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East Asia
Seoul-born Marilyn becomes first Korean-American woman elected to Congress in its 230-year history
By Habib Toumi SEATTLE: Marilyn Strickland, the former mayor of Tacoma, Washington State, and CEO of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, has become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress in its 230-year history The Seoul-born woman, a Democrat, emerged from a 19-person primary election to win the open…
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West Asia
As US Election Night becomes Election Week, media impatience, jabs abound in Middle East
BAHRAIN: The Middle East, like the rest of the globe, has been closely following the drama of the U.S. presidential election with heightened interest, unsure how it will play out and when the final results will be announced. The region has been largely in the dark over how the Middle…
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Society
Airlines woo passengers with flights to … nowhere!
SEOUL: Lee Joo-mi, 25, didn’t have high expectations when she arrived at Incheon International Airport on Oct. 23. All she had signed up for was a flight from Incheon … to Incheon. The coronavirus pandemic forced the graduate student to return home early from her university in Leicester, Britain. What…
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Politics
Cambodian Premier Hun Sen placed in quarantine for COVID-19
By Chhay Sophal Thisiscn, Cambodia PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and some of his government officials on Wednesday went into quarantine and tested for COVID-19 after they had come in contact with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto who was tested positive for the virus after meeting the premier…
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Politics
Gyeonggi-do’s Basic Income Model and Suwon City, Korea
By Khatuna Chapichadze Georgian Technical University San Diego State University Professor TBILISI: After the coronavirus outbreak in Korea, quite contested, however, very interesting idea of providing the universal basic income (UBI) for citizens, became popularly debated in the country. In consistence with his A New Gyeonggi Province, A Fair Society Provincial…
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Column
Contemplation on the inside story of ‘France Terror’
By Peter Jaegeul Song Asia N Reporter SEOUL: Living in Europe from the early 2000s for about ten years during my teenage years, I had an opportunity to experience the diversity of Europe. In particular, I had witnessed how prosperity through coexistence positively influenced European citizens. At the time, I…
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Culture
Comedian Park Ji-sun found dead at home: Police
SEOUL: Popular female comedian Park Ji-sun was found dead alongside her mother at her home in Seoul, police said. Police discovered them lying dead at around 1:44 p.m. after getting a report from her father that he could not contact both of them. Park was reportedly under treatment for an…
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Politics
Pompeo tells Sri Lanka United States seeks to strengthen partnership
By Leo Nirosha Darshan ENCL – Colombo COLOMBO: US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told Sri Lanka Chinese Communist Party is a predator. We see from bad deals, violations of sovereignty and lawlessness on land and sea. The United States comes in a different way. We come as a friend…
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World
Turkey’s 4,115-year-old tree dates to Bronze Age
ANTALYA: A 4,115-year-old yew tree, the oldest in Turkey, has been around since the Bronze Age and is sturdy enough to live for another four millennia, the Environment and Urbanization Ministry has said. “The age of the oldest tree has been detected by experts in the Karadeniz Technical University. It…
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IT-Science
Lee Kun-hee, the leader who transformed Samsung, changed how the world communicates
By Habib Toumi SEOUL: One of the greatest merits of Lee Kun-hee was that as a true leader with great inspirations and impressive aspirations, he would not leave the world with the tragic thought that he “could have”, “should have” or “might have” done more to make Samsung a global…
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