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Speech fee limit recommended for civil servants
The country’s anti-corruption agency called for restrictions in fees paid to civil servants for speeches made at private firms, especially high-ranking officials. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced a set of recommendations Thursday outlining the appropriate amount for fees depending on the rank of the official. The maximum hourly…
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Distorted notions of morality
I was surprised to hear of the furor in the Korean media over the recent news that monks of Korea’s revered Buddhist Jogye Order were caught drinking, gambling and smoking and their actions termed as immoral. Were they really so? The point here is that in today’s materialistic world it…
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Anti-racism law
Police have arrested a 17-year-old mixed-race high school dropout on charges of repeated arsons. The youth, born between a Korean father and a Russian mother in 1995, encapsulates the frustration, agony and mental ordeals mixed-racial kids face in pure-blood-boasting Korea. He set fire to three homes in northern Seoul in…
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Lifestyle
Achieving shared growth through green ODA
What is needed is the financial and technical support of developed countries to bring in developing countries into this ‘green movement.’ The green economy has been drawing greater attention from the international community. The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), more commonly known as Rio+20, which runs from June 20…
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East Asia
Major news in China on May 24: Kindergarteners exposed to UV lamps
Top news in <China Daily> : Kindergarteners exposed to UV lamps news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 24
Top news in <Kyodo News> : Olympics: Tokyo makes it onto shortlist in bid for 2020 Summer Games news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Uzbekistan on May 24
Top news in <Uzbekistan National News Agency> : Preparations for the Second International Film Forum Golden Cheetah news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on May 24
Top news in <New Straits Times> : Phillip Phillips wins ’American Idol’ news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Bangladesh on May 24
Top news in <The Daily Star> : 22 pro-BNP lawyers apply for bail news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Yemen Times on May 24
Top news in <Yemen Times> : Yemen: Coasts without Protection news@theasian.asia
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