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Society
Swiss National Day celebrated in Seoul
A reception to celebrate the Swiss National Day and 50 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and Switzerland was held Wednesday (Aug. 1) at the Grand Hilton Seoul. It was also a gathering for Amb. Thomas Kupfer of Switzerland to bid farewell to his diplomatic colleagues in Seoul as well as Korean…
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Column
Experiencing Ramadan as a Non-Muslim
Interested to experience the Ramadan month that Muslim celebrates this month, I then decided to take my own little adventure. Although I was born and grew up in Indonesia, world’s largest Muslim country, and as a non-Muslim, but I am pretty familiar with the Muslim’s culture. I remembered, as a…
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South Asia
Four Small Bombs Blasted In Pune, India
In this picture taken Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, an Indian police officer lays on the ground as he carefully examines evidence at the site of one of four small blasts in the city of Pune, India. India’s home minister says four small explosions took place in the western Indian city…
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South Asia
A Pakistani Crew Returns Home After Captivity By Somali Pirates
Relatives hug a released Pakistani crew member of a Malaysia-owned ship seized by the Somali pirates, upon his arrival in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, on Aug. 2, 2012. The seven Pakistani crew members aboard MV Albedo, who had been held hostage by Somali pirates from November 2010, returned…
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un Poses With Chinese Delegation
Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un (6th R) poses for a group photo with a Chinese delegation led by Wang Jiarui (6th L), head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, in Pyongyang, DPRK, Aug. 2, 2012.…
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East Asia
Hainan Fishermen Restart Fishing After Moratorium
Fishermen return in a boat full of fish at Tanmengang wharf in Qionghai, south China’s Hainan Province, Aug. 2, 2012. Fishermen in Hainan restarted fish catching as soon as the moratorium, which lasted from May 16 to August 1, ended on Wednesday. <Xinhua/Meng Zhongde> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Ban Announces Annan’s Resignation As UN Envoy
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon (R) and Kofi Anna meet the media after a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, in this file photo taken on June 7, 2012. Ban Ki-moon announced on Aug. 2, 2012 the resignation of the U.N.-Arab…
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IT-Science
Increase rate of major Korean export items to China on declining
Korea has mixed feelings in retrospect of exports toward China in the last 20 years since the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the two nations. The product that has made the biggest contribution for Korean export business toward China, was flat display. According to a report, titled “Export trend of major Korean products…
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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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