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Politics
Tourism veteran now private envoy in Britain
A Korean tourism veteran living in Britain has taken up the role as a private envoy by helping people from his home country when they visit Britain. Kim Chong-min, managing director at Planet London Tour, was a key member of the support team for the late President Roh Moo-hyun’s state…
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Lifestyle
‘Psy does Gangnam no justice’
Psy is galloping ahead with his “Gangnam Style” to conquer the pop world. The chubby rapper has been an oddball compared with other svelte, good-looking K-pop stars; but his offbeat style, peppered with elements of fun and humor, is hot worldwide. People have fallen love with this funny and kitschy…
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IT-Science
Samsung, Google to powwow on Apple
Company raises handset sale target to 400 million Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that it will hold a top-level meeting with its biggest software business partner Google today. Samsung, which is the representative of Google’s Android community in an ongoing fight with Apple, is pulling Google into its battle to seek…
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East Asia
Former Japanese Premier Abe Wins LDP Leadership Election
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, joins hands with a contender Shigeru Ishiba after winning the party leadership election of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Abe, known as a hawk and nationalist, defeated ex-defense chief Ishiba in a run-off election Wednesday by a vote…
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East Asia
Traditional Tibetan Wedding Ceremony Held In Lhasa
The weekend were days of good luck in the Tibetan calendar. A Tibetan couple, bridegroom Tenzin Norbu and bride Tosan, held a Tibetan style wedding ceremony in the blessing of relatives and friends in Lhasa. Tenzin Norbu is the youngest son of Dando. The old man was quite excited on…
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South Asia
Bus Accident At Purna River In India Claims 18 Lives
People pull the damaged bus out of the Purna river in Maharashtra, India, Sept. 26, 2012. At least 18 people, including some school children, were killed in a major road accident in the western Indian state of Maharashtra Wednesday, a senior police official said. People gather around the accident site…
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West Asia
Iranian President Ahmadinejad Addresses At UN General Assembly
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the General Debate of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Sept. 26, 2012. Ahmadinejad on Wednesday accused some “hegemonic powers” of intimidating his country, citing military threats from Israel. <Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia
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World
Anti-Islamic Caricatures Countered By Pro-Islamic Ones
Egyptian cartoonist Khalid Abdul-Ati from the Egyptian Al Watan daily newspaper works on a cartoon depicting an Islamic figure inside his office at the newspaper’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Amid outrage sparked by perceived insults to Islam, one Egyptian newspaper has decided to fight cartoons with…
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World
Funeral Held For Person Who Helped Capture Gaddafi
People carry the coffin of Omran Ben Shabaan during his funeral in Misrata, Libya, Sept. 26, 2012. Shabaan, who was credited with capturing former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was later kidnapped by armed men in Bani Walid and tortured. People pray in front of the coffin of Omran Ben Shabaan…
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World
Yemenis Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Revolution
Yemenis in traditional clothes march during a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1962 revolution in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 25, 2012. The ceremony marked the 50th anniversary of the revolution that toppled the regime of the Hameed al-Deen family in northern Yemen on Sept. 26, 1962. Yemeni officials light…
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