• Column

    [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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  • Column

    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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  • 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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