• World

    Reminiscent Of His Good Old Days

    TRIPOLI — File photo shows Libya’s former oil minister Shukri Ghanem speaking at a press conference in Tripoli, Libya, March 9, 2011. Austrian police said Sunday the body of Shukri Ghanem was found in the Danube, APA news agency reported. Police said the cause of his death is still not…

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  • Ban Ki-moon’s Burma road

    United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is on the road to Burma to witness a critical moment in the isolated Southeast Asian state s slow but sure transition to a more open political system which may bring democracy, or could legitimize the long-ruling military regime. Recently, British Prime Minister David…

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  • No sea change for East Sea

    Talk about news of earth-shaking international importance. In Monaco last week, the International Hydrographic Organization ― the body that sets official geographic place names for maps ― rejected Korea’s demand to add “East Sea” alongside “Sea of Japan” when denoting the body of water dividing the nations. The exclusive use…

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  • Lifestyle

    Jindo dogs celebrated with special day

    Jindo County in South Jeolla Province has dedicated May 3 as Jindo Dog Day and a festival will be held in honor of the bright and loyal canines. The celebration is designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Jindo dog as Korea’s natural treasure No. 53.…

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  • Column

    Jim Yong Kim deserves being head of World Bank

    File photo taken on March 23, 2012 shows Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim attending the nomination ceremony as the next president of the World Bank, at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States. <AP/Newsis> On April 16, Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, was elected as…

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  • Politics

    Foreign minister in knotty mission in Myanmar

    South Korea’s top diplomat will hold talks with the foreign minister of Myanmar this week as the resource-rich Southeast Asian country draws a flurry of high-profile visits from European countries and the United States. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan will sit down with his counterpart Wunna Maung…

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  • Underdogs challenge Park

    Several politicians, whose support rates combined are lower than that of Park Geun-hye, are forming a collective front against her by declaring their bid to run in the Saenuri Party primary for December’s presidential election. The contenders, including Rep. Chung Mong-joon and Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-soo, are dreaming of a…

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  • Column

    Ban Ki-moon’s nostalgic visit to India

    Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, right, shakes hand with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his wife Yoo Soon-taek, looks on at Gandhi’s residence in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 27, 2012. <AP/Newsis> He came, saw and conquered 1.2-billion Indian hearts. The occasion was Delhi’s Jamia Milia University conferring on this…

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  • East Asia

    Military Way of Labor Day Celebration?

    NANJING–Soldiers perform folding quilts to celebrate the Labor Day which falls on May 1 in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, April 29, 2012. <Xinhua/Li Ke> news@theasian.asia

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  • Business

    Naver’s monopoly challenged

    Local giant to cultivate collaborative ecosystem Over the past 13 years, the local search giant like Naver has focused on providing Korean-language content and serving the local audience. Unlike Google which originally specialized as a search engine that acted as a conduit of existing Web content, Naver started from scratch…

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