• NK says its satellite failed to enter orbit

    North Korea said Friday its Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite failed to enter orbit after its launch aboard a long-range rocket. The North said its “scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch, without elaborating. Seoul’s…

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  • World

    NK missile launch ends in failure

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  • Column

    Bangladesh endeavors to save fish

    Fishermen arrange fishing nets to prepare for fish catching at a river near Dhaka. DHAKA, Bangladesh–As far as food habit is concerned, the South Asian nation of Bangladesh is traditionally identified as “Machey Bhatey Bangali” meaning Bengalis survive on fish and rice. Fish is an essential and irreplaceable food in…

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  • Asian nations watch effect of SNS campaigning

    As 40.18 million go to the polls in South Korea’s parliamentary elections today, other Asian democracies are watching to see how the use of social media in campaigning bears on the outcome. What difference will it make given the close fight between the ruling conservative New Frontier Party and the…

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  • Politics

    North Korean leader gets top party post

    North Korea named leader Kim Jong-un as first secretary of the ruling Worker’s Party, Wednesday, a new title that appears to be the top party post, while his late father was anointed as “Eternal General Secretary.” The moves came during a special party conference, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency…

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  • Business

    Why do coffee shops keep popping up?

    Restaurants, and other self-run retail businesses are struggling to make ends meet as households tighten their purse strings to cope with slower income growth and a sluggish job market. But one retail sector has been immune to this prevailing trend. Riding high on Koreans’ increasing appetite for freshly-brewed, premium coffee,…

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  • IT-Science

    Turkey begins production of electric bus

    Turkish bus manufacturer Otokar is now ready to commence mass production of the country’s first domestically developed electric bus. Turkey was introduced to its first ever local electric bus at a press conference in Istanbul on Wednesday. The latest Otokar bus, named Doruk Electra, is the product of three-and-a-half-years of…

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  • Regret on overseas voting

    Measures needed to raise low voter turnout  The nation went to the polls Wednesday to elect 300 lawmakers who will serve the people for the next four years. This time there was a unique phenomenon not seen in previous elections ― overseas Koreans took part for the first time. Although…

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  • West Asia

    Major news in Jordan on Apr 12 2012

    Top news in <Jordan News>: Jazi succeeds Zoubi as justice minister news@theasian.asia  

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  • West Asia

    Major news in Yemen on Apr 12 2012: Two al-Qaeda leaders killed in Abyan

    Top news in <Saba News>: Two al-Qaeda leaders killed, major highway reopened in Abyan news@theasian.asia

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