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For Korean women, glass ceiling is more like concrete

“Glass ceiling” is a universal term for describing the barriers preventing more women reaching the top echelons of the corporate world. But to many working women in Korea, who have experienced the limitations to their opportunities as being blatant and often unbreakable, the ceiling has to be looking more like…

Lifestyle

20th anniversary of Seo Taiji and Boys

A photo taken in 1995 shows, from left, Lee Juno ,Yang Hyun-suk, and Seo Taij. Seo Taiji and Boys changed the history of Korean pop music when they debuted in 1992 with “I Know.” “Nan, arayo!” (I know! in English) With that musical declaration, the history of Korean pop music…

East Asia

Long Hair Contest of Uygur Women

Women of Uygur ethnic group dance during a long hair contest in Makit County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 20, 2012. Women of Uygur ethnic group have a tradition of keeping long hair. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Qiao> news@theasian.asia

East Asia

Egg Erection on Vernal Equinox in China

Children erect eggs at the kindergarten of Nanma No. 2 Primary School in Yiyuan County, east China’s Shangdong Province, March 20, 2012. It is a tradition in many places of China to erect eggs on the day of vernal equinox in lunar calendar, which falls on March 20 this year.…

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Solar project brightens remote village in Nepal

MAKAWANPUR, Nepal – While much of the urban areas are suffering due to increasing load shedding, a small remote village in Makwanpur glows brightly. Until recently Thingan was a village which was not receiving any attention from the local and central authorities. Local Development Officer (LDO) of Makawanpur Yuva Raj…

West Asia