• South Asia

    Major news in India on April 23 2012: Navy plans to have only BTech officers

    Top news in <Times of India>: Hi-tech Navy plans to have only BTech officers news@theasian.asia  

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  • South East Asia

    Major news in Vietnam on April 23 2012

    Top news in <Vietnam News>: Programme to teach science in English ineffective news@theasian.asia

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  • Business

    Globalization of Korean art

    Challenges facing local contemporary art community The last two decade has seen the explosion of the Korean wave or “hallyu” around the world. Today, hallyu is a global phenomenon that encompasses every major aspect of Korean culture, including its music (K-pop) and food (hansik). Recent reports note that Korean cultural…

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  • Asia’s demographic woes

    Asia is aging. Current projections indicate that the working population in most Asian countries will decline over the coming years, if they haven’t started already. In response, calls for greater investment became louder so greater efficiency can compensate for the reduction in raw labour inputs. This is certainly an ideal…

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  • World

    Major news in Mongol on April 23 2012

    Top news in <Mongol News>: Arrest of former President Shocks nation news@theasian.asia

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  • Politics

    IOC to investigate Moon case

    Moon Dae-sung, Korea’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, who is in trouble for plagiarizing his doctoral thesis, didn’t respond to repeated calls Sunday for comments regarding The Korea Times’ report about the IOC’s plan to investigate the case. Moon, a lawmaker elected for the upcoming 19th term of the National…

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  • Business

    Samsung, Sony team up on OLED

    Sony is seeking to purchase Samsung Electronics’ next-generation advanced organic light-emitting diode (OLED) flat-screens for its new line of TVs. Sony wants its Bravia televisions ― to be marketed as early as next year ― to have Samsung’s OLED screens, officials of the Korean technology firm told The Korea Times,…

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  • Teacher assessment system

    Mr. Jeong, one of my colleagues who teaches art, was exasperated, showing me a paper where his evaluation score by students was the lowest. The reason that he got so angry was due to the absurd evaluation. As an art teacher, he had always prepared all the materials necessary for…

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  • Politics

    High expectations greet Filipina-Korean lawmaker

    Philippine envoy says community feels pride in Jasmine Lee The Filipino community here is abuzz with pride and high expectations of lawmaker-elect Jasmine Lee, the first naturalized citizen ever elected to the National Assembly in the history of Korea. “Jasmine Lee is a source of pride in Korea for Filipinos…

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  • East Asia

    Major news in China on April 23 2012

    Top news in <People Daily>: Govt may lower fuel prices soon   news@theasian.asia  

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