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Free childcare system
Confusion mirrors policy disunity, poor preparation Despite attacks from deficit hawks and welfare minimalists, the ruling Saenuri Party has decided to push ahead with a free daycare system for all toddlers. And to help ease funding crises at local administrations, it will likely draw about 620 billion won from the…
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South East Asia
Major news in Singapore on July 6 : More couples got married last year, divorces also up
Major news in < Straits Times> : More couples got married last year, divorces also up More couples got hitched last year, even as the trend of divorce continue to inch upwards in 2011. The figures on divorces and marriages in 2011 were released on Thursday morning by the Department…
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IT-Science
Blade & Soul beats Diablo 3
NCsoft’s latest release Blade & Soul has kept its lead over Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 3 following the game’s commercialization last week. The massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) secured 17.16 percent of Internet cafe user occupancy compared to Diablo 3’s 15.64 percent on Wednesday, according to game research firm Gametrics…
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Business
Restricted area
Chicken, pizza franchise stores to be banned from opening near existing outlets Fried chicken and pizza franchises will be banned from opening new stores within 800 meters and 1,500 meters respectively from existing chain outlets. This comes amid mounting complaints about excessive business expansion, the state fair trade regulator said…
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Society
President’s former aide queried
Rep. Chung faces allegations of taking bribes to fund 2007 presidential campaign Chung Doo-un, a three-term lawmaker of the ruling Saenuri Party, was questioned over bribery allegations Thursday with attention being focused on whether the prosecutors’ move will open a Pandora’s box on illegal campaign funds raised during the 2007…
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Society
Pro-NK activist nabbed for unauthorized trip
Investigators on Thursday raided the office of a pro-North Korean organization which illegally sent a delegate to Pyongyang in March on the occasion marking the 100th day after the death of the North’s leader Kim Jong-il. Ro Su-hui, vice chairman of the Seoul-based organization, the South Headquarters of the Pan-national…
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Jeju naval base plan ruled lawful
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the military Thursday to continue construction of a naval base on Jeju Island. It overturned a lower court ruling that the initial base construction plan, approved by the Ministry of National Defense in 2009, was invalid because it was pushed without a proper…
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Society
[India Report] Former Indian cabinet ministers charged for scam in housing project
The former Chief Minister of Maharastra Mr.Ashok Chavan and thirteen others were reported to have been charged by CBI(Central Bureau of Investigation) in relation to the Adarsh scam, according to some influential Indian newspapers Wednesday (July 4, 2012). The Adarsh Scam is a housing society scam which was originated in the state of Mumbai in the Colaba…
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Society
Over 100,000 Chinese children adopted overseas in last 30 years
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — More than 100,000 Chinese-born orphans and children with physical disabilities have been adopted by overseas parents over the last 30 years, a government official said Wednesday. Overseas adoption has become an important channel through which to find homes for orphaned and disabled children, said Minister…
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East Asia
A Plague of Locusts Devastate Chinese Fields
Locusts eat crops in a field in Longtang Village of Bairuopu Township in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, July 4, 2012. A plague of locusts has been infesting bamboo groves, crop fields, vegetable plantations and building roofs across Bairuopu Township due to the continuous heat recently. <Xinhua/Long Hongtao>…
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