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South Asia
Major news in India on May 21
Top news in <India Times>: BJP may back PA Sangma as President candidate news@theasian.asia
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Business
SK Telecom showcases LTE technology at expo
YEOSU __ SK Telecom, the country’s largest mobile carrier, is looking to use the Yeosu Expo to showcase its advancements in fourth-generation Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks and technology. The company’s “We _ Cloud’’ exhibition, which highlights the ubiquity of the Internet moving toward mobile devices, is already one of the…
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Lifestyle
Men drafted to life of ambivalence
Military service, mandatory or otherwise, is an experience shared by most men in South Korea. Some look back on their time in the military with fondness, while others would rather erase those years from their memory altogether. Photographer Oh Hein-kuhn decides to tackle this delicate but complex subject matter in…
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South East Asia
Major news in Vietnam on May 21
Top news in <Vietnam News>: Leaders pay tribute to Uncle Ho news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Mongol on May 21
Top news in <Mongol News>: Nisekh’s road to become highway with international standards news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on May 21
Top news in <CNTV>: Taiwan preparing to embrace more mainland tourists news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 21: Freshwater fish take cesium via feeds
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Tests show freshwater fish take in radioactive cesium via feeds news@theasian.asia
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World
Egyptian Presidential Election In Final Stage
A young girl flies an Egyptian national flag as she listen to Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohammed Mursi in the Egyptian presidential election at a rally Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 20, 2012. Egypt’s election commission is vowing that next week’s presidential election will be free and fair. The May 23-24 presidential…
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East Asia
“Ring of Fire” Eclipse Seen Across Asia
A solar eclipse occurs as the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun as partially seen at sunrise Monday May 21, 2012 from coastal township of Gumaca, Quezon province, 187 kilometers (116 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines. It was the first solar eclipse this year. A partial solar eclipse…
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Samsung may innovate chip-making process
Samsung Electronics said Friday that it has developed and patented methods to use graphene in field-effect transistors (FETs) that may revolutionize computers. The breakthrough has been published in the online edition of Science Magazine and nine patents have been secured. Samsung said in a statement that devices with FETs could…
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