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Culture
Leader of K-Pop Group Meets Press
Tae Yeon, header of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation, answers questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, capital of South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia
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Culture
K-Pop Singers Before the Foreign Press
SEOUL – Yoon A, left, and Yuri of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation answer questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia
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Culture
K-Pop Girls’ New York Holiday
NEW YORK – Members of the Korean Pop band Girls Generation, from left, Seohyeon, Sunny, Taeyeon, Yoori, Tiffany, Hohyeon, Sooyoung and Yoona make an appearance at a Best Buy store in New York on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Time-Honored Method of Agriculture
(Photo: Jamal Daudpoto) A photograph above shows centuries-old agriculture method being used in 21st century in Pakistan. Mechanized agriculture has been introduced in Pakistan since many decades ago but every landholder cannot afford to buy or even hire the machinery used to plough the land for sowing the crops.…
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West Asia
Iranian Women Stick to Pre-Islamic Festival
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian women play ball during a picnic marking ancient festival of Sizdeh Bedar, or public picnic day, at the end of thirteen-day Iranian New Year holidays, outside the northeastern city of Esfarayen, Iran, Sunday, April 1, 2012. Iranians flocked to parks and orchards to mark Sizdeh Bedar,…
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Society
Korea-Arab Society actively builds up cultural bridges
Although Korea and the Arab world have had links through the Silk Road for more than 1,000 years, in modern times, they have been restricted to the Arab construction boom in the 1970s and ‘80s and, more recently, to Korea’s energy dependency on Middle East oil. A joint partnership led…
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Business
Men’s ever-growing grooming needs
Consumers with deep pockets and cultural shift drive markets “No shame: get a free eyebrow touch-up and makeup for men” A blackboard sign said standing in front of a cosmetics shop named Manstudio. Located at the center of a bustling, hip street of Hongdae in Seoul, it is the first…
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People
‘Long-term vision planning needed for taekwondo’s longevity’
Master of Korean martial art plants seed in US For most people, taekwondo is a great hobby but not for Min Kyung-ho. “It’s a way of life,’’ says Min, a taekwondo master who has spent more than 50 years practicing and teaching the sport. Credited as the taekwondo pioneer in…
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Focus more on quality
Quantitative growth is not boon to people The nation’s per-capita gross national income (GNI) hit an all-time high of $22,489 last year. However, individuals can hardly feel happy with the figure as their living standard is not improving. What’s wrong with it? Is it a statistical error or a structural…
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West Asia
Major news in Turkey on April 2 2012
Top news in <Today’s Zaman >: Police use tear gas to disperse Assad supporters in İstanbul news@theasian.asia
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