• 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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  • Business

    Cho Yang-ho’s dream

    Can Hanjin chairman acquire KAI this time? Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho is seeking to transform Korean Air, the conglomerate’s flagship unit and the country’s largest carrier, into a leading international aerospace company by acquiring Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI). He also hopes to expand its hotel business to create synergy…

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  • Column

    Animal rights group claims Anipang is animal abuse

    Picture the scene: a frightened, lonely rabbit is unwittingly pushed into a large, black, rectangular opening, crammed ear-to-ear with other confused-looking animals; crushed together like terminally ill battery hens or calves, separated from their mothers. Scared and alone, the doe-eyed bunny finds momentary peace when reunited with its family yet,…

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  • Column

    No more coups in Turkey

    In my trade you get used to it after a while, but the first time you wake up to find a military coup has happened overnight where you live is quite alarming. That was in Turkey back in 1971, when the army seized control of the country after months of…

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  • East Asia

    [The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Park Geun-Hye Memainkan Dadunya

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita dari dalam negeri Korea Selatan. Jurnalis Senior Konservatif Cho Gab-Je Senin lalu mengkritik Kandidat Presiden Park Geun-Hye, mengatakan dia meludahi makan ayahnya. Ayah Park adalah Jenderal Angkatan Darat yang menjadi Presiden, Park Chung-Hee, menekan masyarakatnya dengan kebijakan pembangunan dictatorial yang mengorbankan…

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  • South Asia

    World Tourism Day Celebrated In Lahore, Pakistan

    Pakistani students participate in a photo exhibition to celebrate the World Tourism Day in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Sept. 27, 2012. <Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia

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  • South Asia

    Varanasi, Eternal Holy Place For Hindu Devotees

    Indian boys dive into the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Varanasi is among the world’s oldest cities, and millions of Hindu pilgrims gather annually here for ritual bathing and prayers in the Ganges river considered holiest by Hindus. A devotee seeks the blessings of a Hindu…

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  • World

    Floating School Planned On Floating Slum In Lagos, Nigeria

    A lady prepares food for sale at the floating slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. A group is planning to build a floating school in the slum, which state authorities have targeted for demolition in the past. People paddle canoes on the floating slum of Makoko…

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  • East Asia

    Chinese Coast Guards Aboard Motorboats Train In Qingdao

    Coast guards take part in a training session in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2012. The coast guards are equipped with motorboats recently in Qingdao, which will improve their mobility to handle emergency situations. The coast guards will be on duty during the upcoming National Day holiday. <Xinhua/Li…

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