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East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Dokdo Menyakiti Ekonomi Jepang dan Korea
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai efek ekonomi dari hubungan Korea Selatan dan Jepang yang memanas. Bertambahnya jumlah retailer, agensi travel dan bisnis katering bagi turis Jepang atau penjualan produk Jepang telah mulai merasakan efek rusaknya hubungan diplomatik Korea Selatan dan Jepang. Sejak Presiden Lee Myung-Bak…
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Column
South Korea’s Quest for Global Influence
*Author, Philipp Olbrich is a graduate student of Political Science and East Asian Economy and Society at the University of Vienna. David Shim is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Asian Studies at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany. This article is a…
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East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Kontroversi Garis Batas Utara
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai pernyataan mantan presiden Korea Selatan akan batas demarkasi laut Selatan dan Korea Utara. Komentar Roh pada pertemuan 2007 harus diklarifikasi. Mengejutkan mendengar alegasi dari mantan presiden Roh Moo-Hyun menyerahkan Garis Batas Utara (NLL), batas perairan di laut barat yang sebenarnya,…
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Society
Asia’s Challenge: Baby Boom or Baby Bust
The Philippines stands out in Asia for its high fertility and poverty rates As Japan’s population shrinks and China grays fast, a battle is shaping up in the Philippines, pitching its demographic and economic future against Catholic orthodoxy. The issue: Fewer babies or more? A global demographic dichotomy is coming…
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Society
Perp of ‘octopus murder’ gets life
Court relies on circumstantial evidence to convict lover The former boyfriend of a 23-year-old woman murdered in 2010 was given a life sentence at Incheon District Court, Thursday, after concluding that circumstantial evidence showed the man killed his former lover to obtain 200 million won in insurance money. “It seems…
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Lifestyle
F1
YEONGAM. South Jeolla Province _ Since the first F1 race at Silverstone in the United Kingdom in 1950, the goal has been one and the same: to be the fastest. The Korean Grand Prix draws drivers who are ready to push it to the limit. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso of Spain…
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Lifestyle
Fire in Joseon
Fire has always been one of the greatest threats to city residents in Korea — especially during the Joseon era. The homes —especially those of the lower classes — were built close to one another and covered with thatch making them extremely combustible. There were a number of fires in…
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Politics
‘Guardian of teenagers’ hopes to change campaign culture
Kang Ji-won, a former prosecutor who became a youth mentor has decided to enter the presidential race in order to counter what he says is a lack of focus on core issues in the election race. “Look at our campaigns. They are not about policies to help people’s livelihood or…
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IT-Science
Will Facebook survive in Korea?
New ‘promoted post’ service unlikely to attract more people here The buzz surrounding social network service (SNS) Facebook seems to be dying down quickly in Korea due to recent moves that industry observers say are precarious. The biggest question for the company is whether it can find a sustainable business…
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Column
Living in a ‘Big Data’ era
Can you guess how much raw information floats around in digital space? Of course not. During the last year alone, for example, it is presumed that the total amount poured into info-communication digital space reached as much as 1.9 zettabytes worldwide. Not only multimedia content, including broadcast services, online news…
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