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East Asia
Wine tops soju in sales
Lotte Mart, the discount chain of retail giant Lotte, said Sunday that its sales of wine exceeded those of soju, the traditional Korean distilled spirit, this year for the first time, by 4.6 percent as of Dec. 9. Wine sales, which accounted for less than 30 percent of soju just…
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East Asia
2 contenders fight toe to toe
Moon presses on; Park thrusts and parries in final TV dabate The ruling Saenuri Party’s Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) fought head to head in the third televised presidential debate, Sunday night. The debate on social issues came just ahead of the…
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Society
Moms, Kids Stand In Line To Attend A Vigil For Young Children Killed By Gunman
Kayla Hopson and her daughter Lilliana, 9, left, and Janine Caswell and her daughter Genesis, 8, stand wrapped in Red Cross blankets to protect themselves from the cold, rainy weather as they wait in line to attend an interfaith vigil with President Barack Obama, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown,…
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West Asia
Hand-Painted Ceramics On Display At Factory In West Bank
Hand-painted ceramics are displayed at a factory in the West Bank city of Hebron on Dec. 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Mamoun Wazwaz>
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West Asia
Two Women Walk Snowing Street Pleasantly In Tehran
People walk in snowing weather in Tehran, capital of Iran, on Dec. 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>
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West Asia
Syrian Rebel Forces Take Out Body Of Gov’t Soldier After Heavy Clash
The body of a Syrian Army soldier lies in a trench after heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels(Free Syrian Army) in Tal Sheer, Syria, Sunday, Dec 16, 2012. Free Syrian fighters remove the body of a Syrian Army Soldier after heavy clashes with…
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East Asia
Noda Announces Resignation After His Party Suffered Big Loss In General Election
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrives for a press conference after his Democratic Party of Japan made a big loss in parliamentary election in Tokyo Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. Noda announced his resignation as the DPJ chief. Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in a landslide election victory…
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West Asia
Masked Palestinian Militants Undergo Rigorous Exercise Near Gaza City
Masked Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad are seen during a training exercise on the outskirts of Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. Eight days of fighting last month between Israel and Hamas ended with an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire. Masked Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad carry a homemade rocket during a training…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Putinism
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah opini Chris Monday, Asosiate Professor di Dongseo University, Korea, mengenai kepemimpinan Putin yang ke dua. Bagi mereka yang mengikuti berita utama, Putin II mungkin tampak progresif. Sebagai lawan kepemimpinan pertama Putin, tidak ada penutupan stasiun televisi yang kontroversial, tidak ada kasus yang…
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East Asia
Candidates woo voters in southeastern region
With the Dec. 19 presidential election less than a week away, candidates of the ruling and main opposition party visited the nation’s southeastern region ― South Gyeongsang Province and Busan ― Friday to woo voters there as they enter the final stretch of the presidential race. The area, long regarded as conservative…
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