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East Asia
Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls came to slay!
We had the pleasure and honor to go to Neon Milk’s event, which the queens Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls were headlining. For those of you who don’t know Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls participated on the show “RuPauls Drag Race” season 8. Both queens were runner-up’s on the show,…
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East Asia
S. Korea again tops global list of internet connection speed
South Korea has again topped a ranking of countries in terms of Internet connection speed, according to a quarterly survey released Tuesday. South Korea’s average Internet connection speed stood at 26.1 Mbps during the fourth quarter of last year, marking the only country with a speed of over 25 Mbps,…
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East Asia
Criticising the citizen Park Geun-hye
Today marks the first day former President Park will spend in her private residence as an ordinary citizen. After being criticized for staying in the Blue House two additional days since her impeachment, Park was driven to her home in Samseong-dong (Gangnam) late Sunday evening. Upon arriving at her residence,…
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East Asia
The “Real Asia Pivot”: Trump Will Do What Obama Only Talked About
Former President Obama should be given credit for recognizing this and for attempting, however weakly and ineffectively, to transition American attention further east. Ironically, due to his Administration’s failures, it is likely to be the successor to America’s self-purported “First Pacific President,” the ever-pugnacious but unabashedly pro-American Donald Trump, who…
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Politics
East Timor will choose a new president
The people of East Timor will choose their new president on March 20, 2017. The current president of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak (TMR) has announced the electoral campaign will begin on March 3 until March 18, 2017. TMR said he will not be campaigning again for the presidential election…
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Central Asia
Will Afghanistan Become the Next Proxy War?
Afghanistan turned into a matter of “prestige” during the War on Terror initiated by the George W. Bush administration. In other words, the “Enduring Freedom Operation” was the first indication that the USA was becoming a global hegemon. The US’ involvement in Afghanistan was unrivaled and different from the “Great…
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East Asia
Citizen Park Geun-hye: First day away from the Blue Roof
Today marks the first day former President Park will spend in her private residence as an ordinary citizen. After being criticized for staying in the Blue House two additional days since her impeachment, Park was driven to her home in Samseong-dong (Gangnam) late Sunday evening. Upon arriving at her residence,…
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Chinese government to reduce business-related fees
By Li Lihui, Wang Pei, and Yang Xun from People’s Daily The Chinese government will further reduce taxation and fees to relive the businesses from heavy burden, according to the information from the 2017 government work report and draft budget of China delivered at the annual meeting of National People’s…
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East Asia
China makes great progress in protection of women’s rights and status
By Liu Junguo from People’s Daily Women living in China have witnessed a dramatic rise in their social status in recent years, thanks to the increasing efforts made by Chinese government to improve the protection of their rights. Data showed that by 2015, the average life expectancy of Chinese women…
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East Asia
Female sailors on escort mission in Gulf of Aden
By Xing Xue, Li Youtao, Zhang Dongjie from People’s Daily When women around the world celebrated the International Women’s Day on Wednesday, 16 female soldiers of a Chinese navy fleet on an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden spent a special yet regular day by guarding the safety of…
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