• East Asia

    China on March 20 2012

    China on March 20 2012 <CNTV>: Cold front creates havoc in China

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  • East Asia

    Japan on March 20 2012

    Japan on March 20 2012 <NHK>: Japan, China, S.Korea to discuss North    

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  • Lifestyle

    Einstein’s famed formulas, photos, love letters go online

    Photo shows the printed announcement of Albert Einstein’s marriage to Mileva Maric in 1903, presented at a press conference to lauch the Einstein Archives Online in Jeursalem on March 19, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Yin Dongxun> An online archival website cataloging more than 80,000 of Albert Einstein’s collected papers and notes, and…

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  • Politics

    “Turkey plays key role in Syrian democratization”

    Yemen Nobel Peace Award Laureate Tawakel Karman said Monday Turkey had the biggest obligation in supporting Syrian people who struggle for a democratic regime in their country. “If Turkey continues to extend support and aid to the Syrian people, the international community will follow suit,” Karman told Monday a conference…

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  • Column

    World leaders gather for nuclear summit

    Editor’s note: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan has contributed this article to The AsiaN on the occasion of the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit to be held on Mar. 26-27. Just a few days remain to the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Kicking off the meeting with a working dinner on March…

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  • Expect the unexpected

    “Expect the Unexpected (or You Won’t Find It): A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus” is an extraordinary book. Roger Von Oech’s book is based on the teachings of Heraclitus of Ephesus (c.535–c.475 BCE), who was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and a native of the Greek city…

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  • 4+4+4: educational relegation or championship!

    I know what 4+4+2 or 4+2+3+1 would mean in a soccer formation. However, with the entire disgraceful hassle in Parliament and with all the annoying fights on social media, I am clueless about what 4+4+4 is all about! Nowadays, with the domination of a popular culture in which our kids…

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  • Society

    Horse-drawn carriages to go electric in Istanbul

    Visitors to Istanbul’s Prince’s Islands will find a small change in the horse buggies that trot along the seashore — they are now electric. ISTANBUL (Cihan) – The Transportation Coordination System (UKOME) has decided to regulate transportation on the islands — where motorized vehicles are not allowed — and exchange…

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  • No. of young part-time workers reaches all-time high

    The number of part-time workers in their teens and 20s reached an all-time high of 440,000 last year, indicating the quality of youth employment deteriorated amid the prolonged sluggish job market. Those employed on an hourly-basis receive low wages and are mostly engaged in simple manual labor in restaurants, convenience…

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  • Politics

    NK rejects calls to stop satellite launch plan

    North Korea is going ahead with its plan to launch what it has described as “an observation satellite” next month despite international condemnation. Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Sunday the launch, announced Friday, was a “materialization of our sovereign right to peaceful development in space,” refuting accusations…

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