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East Asia
Pampering or disciplining?
If Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in appear hard to distinguish over their domestic policy, North Korea’s rocket launch should be something to separate one from the other and help voters determine who they will vote for. There is no general standard by which one candidate is better than the other.…
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East Asia
Power saving drive
Firms compete to save energy to avoid blackout Companies face increasing pressure to create ideas for reducing electricity consumption as the country is bracing for an “unprecedented” shortage of power during the winter. Scores of ideas have been generated and applied to work places as part of efforts to…
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Janssen hit for kickbacks
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has banned four pharmaceutical companies from selling some of their products for 30 days for offering kickbacks to doctors and pharmacists. The Korea drug regulator said Friday that it took administrative action against a multinational drug maker and three domestic firms for trying…
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West Asia
Kuwait’s new port, now being built, will be completed by 2020
Efforts to transform Kuwait’s logistics infrastructure are gathering pace following the announcement that the first phase of the $1.2bn Mubarak Al Kabir port development is on track for completion in the second quarter of 2014. The port, which will have an initial annual cargo-handling capacity of 1.8m containers, forms a…
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West Asia
“President, are you in your right mind?”
A president who lost his decision. His decisions are killing, not only others, but himself.
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East Asia
U.S. may consider buying off improved NK missile capabilities
So it has been almost one year since the world learnt about the sudden and untimely demise of Marshall Kim Jong Il, the Lodestar of the Twenty-first Century. What has happened in North Korea over the last year, what was predicted and what was not? Perhaps, it is a good…
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East Asia
Coffee Bar Themed By Cat Opens In Harbin, Northeast China
Shopkeeper Gao Ming feeds a cat at her cat-themed coffee bar in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 13, 2012. The coffee bar opened recently is themed by cat, with 16 cats and all kinds of decorations related to cat in the bar. Gao Ming, 25-year-old shopkeeper…
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South East Asia
Children Delighted Watching Fish At An Aquarium In Kuala Lumpur
Children watch fish on display at an aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A woman watches fish on display at an aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. <AP/NEWSis/Vincent Thian>
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West Asia
A new cabinet has been appointed in Kuwait
Kuwait: New Cabinet Approved by Amir His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decree naming a new cabinet. The cabinet has six members of the Al-Sabah ruling family, one more than the previous government: the prime minister and the ministers of defense, interior, foreign, information and a…
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East Asia
Plan to punish NK comes into focus
South Korea’s blueprint for penalizing North Korea for its provocative rocket launch took shape Friday, involving the reinforcement of existing sanctions and the addition of new punitive measures. Officials said Seoul was on the same page with Washington and Japan over a shared approach involving desired measures at the U.N.…
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