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Game changer
Samsung Electronics vows to widen gap with Apple Samsung Electronics is seeking to widen its lead over the California-based Apple in smartphones as it believes the just-unveiled Galaxy S3 will be the most successful in the company’s phone-making history. “We strongly believe that the Galaxy S3 is a game changer,…
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Heavy debtors borrow more to apply for rehabilitation program
A 29-year-old single working woman, surnamed Kim, who found herself in excessive debt, sought a way of breaking through the debt problem she faced such as pressure from debt collectors of banks and heavy burden of up to 40 percent in interest on loans from secondary banking institutions. Kim turned…
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Politics
Chinese upset in kimchi cabbage row
Chinese cabbage has been the name for the main ingredient for the Korean side dish kimchi. But now Koreans are establishing sovereignty over what they eat by having an international naming organization almost decide to call it “kimchi cabbage.” Of course, there are grounds for the name change with the…
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Politics
Park Jie-won elected DUP’s interim leader
Rep. Park Jie-won won the competition to become the new floor leader of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) Friday. Together with a chairman to be elected in the June 9 National Convention, Park will lead the main opposition party until the presidential election in December. In the meantime,…
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Pregnant N. Korean defector beaten, sent to gulag
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has published its first list of North Korean human rights violations to enhance public awareness about the dire situation in the world’s last Stalinist state and put pressure on Pyongyang. A commission official said Friday that the list contained the names of 278 prisoners…
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West Asia
Major news in Syria on May 4
Top news in <SANA>: Nine Army, Law-enforcement and Civilian Martyrs Laid to Rest news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in UAE on May 4: Lost parakeet tells police its owner’s address
Top news in <Gulf News>: Lost parakeet tells police its owner’s address news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Sri Lanka on May 4
Top news in <Daily News>: Presidential Commission to curb crime proposed news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Singapore on May 4
Top news in <Straitstimes>: Why can’t Singaporeans have more babies? news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Afghanistan on May 4
Top news in <Outlook>: Obama Lauds New Era in US-Afghan Relationship news@theasian.asia
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