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NK’s Nuclear Test Sparks International Condemnation
The nuclear test conducted by North Korea on February 12 has been triggering extensive criticisms including one from its main ally China increasing international action against Pyongyang. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned North Korea’s nuclear test, saying it was a “clear and grave violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions. The…
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East Asia
Starlight in the Desert: Recommendations for ‘Kuwaiti Woman’ by Souad Al Sabah
– Poet Ko Un My eyes suddenly opened! Souad Al Sabah’s poems float upon the long river of time. The sounds of truth are sloshing about. Souad Al Sabah’s poems conceive the sunset’s horizon reminiscing over the midday sun. The cries of her poems are only possible as a mother.…
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East Asia
‘Arabic Scent of Poetry’ Delivered in Korean
Kuwaiti Woman by Dr. Souad Al Sabah: the First Kuwaiti Poems Published in Korea “My eyes suddenly opened! Souad Al Sabah’s poems float upon the long river of time. The sounds of truth are sloshing about. Souad Al Sabah’s poems conceive the sunset’s horizon reminiscing over the midday sun. ……
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East Asia
Why Nuclear Test Now?
*Editor’s note: North Korea’s third nuclear test must pose the first challenge for the Obama administration’s second term foreign policy. Not to mention the newly elected leadership of South Korea, China and Japan. Foreign policy expert Andrew Natsios, an executive professor at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and…
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South Asia
AJA President Stresses Press Freedom in the Digital Age
Ivan Lim Addresses ICT Conference in Kathmandu KATHMANDU — Asia Journalist Association President Ivan Lim on February 9 said that governments around the world seek to control the information flow on Internet by applying different measures. While addressing the 13th International CAN Information and Communication technology Conference in Kathmandu, Lim said, “Generally, autocratic…
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West Asia
Street battles waged in Cairo on second anniversary of Mubarak’s ouster
An Egyptian protester runs to throw a tear gas canister back at riot police, not seen, during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second…
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Society
Well-armed Islamic fighters foreshadow protrated civil war in northern Mali
A Malian officer closes a cell where suspected Islamist rebel group the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, MUJAO, fighters are held in Gao, northern Mali, Monday Feb. 11 2013, one day after MUJAO fighters engaged in a firefight with Malian forces.The attack in Gao shows the Islamic…
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West Asia
People run away at a car bomb explosion at Turkey-Syria border region
People run away at the Cilvegozu customs gate at the Turkey-Syria border near Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, minutes after a car bomb exploded. Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said 12 people died and 28 were wounded and taken to hospitals in Turkey. People and ambulances seen…
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People
Pope Benedict who’ll step down soon, waves to people of Regensburg in 2006
In this Sept. 12, 2006, file photo, Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd at the end of a papal Mass in Regensburg, southern Germany, some 120 kilometers (about 75 miles) northeast of Munich. When Benedict steps down on Feb. 28, 2013, his reputation as a brilliant theologian will remain…
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West Asia
Yemeni people mark second anniversary of unrest with street parade in Sanaa
Yemeni protesters take part in a parade marking the second anniversary of the 2011 unrest in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 11, 2013. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>
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