• Society

    Scientists discover 15 species new to Korea

    Scientists discovered 15 marine species that are new to Korean coastal waters, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. The newly-spotted species including shrimps, crabs and lobsters were found on coral and in rock crevices 60 meters below sea level around Jeju Island. The National Institute of Biological Resources conducted the…

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  • Society

    Adventure to a remote island

    Leaving on a journey all on your own to an island far away from home is an exciting but risky adventure, especially when the island is not somewhere you can easily get to. How would you feel if you were stranded on an island far off the coast by accident…

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  • Column

    Under ‘guidance’ in N. Korea

    PYONGYANG – You don’t come here looking for news about North Korea. On the day after “Respected Leader” (that’s what we’re supposed to call him) Kim Jong-un and his mystery lady attended a show featuring Walt Disney characters on stage, our minders were fonts of ignorance. They professed to know…

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  • Business

    SK chairman stresses Korea-China harmony

    SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has pledged to expand in China and contribute to improving ties between Korea and the world’s second largest economy. “We should not forget how the Korea-China relationship was forged two decades ago and how it has improved to today’s level,” Chey said in a congratulatory…

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  • Assembly fails to improve overseas voting system

    Several lawmakers of the ruling and main opposition party have repeatedly pledged to improve the registration system for overseas voters, but this has turned out to be an empty promise. The deadline to alter the election process for 2.23 million Koreans living abroad is this Sunday, as the registering of…

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  • South East Asia

    Laos : National land policy the key to solving land disputes

    Major news in <Vientiane Times> : National land policy the key to solving land disputes A national land policy is urgently needed in order to address land disputes which have been considered the top concern in the country for many years, according to land experts on Wednesday. Representatives from government sectors…

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  • South East Asia

    Malaysia : The handphone debate

    Major news in <New Straits Times> : The handphone debate MOBILES IN SCHOOLS: Teachers and parents voice their views on new proposal KUALA LUMPUR: PARENTS and teachers are divided over the Education Ministry’s proposal to allow mobile phones in school, starting next year. The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP)…

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  • East Asia

    Kim Jong Un Dianugerahi Pangkat Marsekal Korea Utara

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Saat ini bermagang untuk Asian Journalist Association. Berita mengenai Korea Utara berikut merupakan salah satu berita yang dapat anda akses di website The AsiaN. Rabu (17/7) lalu, Pemimpin tertinggi Korea Utara, Kim Jong Un, dianugerahi pangkat Marsekal, demikian dilaporkan oleh Korean Central News Agency,…

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  • East Asia

    PyeongChang bashindara bikhhubdho

    Nomoskar,ami Sudhanya Ghosh,Asia Journalist Association,AJA. PyeongChang o Gangwon prodesh jekhane du hazar atharo saaler winter olymipic howar kotha,sei elakar bashindara gotokaal winter Olympic-r ayojok samitir birudhhe bikhhob janaye. ayojok samitir pokhho theke gurottopurno kichu tathyo tader janano hoyeni bole tara bikhhubdho hoye pore.olympic-r suchona o somapti anushthan-r sthan poriborton holeo…

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  • [London Olympics] ① Revival of art

    *Editor’s note: This is the first of six-part stories on the London Olympics Sport lovers probably expect me to tell them about the records that will be broken during the Olympic month in the British capital that starts on Friday (July 27), predicting, e.g., the winning of Ethiopian runner Kenenisa…

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