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Business
Misfortunes strike Naver
NHN, the Internet search company that runs Naver, is weathering a sea of troubles, including corporate fund embezzlement and a massive brain drain. The two factors indicate that the firm’s management is losing its grip, experts said. According to NHN Tuesday, one NHN official is suspected of embezzling about 3.6…
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Politics
Leftist party losing support base
In less than a month after the nation’s support for a left-wing party hit a record high of over 10 percent, its popularity began to burst like a bubble in the face of an escalating intraparty election scandal. According to a poll conducted Monday by the pollster Realmeter, the support…
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Politics
More than luck helps Australia beat US in beef war
Why is Australian beef popular in Korea? It is more than its image of being clean and healthy with its cattle ranging free on vast farms, thereby avoiding exposure to feed that could cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. It requires history to explain because Australian beef…
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West Asia
Major news in Lebanon on May 9
Top news in <Daily Star>: EDL contract workers hold sit-ins across country news@theasian.asia
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Woman bites off bag snatcher’s finger in Sapporo
TOKYO — A mugger who attacked a woman in Japan fled empty-handed—and with one finger missing—after the intended victim chomped off his pinkie. The 59-year-old woman fought back after a man snatched her bag as she arrived at her apartment in the northern city of Sapporo, police said Tuesday. The…
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West Asia
Major news in Saudi Arabia on May 9
Top news in <Arab News>: Crown prince calls for improvement in Haj services news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Nepal on May 9
Top news in <Kathmandu Post>: More bodies found, flood toll 26 news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Kazakhstan on May 9
Top news in <Tengri News>: Investments to Kazakhstan will shrink with new president of France, or not? news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 9
Top news in <Japan Today>: Woman bites off bag snatcher’s finger in Sapporo news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Philippines on May 9: Cancer survivor to cover Pacquiao-Bradley fight
Top news in <Manila Times>: Cancer survivor to cover Pacquiao-Bradley fight news@theasian.asia
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