• East Asia

    Major news in Japan on Jun 4

    Top news in <Japan Times>: More developed leukemia if both parents exposed to A-bomb news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Major news in China on Jun 4: Emotional farewell to hero bus driver in E China

    Top news in <Peoples English>: Emotional farewell to hero bus driver in E China  news@theasian.asia

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  • Lifestyle

    Syrian artist depicts women’s revolutionary outlook

    *Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment of six-part stories about six Arab women  artists devoting themselves to creating different style of art and innovating their methods of expression for “revolutionary” change.  Hind Adnan The Forgotten Look Revolution  Art is based on reconstruction. Its ingredients are recreated through a magic machine invented by art and these create…

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  • UAE to give Yemen food aid worth US$136 million

    DUBAI, June 3 (Xinhua) — The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan approved food aid worth 500 million Dirham (about 136 million U.S. dollars) to help the Yemeni people suffering from a year-long turmoil, local news agency WAM reported Sunday. “The gesture is…

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  • Society

    Prolonged Syrian crisis widens gap among people

    DAMASCUS, June 3 (Xinhua) — The longer the current crisis in Syria lingers, the wider the gap goes among the Syrian people, as the topic of who is with and who is against the government has become the main talk of the country. The 15-month bloody unrest continues with no…

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  • Politics

    Turkish PM accuses Assad of behaving autocratic

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the Istanbul Conference on Somalia in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 1, 2012. <File Photo=Xinhua/Ma Yan> ANKARA, June 3 (Xinhua) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused on Sunday Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of behaving autocratic and harming peace, playing down the…

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  • Business

    ‘Korean dream’ has a long way to go

    Shift from brain drain to talent circulation Brain drain has long been issue for Korea because of the large numbers of students and professionals who move abroad. But now, foreign talent is choosing to come here, and encouraging professionals from abroad to continue working in Korea is a priority. S.…

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  • Society

    Turkish pianist accused of insulting Islam

    Fazıl Say, a Turkish pianist and composer with an international career who is facing a court case in Turkey for insulting Islam on account of reposting a message written by someone else on Twitter, has said, “It is unbelievable that it was made into a court case.” In Say’s much-debated…

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  • Column

    Relations among Koreas and China

    The trade relations between China and the two Koreas have been changing dramatically in recent years. It would be interesting to figure out how the changing trade relations would affect the future of the relation between South Korea and North Korea. This is the issue that I will be addressing…

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  • Lifestyle

    Myanmar Authenticity expects warm welcome

    With the ASEAN-Korea Center unveiling its fourth ASEAN Culture and Tourism Fair this week, much attention is being drawn to a dance troupe from Myanmar, called Myanmar Authenticity. The country that used to be a thorn in the ASEAN community’s side has ended a dark chapter by opening up itself.…

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