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South East Asia
Hillary Clinton’s visit historic for Laos-US relations
Major news in <Vientiane Times>: Hillary Clinton’s visit historic for Laos-US relations Foreign Minister Dr Thongloun Sisoulith and his US counterpart Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton have affirmed in their talks in Vientiane they will strengthen cooperative relations between the two countries, a press release said. Mrs Clinton arrived in Vientiane yesterday…
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East Asia
Major news in China on Jul 12: South should encourage North Korea
Major news in <People’s Daily>: South should encourage North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently watched a concert in Pyongyang that featured many Disney characters, including Mickey Mouse. The news spurred speculations among Western media about the possibility that the “unusual” concert signifies a possible North Korean policy shift…
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Society
[Indonesia Report] South Korea, Indonesia to talk about FTA
South Korean and Indonesian negotiators are scheduled to hold the first meeting of free trade talks Thursday (July 12) in the Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta. According to South Korea’s Trade Ministry, the agenda of the meeting is to discuss the scope and coverage of the pact, as well as other issues,…
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Society
[India Report] No imminent fear of El Nino In India: Met Office
This year, the below average rate of rainfall has created a fear of El Nino over the monsoon in India. But the Meteorological Department in New Delhi has denied any chance at this moment but left a provision that it might occur after mid-August. El Niño/La Niña-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO,…
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East Asia
Seoul’s Old-Style Theater Plays Last Movie Before Closure
A senior patron of Seoul’s last old-style one-screen cinema steps inside for the theater’s last screening at Seodaemun Art Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Seoul’s last old-style one-screen cinema, soon to be knocked down and replaced by a new tourist hotel, played its final movie Wednesday…
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South Asia
India Starts Fight Against Child Labor
Young Indian bonded child laborer Iqrar, 11, wears a number and poses for photographs as his details are processed after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. In New Delhi alone, about 50,000…
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World
Turkish PM: Syria downed Turkish jet in int’l air space
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that a Turkish military jet downed by Syria on June 22 was hit in international air space, 13 miles off the coast of Syria. Speaking at a meeting of provincial leaders of his Justice and Development (AK) Party, Erdogan stated that…
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South Asia
Flood Separates Pakistani Children From Families
Pakistani boys, whose families were displaced by 2010 floods from a village in Pakistan’s Sindh province, play pool in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Tea drinking: Time-honored Chinese custom
A customer (R) tastes lotus root starch in Cuiyuting Teahouse in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, July 11, 2012. There are several teahouses besides the West Lake, providing customers with tea at a price of only one yuan RMB (0.16 U.S dollar). It’s the lifestyle in one-yuan-teahouses beside…
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West Asia
Syria Releases Detainees As Goodwill Gesture
Freed detainees are seen upon their release in the Damascus Police Command in Damascus, Syria on 11 July 2012. The Syrian authorities released Tuesday a total of 275 detainees, who had been arrested over involvement with the anti-government movement, in a bid to show a good will to bring an…
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