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South East Asia
Pakistan-India Relations
Ambassador Hasan Habib – The Korea Times While the country was divided by political choice, some princely states were given the option to join either Pakistan or India. These included Kashmir, Hyderabad (Dakhan), and Junagadh. India occupied the Junagadh State by force despite its rulers’ desire to join Pakistan. Similarly,…
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East Asia
Japan’s record-high defense budget reflects military ambition it cannot afford
The Japanese government has approved a record-high defense budget for the fiscal year 2017 with a growing ambition for military expansion although it added to an already heavy financial burden for the country. The defense budget, rising for the fifth straight year since Abe took office in 2012, hit an…
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Central Asia
Largest solar power plant launches operations in Mongolia
As reported by the Energy Regulatory Committee, the largest solar power plant in the country (located in Darkhan) has started a trial run and has begun supplying electricity to the city’s main electricity grid. The ten-megawatt power station was built in Darkhan by Solar Power International, in cooperation with the…
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East Asia
‘The Great Graffiti exhibition’
Seoul Arts Center and Minoa Art Asset are presenting “The Great Graffiti exhibition” which will stick around until February 26th of 2017 at the Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum. This is the first graffiti museum show in Korea at Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum. Graffiti started from vandalism, which means in a…
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East Asia
Lifestyle Show ‘2017 Daegu Fashion Fair’
Lifestyle Show ‘2017 Daegu Fashion Fair’ is held on March 8th 2017. The Korea Fashion Industry Research Institute (HanPae Won) plans to hold the ‘2017 Daegu Fashion Fair’, a lifestyle fashion trade show, from March 8th to 10th next year at the Daegu EXCO. The fair will be held with…
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West Asia
Turkey to end construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway until April 2017
Turkey has not fulfilled its obligations on completion of the construction of railway line Baku-Tbilisi-Kars on its section. Azerbaijani sources say that Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has already postponed commissioning of the facility presumably for the end of the first quarter of 2017. “It is regrettable that Turkey has…
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East Asia
35% of newlywed couples are childless
More than 35 percent of newlywed couples had no children last year amid the country’s chronically low birthrate and late marriage trend, government data showed. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, some 1.47 million couples married in the past five years as of November 2015, with 80.1 percent…
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East Asia
Mari Kim’s solo exhibition ‘La Vie Parisienne’
You might want to make a quick visit near Cheongdam’s Dosan Park, to Gallery 0914. With the 130 Year Friendship Korea-France event ending, Mari Kim’s solo exhibition ‘La Vie Parisienne’ will be opening. The title of the exhibition, ‘La Vie Parisienne’, which means the life of Parisian, is based on…
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East Asia
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East Asia
60% of global Christmas commodities made in Yiwu, China
As the world’s biggest transfer center for small items, the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province provides 60% of global Christmas commodities, with over 1,000 containers full of Christmas items being delivered abroad from Yiwu just ahead of this year’s Christmas Day. Santa Claus-themed items and LED reindeer are sold…
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