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IT-Science
Facebook’s value comes to $104 billion
NEWYORKㅡ Facebook says it has priced its initial public offering of stock at $38 per share. That’s the high end of its expected range of $34 to $38. It means investor demand is strong for the world’s largest online social network. Facebook now stands to reap as much as $18.4…
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Politics
Parochial China
China often shows the opposite characteristics of Oskar Matzerath, an adult trapped in a child’s body in Gunter Grass’s novel, The Tin Drum. The Middle Kingdom has experienced explosive growth for the past three decades, enabling it to replace Japan as the world’s No. 2 economic powerhouse, second only to…
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Society
Gambling episode gives bad name to Buddhism
The recent scandal involving gambling Buddhist monks could not have erupted at a worse time for the proponents of spreading Korean Buddhism globally. Modern Korea is not a predominantly Buddhist country, but the nation has practiced and nurtured its own brand for more than 1,700 years after adopting it from…
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Society
French digital economy minister is adopted Korean
Her birth of was a series of misfortunes. Fleur Pellerin, 39, new French minister for digital economy, was thrown out on the streets of Seoul right after she was born on Aug. 29, 1973, spending her first days in an orphanage. Her adopted father was a nuclear physicist and her…
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Lifestyle
Little women of Korean cinema
Cannes publicity ignores chronic lack of interesting roles for actresses No one can dispute that the Korean film industry is flourishing. Investment and return are both on the upside. The sheer number of productions is rising, spawning hits and, of course, misses. This year, the local press is abuzz about…
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Lifestyle
Wishing I were wrong
Nobody wants to hear anything negative when their saju is read. It doesn’t matter how successful one is now. People can’t be assured of their future and because of that uncertainty, they fear to seek out fortune tellers while at the same time they are insatiably curious. I am often…
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Society
Park Ji-sung hopes to retire at Manchester United
Park Ji-sung made it clear Thursday that he has no plans to leave Manchester United, despite his uncertain future at Old Trafford. “It is true I want to retire at Manchester United,” the 31-year-old told reporters on his arrival in Korea. “But what I want does not always translate to…
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West Asia
Major news in Yemen on May 17
Top news in <Yemen Times>: Aden’s governor threatens to use force to open roads news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Bangladesh on May 17
Top news in <Daily Star>: Khokon detained, Minu hurt news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on May 17
Top news in <New Straits Times>: Wife of kidnap mastermind in disbelief news@theasian.asia
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