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East Asia
Top Chinese Leaders Celebrate National Founding Anniversary
Chinese top leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang attend a reception marking the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China,…
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[Indonesia Report] Police detains 9 Al Qaeda Indonesia terrorist suspects
Indonesian police named 9 terror suspects declared themselves as group of Al Qaeda Indonesia, according to report by Kompas.com. They are now being detained in Indonesian Mobile Brigade Corps Headquarter, Kelapa Dua, Depok in West Java Province. The 9 suspects were arrested on the anti-terror raids last week held by Indonesian Counter-terrorism…
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East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Park, Moon Berbeda Dalam Menanggapi Korea Utara
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai kampanye para kandidat presiden Korea Selatan. Calon Presiden dari kedua partai yang sedang berkuasa dan oposisi mengunjungi perbatasan Korea Selatan dan utara pada Selasa lalu (September 25). Kandidat Partai Republik, Park Geun Hye dari Partai Saenuri, melakukan tur ke pemakam…
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Digital Diplomacy: A New Frontier Of Diplomacy or Simply a Delusion?
*Author, Victoria Esser is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Digital Strategy, US Department of State. In June, the US Department of State held a live global Twitter Q&A with the Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, Tara Sonenshine. Under Secretary Sonenshine answered questions on issues as diverse…
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12 foreigners, seven Nepalis killed in a plane crash in Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Sept. 29: Nineteen passengers including three crew members were killed in an aircraft crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday morning. A Dornier Aircraft belonging to Sita Air crashed a kilometer away from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the only international airport of the tiny Himalayan country, after it collided with…
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High-Stakes Drama: The South China Sea Disputes
*Author, Mark J. Valencia is a Research Associate with the Nautilus Institute and can be contacted at mjvalencia@gmail.com. The latest act in the long-running saga of the South China Sea has seen China moving aggressively to enforce its claim to most of the features of the potentially oil-rich sea while…
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People
‘Enough is not enough’
Today is the fourth day in a row that The Korea Times has given Psy front page treatment. Even in the newsroom, some may complain about overexposure or worry about readers’ reactions. We in the business know some news keeps coming, making us feel as if it has a life…
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Politics
N. Korea steps up election interference
Seoul called on North Korea to halt its efforts to influence the Dec. 19 elections, Friday, after Pyongyang slammed conservative presidential candidate Park Geun-hye for “distorting” history over her father’s authoritarian rule. The North’s attack on Park, who on Monday apologized to those who suffered under the rule of late…
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Society
UCC contest promotes makgeolli globally
Korea is running a user-created content (UCC) contest on YouTube for its worldwide campaign to promote makgeolli, the country’s traditional rice wine. The contest running from Sept. 10 to Oct. 7 has already drawn participants from countries including the United States, China, Japan, India, the Philippines as well as Korea…
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Lifestyle
Stay healthy with colorful foods
The temperature is dropping as autumn settles in. Observed in the change is an increase in the number of people coughing and sneezing by seasonal influenza. This year poses especially high health risks since the country had an extremely hot summer. A wide summer-autumn gap in temperature weakens the immune…
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