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East Asia
NK Soldiers Celebrate Kim’s Ascension To Marshal
Officials and soliders of the Korean People’s Army attend a meeting to celebrate that top leader Kim Jong Un was awarded the title of Marshal of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang, DPRK, on July 18, 2012. Top leader Kim…
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East Asia
Centennial Of Emperor Meiji’s Death Remembered
Shinto priests pray as Japan’s Emperor Akihito, unseen, visits Meiji Shrine where his great-grandfather Emperor Mutsuhito’s spirit is dedicated, in Tokyo Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Akihito visited the Shinto shrine to mark the centennial of Mutsuhito’s death on July 30. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Japan: TEPCO to be ordered to trim electricity rate hike to 8.47%
Major news in <Kyodo News>: TEPCO to be ordered to trim electricity rate hike to 8.47% The government decided Thursday to order Tokyo Electric Power Co. to trim its electricity rate hike for households to an average 8.47 percent from the earlier planned 10.28 percent, having determined the utility can…
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South East Asia
Singaporean Boy Cools Off At Fountain
A boy plays in a water feature at the Marina Barrage, a reservoir in the heart of the city-state’s business district on Wednesday July 18, 2012 in Singapore. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Training To Make Chinese Armed Police Tough
Soldiers of the Chinese Armed Police Force attend a special training in Chuzhou, east China’s Anhui Province, July 18, 2012. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Culture
Palestinian Women Shop Before Ramadan
Palestinians do shopping before the upcoming month of Ramadan in Gaza City on July 18, 2012. In the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, Muslims all over the world abstain from drinking, eating and marriage during the hours day. <Xinhua/Wissam Nassar> news@theasian.asia
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“Legislation of the law banning racial discrimination can’t be deferred”
“How was today’s forum? Weren’t you hurt or surprised due to the thretening atmosphere before the opening of the forum?” Rep. Jasmine Lee of the ruling Saenuri Party asked two immigrant foreign ladies who were taking picture in the lobby on the heel of the forum on multicultural policy held…
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West Asia
3 Israeli Students Killed By Bus Explosion In Burgaria
Smoke rises into the sky after an explosion at Burgas airport, outside the Black Sea city of Burgas, Bulgaria, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of the capital, Sofia, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. A bus carrying young Israeli tourists in a Bulgarian resort exploded Wednesday, killing three people and wounding…
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West Asia
3 Top Aides To Assad Killed In Bomb Attack
This image made from video released by the Syrian official news agency SANA purports to show Syrian troops fighting against Syrian rebels in the Al-Midan area of Damascus, Syria on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. A bomb ripped through a high-level security meeting Wednesday in Damascus, killing three top regime officials,…
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Culture
Yet Another Homicide of Migrant Bride by Husband: Who is to Blame?
*This is the letter of Woman Migrants Humanrights Center in Korea. Two immigrant women in Korea were ruthlessly killed – one right after the other – by their own husbands. Yungbun Kim (Age 31, Cheolwon, Gangwon-do) was an ethnic Korean woman from China who, due to her husband’s assault, faced…
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