• West Asia

    Members Of “Welcome To Palestine” Stage Anti-Israel Protest

    Foreign activists, members of the international movement “Welcome to Palestine”chant anti-Israel slogans from inside the Police vehicle after been arrested for approaching the Israeli embassy, in solidarity with the Palestinians during a protest in front of the Israeli embassy, in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Foreign activists, members of…

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  • ‘Deportation of illegal aliens is constitutional’

    The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the deportation of illegal aliens after putting them into custody is constitutional. It said that the immigration office placing illegal foreign workers into custody and expelling them in accordance with the Immigration Control Law does not violate basic human rights. Foreign workers will subsequently…

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  • Samsung monitors jury foreman

    Samsung Electronics said Thursday that it is looking closely into whether patents owned by Velvin Hogan, the foreman of a U.S. jury that recently delivered a verdict against the company, may have been used by Apple. Samsung’s reaction came after U.S. media reported that Hogan holds a patent in his…

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  • Culture

    Ghost Month Festival Celebrated In Keelung, Taiwan

    Celebrating the mid-summer Chinese Ghost Month Festival, paper houses burn at sea for offerings for the departed’s return home off Keelung, northern Taiwan, late Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Fourteen days into the seventh month of the lunar calendar, starting on Aug. 31 in 2012, marks the traditional Chinese Ghost Month…

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  • South Asia

    A Sri Lankan Boy And Wild Elephants

    A Sri Lankan child holds bananas to feed wild elephants, separated by an electric fence at the Udawalawa Wildlife Sanctuary, in Udawalawa, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • Politics

    Seoul dismisses Tokyo’s ICJ proposal over Dokdo

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade sent a diplomatic document to Japan, Thursday, dismissing the latter’s proposal to take the issue of South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The government sent the document through the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. “We’ve sent a…

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  • Business

    Cigarettes, soju may be pulled from discount stores

    The Seoul Metropolitan Government is seeking to ban large discount stores from selling cigarettes, soju and some daily necessities as part of its moves to help protect mom-and-pop stores and traditional markets. “We’re now discussing measures to limit the types of goods sold at large retail chains and super-super markets…

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  • Lifestyle

    Sharing Korean culture through traditional pottery

    Lee Eun-koo spreads Korea’s unique pottery  ICHEON, Gyeonggi Province ― Traditional pottery may have little relevance in modern Korea, but it’s still a preferred choice for a special gifting occasion, like when PGA Tour golfer Yang Yong-eun greeted some star participants ahead of the 2011 Kolon Korea Open. The 2009…

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  • Controversy rises over typhoon’s path

    Which path did Typhoon Bolaven take is a question being raised following the super storm that hit the peninsula Tuesday. A local daily said the course of the typhoon announced by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) was far different from those by foreign weather agencies, raising suspicion that the administration…

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  • Column

    Dokdo: distraction and diversion

    The North Koreans have got to love this one. The ruckus over Dokdo/Takeshima gets so much play in Korea and Japan that Koreans and Japanese tend to forget they’ve got a real enemy lurking somewhere over the 38th parallel. That would be North Korea, whose strategists may not know how…

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