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What a Coincidence to Pass Away Together
Kim Il-sung and Moon Ik-hwan died in 1994 Kim Jong-il and Park Yong-gil died in 2011 Kim Il-sung embracing Pastor Moon in 1989 Kim Jong-il and Elder Park photographed in 1995 South Korea’s notable unification activists Pastor Moon Ik-hwan and his wife Elder Park Yong-gil were greeted by Kim Il-sung…
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Politics
Bloodshed in Kazakhstan? Shush please
“Silence against the death of 16 people in Kazakhstan” Russian media criticised the Western ones <Source: hello.news352.lu> “You probably won’t hear many meaningful calls for action from Washington, London or Brussels… Imagine that a tragedy like this had occurred in a Russian city just across the border from Kazakhstan.…
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East Asia
Toyota Unveiled ‘Aqua’, the Most Efficiency Car
The new car “AQUA” is displayed during a press conference in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Dec. 26, 2011. Japan’s auto giant Toyota Motor unveiled its new compact hybrid car “Aqua”, equipped with a 1.5-litter gasoline engine and an electric motor to drive the five-seater body in Tokyo Monday. The world’s…
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World
The Biggest Shopping Day ‘Boxing Day’
Shoppers buy goods at a shop during the Boxing Day in Toronto, Canada, on Dec. 26, 2011. Boxing Day is one of the biggest shopping days of the year in Canada. <Photo: Xinhua/Zou Zheng> news@theasian.asia
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World
Britain Boxing Day ‘Stream of Visitors’
Shoppers crowd outside a GAP store on Oxford Street, central London, Britain, Dec. 26, 2011, the traditional Boxing Day. Millions of shoppers in the UK are expected to go to high streets and shopping centres today for big discounts. <Photo: Xinhua/Zeng Yi> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Profile of Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un is the youngest son of Kim Jong-il and his third wife Ko Young-hee born in 1983(or 1984, sources vary). At first, he was not at the centre of attention. North Korea watchers focused on his half-brother Kim Jong-nam and full brother Kim Jong-hol rather than him. Then in…
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World
Turk Artists Oppose to Theater Demolition
People hold banners while demonstrating on the Istiklal street of Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 24, 2011 . About 1,000 Turkish artists, writers and film makers staged a protest against the demolishing of a 127-year-old movie theatre (Emek (Labor) Movie Theatre) in Istanbul’s famous Istiklal avenue on Dec. 24, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Ma…
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World
Syrians in Turkey Protest against al-Assad
A lady cries nearby a child who is acting as a victim in Syria as they take part in a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Istanbul of Turkey on Dec. 24, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Syrians Mourn 44 Bomb Casualties
Thousands of people pray for the dead during a funeral for people who were killed in the suicide bomb blasts at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 24, 2011. Two suicide bombing attacks in Syria’s capital of Damuscus have killed 44 people, injuring more than 166 on Friday.…
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West Asia
A Syrian Man Mourns for the Bomb Casualty
A Syrian stands under a giant Syrian flag outside the Umayyad Mosque in Old Damascus, Damascus, Syria, Dec. 24, 2011. Some 44 people killed in rare twin suicide bombings a day earlier were buried Saturday amid an atmosphere of grief, sorrow and shock that engulfed the Syrian capital of Damascus.…
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