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Pakistan irked by shooting of schoolgirl
In a bit of encouraging news out of a nation that has produced few of them, a broad spectrum of Pakistan has become enraged by a Taliban attempt to murder a 14-year-old schoolgirl as she rode a school bus home. The Washington Post reported that the attempted killing “united Pakistanis…
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What can K-pop learn from Psy?
“By satirizing standard K-pop tropes in Gangnam Style, Psy may have subverted K-pop’s chances of making it big in the West,” writes John Seabrook in the Annals of Music section of this week’s New Yorker magazine. Insightful, yes, but true? Not so fast. There are many aspects of the Korean…
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Political experiment in Korea
Koreans are experiencing an extraordinary three-way presidential race among Park Geun-hye of the ruling Senuri Party, Moon Jae-in of the opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) and independent Ahn Cheol-soo. The election is two months away, but it is too early to predict who will be the next president. Polls show…
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[Korea Report] Gamin’s 3rd concert of eight sounds concert series held at hanok in Seoul
Gamin, Korean traditional instrument musician, held her third concert of four concert series. This time, the concert was held in a beautiful Hanok (traditional Korean house) in Seoul, Friday night (October 12). Gamin played three kind of Korean traditional instrument and entertained the audience for a full one hour. She played Piri,…
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Personal blogs turn into best-selling books in Egypt
Blogging has become something we’re really familiar with, especially in the Middle East. Middle East bloggers mainly talk politics, Entertainment, and personal issues and daily problems. But imagine when a girl talks on her blog about her daily adventures in finding her “Future Husband” and then this blog gets turned…
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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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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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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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