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East Asia
Major news in China on Apr 13 2012
Top news in <CNTV>: Shanghai’s drinking water supply guarded news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on Apr 13 2012: NK rocket fails shortly after launch
Top news in <Kyodo News>: N. Korea rocket fails shortly after launch, falls into sea news@theasian.asia
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S. Korea calls for UN response against NK’s rocket launch
Korea on Friday called for the United Nations Security Council to respond to North Korea’s defiant long-range rocket launch, even though the launch appears to have failed. “Regardless of success or failure, we urge the U.N. Security Council to take action against North Korea’s rocket launch,” said a senior official…
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NK rocket crashes into sea shortly after launch
North Korea defiantly fired off a long-range rocket Friday, but the three-stage craft crashed in pieces into the sea shortly after takeoff, South Korean officials said. The launch is expected to draw international condemnation as it violated a U.N. resolution that bans the communist nation from any ballistic missile activity…
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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
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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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