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Business
Empty talk
Big firms playing dumb to challenges of aging population A workforce aging in dog years has been fueling apocalyptic talk about the future of Korea’s economy. Nonetheless, the country’s biggest corporations continue to display a maddening inability to think beyond the next quarter. Policymakers like Strategy and Finance Minister Bahk…
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Over 100,000 petitioners ask White House to adopt East Sea
More than 100,000 people have signed on an online petition asking the White House for its support to have the East Sea rather than the Sea of Japan adopted as the name of the body of water separating Korea from Japan. The petition drive started two months ago. Now, the…
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Lifestyle
Celebrating King Sejong
King Sejong was the fourth king of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) and is well-known for many impressive things such as having created “Hangeul,” or the Korean alphabet but did you know that he was also a lover of music? The king researched and modified the contemporary music and dance of…
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World
Presidential Race Gets Heated In Egypt
Supporters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq chant slogans under a banner with his photos and Arabic writing which reads “D. Ahmed Shafiq, Egypt’s president ,” during a rally in Tanta, about 90 Kilometers (56 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 11, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Politics
U.S. provides $40 mil for victims of Syrian crisis
The United States has allocated $40 million to assist relief agencies aiding victims of the Syrian crisis, the Department of State has said. “The United States is pursuing every avenue to get humanitarian relief to those affected by the violence in Syria and is engaged in focused diplomatic efforts to…
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Politics
Greek leaders fail to form government
Leftist Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece’s second party Syriza, said on Wednesday that he failed to form the government, local media reported. “We won’t be able to realize our dream for a left government. Tomorrow morning I will return the mandate,” Tsipras said to the state television. He received…
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Politics
Algerians vote in parliamentary elections
Algerians have began voting for the parliamentary elections across the nation, which authorities say will be the freest and most transparent elections ever hosted in the North Africa country. Reports say that more than 48,000 voting stations opened on Thursday morning at 8:00 am local time, with many venues under tight police…
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Society
The AsiaN’s Chinese edition opens on May 11
The AsiaN has started publishing the Chinese edition (cn.theasian.asia) on the occasion of its half year founding anniversary which fell on Friday (May 11). This is the third following the Korean and English editions. We are ready to provide a variety of stories and columns on political, economic, military, social, culture and history in a way of meeting…
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Column
Hopeful candidates dropped out of Egyptian presidential race
The Long Awaited Man of Egypt! It seems like a multi-act play, with a stage full of different audio-video effects, as actors come and go, players appear and vanish, personalities rise and fall, and no one yet to know when is the most interested climax, as many have already passed,…
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Column
Rival parties of Bangladesh asked to have dialogue
Dhaka — After a series of diplomatic maneuvering and pressure from the donor community, the ruling party and the opposition in Bangladesh have started talking about “dialogue” which appears to be remote possibility in the present political context. The ruling Awami League wants a dialogue about holding the next general …
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