. He criticized the board’s Chairman Oh Myung for leading the move to…
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Business
Property-rich celebrities saddled with huge debt
Celebrities are envied for owning expensive buildings in rich neighborhoods. Some may live in the lap of luxury but behind the gaudy exteriors a closer look at the books shows not all is necessarily well and good. Bad luck seems to have some stars sinking in debt with sky-high mortgages…
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Politics
May 16, 1961 coup was ‘inevitable’
Rep. Park defends father’s legacy but a tad less strongly Rep. Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party, the current frontrunner presidential candidate, defended the May 16, 1961 military coup by her father Park Chung-hee, describing it as an “inevitable choice.” Park dismissed Ahn Cheol-soo, a computer vaccine maker whose…
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Politics
N. Korean military chief relieved
North Korea said Monday it had relieved military chief Ri Yong-ho, a key aide to leader Kim Jong-un, of all his posts due to “illness” ― a move likely to significantly impact Pyongyang’s power structure. The news raised eyebrows as Ri, 69, had been among the top of a small…
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