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Daesung Gets Birthday Cake

South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’ member Daesung, second from right, gets a birthday cake from other band members, Seungri, left, Taeyang, second left, and TOP, right, during a media conference to promote their new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

Culture

Big Bang Promote New Album in Taiwan

South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’, from left, G-Dragon, Seungri, Taeyang, Daesung and TOP, wave to fans before a media conference to promote their new CD ‘Alive’ in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

Culture

Big Bang Promote New CD in Taiwan

South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’, from left, G-Dragon, Seungri, Taeyang, Daesung and TOP, wave to fans before a media conference to promote their new CD ‘Alive’ in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

East Asia

Different angles in S. Korea’s general election

*Below is the pictorial for National Assembly elections, which were held in April. 11, 2012. <Photo=Newsis> news@theasian.asia

Asian media’s views toward the South Korean general election

A total of 300 new members of representatives are to be elected in the 19th general election. Five-year term presidential election is also scheduled to be held at the end of this year. The four-year term parliamentary election and the presidential election are set to held in the same year…

East Asia