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Business
Samsung’s chairman donates 20 billion won for youth fund
Lee Kun Hee, Samsung’s chairman, announced that he donated 20 billion won for “Hope for Youth” fund aiming to provide more job opportunities for youth. Some of Samsung’s executives and presidents are expected to donate 5 billion won to the fund as well. Lee Joon, head of communication team in…
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Asaad meets Putin in a surprise Kremlin visit
In his first foreign trip since the conflict in Syria erupted in 2011, Asaad visits Moscow to meet up with Putin in surprising news. After the meeting, AFP reported that Putin pledged to continue to support Damascus militarily, while calling for a political solution involving all groups to try to…
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Politics
Pakistani PM Nawaz discusses counter-terrorism with Obama
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met the US President Barack Obama at the White House on Oct. 22, 2015. They discussed Pakistan’s resolve to take effective action against United Nations-designated terrorist individuals and entities, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its affiliates. President Obama and Prime Minister Nawaz agreed that improvement in Pakistan-India…
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Culture
Busan: Lights of Cinema
A view of the backside, the food court of BIFF Hill, one of venues for 20th Busan International Film Festival. (Photograph by Rahul Aijaz)
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West Asia
Christie’s Dubai auction runs for its 19th season
Christie’s auctions of Modern and Contemporary Art and Important Watches held this week in Dubai totaled $10,590,875/ AED 38,900,284, with impressive sell-through rates of 89% and 96% respectively. A pioneer in the sale of both categories, having held its first art sale in Dubai in 2006 and the first stand-…
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Society
Ruling party tackles low birth rate in South Korea
The South Korean government decided to take into consideration Saenuri ruling party’s suggestion to reform educational system. According to that, the government and the ruling party had a meeting on Wednesday, where they discussed ways to address the low birth rate problem in their aging society, according to KBS news. The…
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Society
Seoul hosts Kimchi festival
Seoul city announced that the preparations for the upcoming Kimchi festival are starting, with the festival expected to run on 6 – 8 November, reported by KBS. Over 6000 people are expected to participate, with over of 2000 of them being foreigners, in “Kim Jang” festival, which Kimchi making festival.…
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West Asia
Netanyahu under fire for blaming holocaust on Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stirred controversy by suggesting the then head of the Muslim community in Jerusalem gave Hitler the idea to exterminate Jews. In a speech on Tuesday 20th October, Netanyahu said the then grand mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, a Palestinian nationalist, convinced Hitler to…
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Culture
Relationships and age difference in Korea and Middle East
Age difference has always been a deciding factor for relationships success in Middle Eastern countries, that it’s refreshing to see how that aspect of a person is the last thing to determine a relationship’s success in South Korea. In middle Eastern countries, like online dating, younger men dating older women,…
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Culture
Cho Seong Jin wins International Chopin piano competition
Piano player Cho Seong Jin became the first South Korean contestant to win International Chopin piano competition. Fryderyk Chopin Institute announced Cho Seong Jin as the winner for the competition in its 17th round held on October 2015 in Warsaw. This competition originally started on 1927 to honor Polish composer Fryderyk…
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