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East Asia
‘Madam is more appropriate’
How should President-elect Park Geun-hye be addressed in English? An official from Park’s transition team said the nation’s first female president could be addressed as either Madam or Ms. The Foreign Ministry also confirmed there was no preference but pointed out that Ms. was used more frequently than madam in…
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East Asia
Choi Jin-sil tragedy relived
Ex-husband hangs himself The apparent suicide of Cho Sung-min, the ex-husband of the late movie and television star Choi Jin-sil, is more than another tragedy involving a celebrity. The 39-year-old ex-pitcher of Japan’s Yomiuri Giants marked the third “connected suicide” after his ex-wife and her younger brother Jin-young. The late…
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South Asia
Rare elephants’ sports competitions attract over 100,000 spectators in Nepal
Photo: Bishnu GautamKATHMANDU – Over 100,000 local and foreign tourists enjoyed the games and beauty pageant of elephants in the Chitwan National Park, some 200 kilometers west of here last week.An overwhelming crowd of viewers of all ages and sexes reached the park, the largest national park of Nepal, to enjoy the…
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East Asia
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang Meets With Model Rural Doctors In Beijing
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with Zhong Jing (L), a rural doctor from a village in Guizhou Province, during his meeting with Zhong and 17 other…
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East Asia
Yemeni PM And Chinese Amb. To Yemen Attend Ceremony To Inaugurate National Library Project In Sanaa
Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Salem Basindwa (R) and Chinese Ambassador to Yemen Chang Hua (L) attend the inauguration ceremony of the National Library Project in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 6, 2013. Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Salem Basindwa (2nd R) attend the inauguration ceremony of the National Library Project in Sanaa,…
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South Asia
Unidentified Militants Attack A Train At Railway Station In Quetta, Pakistan
An injured train passenger receives medical treatment at a hospital after an attack at a railway station in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Jan. 6, 2013. At least four people were killed and about a dozen injured when a train was attacked by unknown militants in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Rencana Transisi Kepresidenan Korea Selatan
Halo, saya Meidyana Rayana. Berikut adalah berita mengenai persiapan masa transisi kepresidenan Korea Selatan. Presiden-terpilih Park Geun-hye secara serius mempertimbangkan pemilihan tokoh politik netral untuk memimpin tim transisinya, menurut sumber dalam kepada Korea Times. Akhir pekan lalu Park mendedikasikan dirinya untuk membentuk tim transisi yang kemungkinan akan terdiri dari…
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West Asia
An Afghan Woman Weaves A Carpet, Traditional Craft In The Country
An Afghan girl work at a carpet weaving home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 3, 2013. As a traditional crafts, the carpet industry has created thousands of job opportunities for locals across the country. Afghan women work at a carpet weaving home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 3, 2013. <Xinhua/Maryam…
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East Asia
Transition team lineup completed
President-elect Park Geun-hye announced the remaining members of her transition team Friday. She named the heads of committees that will each be composed of 24 people and the chairman of a special committee in charge of preparing her inauguration. Former Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo was appointed to lead the committee…
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East Asia
Citizens In Shijiazhuang, China, Spend Time Reading In Library During New Year’s Holiday
Citizens read at Hebei Library in Shijiazhuang City, capital of north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 3, 2013. Numerous citizens in Shijiazhuang spent their time reading at Hebei Library during New Year’s holiday. A man reads at Hebei Library in Shijiazhuang City, capital of north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 3, 2013.…
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