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West Asia
Major news in Turkey on April 23 2012
Top news in <Todays Zaman>: Erdoğan says Turks, Iraqis still brothers despite Maliki’s enmity news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Iraq on April 23 2012
Top news in <Azzaman>: New housing projects for Baghdad news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in India on April 23 2012: Navy plans to have only BTech officers
Top news in <Times of India>: Hi-tech Navy plans to have only BTech officers news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Vietnam on April 23 2012
Top news in <Vietnam News>: Programme to teach science in English ineffective news@theasian.asia
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Business
Globalization of Korean art
Challenges facing local contemporary art community The last two decade has seen the explosion of the Korean wave or “hallyu” around the world. Today, hallyu is a global phenomenon that encompasses every major aspect of Korean culture, including its music (K-pop) and food (hansik). Recent reports note that Korean cultural…
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Asia’s demographic woes
Asia is aging. Current projections indicate that the working population in most Asian countries will decline over the coming years, if they haven’t started already. In response, calls for greater investment became louder so greater efficiency can compensate for the reduction in raw labour inputs. This is certainly an ideal…
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World
Major news in Mongol on April 23 2012
Top news in <Mongol News>: Arrest of former President Shocks nation news@theasian.asia
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Politics
IOC to investigate Moon case
Moon Dae-sung, Korea’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, who is in trouble for plagiarizing his doctoral thesis, didn’t respond to repeated calls Sunday for comments regarding The Korea Times’ report about the IOC’s plan to investigate the case. Moon, a lawmaker elected for the upcoming 19th term of the National…
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Business
Samsung, Sony team up on OLED
Sony is seeking to purchase Samsung Electronics’ next-generation advanced organic light-emitting diode (OLED) flat-screens for its new line of TVs. Sony wants its Bravia televisions ― to be marketed as early as next year ― to have Samsung’s OLED screens, officials of the Korean technology firm told The Korea Times,…
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Teacher assessment system
Mr. Jeong, one of my colleagues who teaches art, was exasperated, showing me a paper where his evaluation score by students was the lowest. The reason that he got so angry was due to the absurd evaluation. As an art teacher, he had always prepared all the materials necessary for…
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