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East Asia
China to invest Iran’s fisheries, aquaculture
Iran and China have signed agreements which will bring ¥20bn Chinese finance to country’s fisheries and aquaculture, Mehr reports. Mahmoud Hojjati, Minister of Agriculture told Iran’s IRIB news center that meeting with Chinese counterpart hit the agreement by which China would invest in northern and southern fisheries and aquaculture of…
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Central Asia
Russia’s Rostec may sell 25% stake in Kalashnikov to private investors
Rostec is viewing an opportunity of increasing the stake of private investors in Russia’s largest small arms maker Kalashnikov Concern by 25%, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian state-owned corporation Sergey Chemezov said on September 26, TASS reports. “This issue is at the discussion stage. We will make final decision…
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East Asia
In town, without my car
Park Moo-jong – The Korea Times Ever since the world’s first automobile, the Patent-Motorwagen (motor car), invented by Karl Benz, rolled out on the Ringstrasse (ring road) in the German city of Manheim on July 3, 1886, the world has had a love-hate relationship with the modern convenience. Today, 130…
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East Asia
Police raid hospital to investigate death of activist hit by water cannon
Police raided a hospital in Seoul on Monday as part of their investigation into a farmer who died there earlier this week after he was hit by a police water cannon during a protest last year. The Seoul Jongno Police Station said it raided Seoul National University Hospital to obtain…
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East Asia
The AsiaN in the World Media
The AsiaN publishes significant news all around the Asian continent in all field of the life. The latest publications about some Asian countries have been published by major media organs of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Bangladesh, Palestine, and Pakistan. The AsiaN’s news, named “The Female Mayors of Asian Countries” have been…
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East Asia
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East Asia
China’s giant telescope may lead to search for alien life
China’s 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) may help better understand the origin and structure of the universe and accelerate and even revolutionize the search for life beyond Earth, a renowned U.S. alien intelligence expert said on September 25, People’s Daily reports. FAST, the world’s largest single-dish telescope with a…
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East Asia
Next US president and N. Korea
Tong Kim – The Korea Times South Korea and the United States have failed miserably to stop North Korea from developing a nuclear weapon and the delivery system for it, particularly during the past seven years and eight months under the Barack Obama presidency and the two conservative South Korean…
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West Asia
Iran plans to establish a transit link to Europe
Bulgaria says it has seen positive signs that Iran is determined to press ahead with a plan to establish a multimodal transit link that involves a railroad that passes through its territory toward the heart of Europe. Bulgaria’s Presidential Office announced in a statement that the issue had been raised…
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Central Asia
Russia sees progress after aviation security talks with Egypt
Following high-level meetings between Russian and Egyptian aviation officials, both sides have said that progress has been made on a resumption of flights between the two countries, Ahram Online writes, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. Egypt’s Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathi was in Moscow last week along with a high-level security delegation…
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