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Education
Han Bi-ya: Education is basis of achieving goals
Han Bi-Ya is a traveler, writer and relief worker. She is from Seoul, South Korea. She was born in Seoul in 1958. She grew up in a wealthy family. But she had hard time after her father’s sudden death. She failed in the exam for the college entrance and she…
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Column
Is authority must-have virtue for president?
The presidential election campaign has heated up by a TV appearance of nonpolitical potential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo. He has neither joined a party nor declared he will run. Yet he has been steering the race with Park Geun-hye, according to opinion polls. Ahn apparently hasn’t shown a clear will toward…
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North Korean citizens see wide Olympic coverage
North Korea is providing its citizens with wide coverage of the London Olympics, officials said Thursday, as its athletes continue to attribute success to their new leader. According to one North Korean official, the country’s impressive showing _ five medals so far including four golds _ has caused a sensation…
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Politics
Ahn’s aide counters ‘hypocrisy’ allegation
An aide to Ahn Cheol-soo, a Seoul National University professor, strove to counter allegations Thursday that Ahn used double standards in corporate ethics. In a radio interview, Keum Tae-sup, a partner at the Seoul-based law firm Jipyong and Jisung, said Ahn’s signing of a petition to show leniency to then…
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Politics
China — ‘People’s republic of torture’
China has remained silent over the torture allegation made days ago by freed activist Kim Young-hwan, despite mounting calls to answer whether the allegations are true or not. The turning of a deaf ear to the alleged human rights abuses has prompted China-bashing here as bloggers and Internet users accused…
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South East Asia
Malaysia : The Royal Visit
Major News of <New Strait Times> : The Royal Visit The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be visiting Malaysia from 13 to 15 September to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. While here, the royal couple will have an audience with the Yang Di Pertuan Agong and meet Prime Minister Datuk…
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East Asia
Perayaan Tahta Kerajaan Maroko Diselenggarakan Di Seoul
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Saat ini sedang bermagang di The Asian. Berikut adalah salah satu berita yang dapat anda akses di situs The AsiaN. Sebuah resepsi menandai perayaan hari pentahtaan Kerajaan Maroko pada 30 Juli, diadakan di Lotte hotel, Seoul, Korea. Dalam pidatonya, Duta Besar Maroko untuk Korea,…
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West Asia
Assad Defies U.N. Resolution To Resign
FILE – This June 3, 2012 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at the parliament in Damascus, Syria. Arab countries on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 pushed ahead with a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that tells Assad to resign…
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West Asia
Ukranians Evacuate From Syrian Civil War
Women and their children look out of the window in a Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry’s bus after arriving at Kiev’s Boryspil airport from Syria late Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. A Ukrainian military plane evacuated 199 people, including 177 Ukrainians, 15 Poles and seven Syrians due to the intensifying civil war…
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East Asia
South Korean Weightlifter Stopped By Injury
Sa Jaehyouk of South Korea is helped after being hurt during the men’s 77kg weightlifting event at London 2012 Olympic Games, London, Britain, Aug. 1, 2012. Sa Jaehyouk did not finish the match. <Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei> news@thesian.asia
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