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East Asia
Don’t be duped by tricky statistics
We live in the information age; the Internet overflows with a limitless stream of data and statistics. Everyday newspapers and online media outlets spit out news stories based on statistics produced by various institutions. But it’s hard to know whether the data is true or false. They say: “Numbers don’t…
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East Asia
Original paintings of Korean cartoons on exhibit
Korean cartoons, better known as “manhwa,” began with the influence of the Western world but they have later grown with a unique style that emphasizes such Korean traditional aesthetic elements as margins and lines. The Korean cartoon industry is now enjoying a golden age with the surge in popularity of…
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East Asia
Chinese company eyeing Korean hotel
A Chinese company has submitted a letter of intent to the Incheon Development & Tourism Corp. (IDTC) to acquire the Harbor Park Hotel in the port city, IDTC officials said Tuesday. If successful, it would mean the first Chinese ownership of a large-size Korean hotel, they said. “The Chinese firm…
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People
Ban Ki-moon Speaks In New Year’s Press Conference At UN Headquarters In New York
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at his first press conference this year at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 22, 2013. Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called for an innovative action to deal with the numerous challenges facing the world and to meet shared goals such as…
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East Asia
A Growing Number Of Foreigners Visiting Pyongyang Use Cellphones With Its Loosening Of Some Restrictions
A Chinese man, second left, asks about the newly started cellphone service through a man, left, translating for him at a Koryolink cellphone rental booth at Pyongyang Airport in Pyongyang in North Korea Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to…
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South East Asia
Gaza’s Hamas PM Presents His Malaysian Counterpart With A Gift During Their Meeting In Gaza City
Gaza’s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, third left, and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, forth right, pray next to a wreckage of a car in which Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari was killed in an Israeli attack on Nov. 14, 2012, upon Razak’s arrival in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday,…
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East Asia
British And U.S. Ambassadors To UN Vote On Security Council Resolution Condemning NK Rocket Launch
British Ambassador to the United Nations Mark Lyall Grant, left, and American Ambassador Susan Rice vote on a Security Council resolution condemning North Korea’s rocket launch in December that sent a satellite into orbit, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. <AP Photo/Mary Altaffer> Li Baodong (C), the Chinese…
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South Asia
Sri Lankan People Protest Against Recent Beheading Of A Sri Lankan Maid By Saudi Arabia
Sri Lankan Buddhist monks march towards the president’s residence demanding authorities to stop sending Sri Lankan women as maids to the Middle East following the recent beheading of a Sri Lankan maid by Saudi Arabia, during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Earlier this month Rizana…
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South Asia
Sri Lankan Activists Protest Against A Proposed Legislation That’ll Empower Police To Detain A Suspect For Two Days
Opposition activists demonstrate against a proposed legislation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013. Sri Lanka’s Parliament is debating a legislation that gives police powers to detain and question a suspect for two days, which critics say is part of government’s suppression of dissent. Opposition activists demonstrate against a…
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West Asia
Supporters Of Israeli PM Netanyahu Celebrate His Return To Office As Result Of Just-Ended Parliamentary Election
An Israeli Jewish settler man waits to cast his vote in the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis began trickling into polling stations Tuesday morning to cast their votes in a parliamentary election expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to office despite years of stalled…
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