• Getting the story straight on Libya

    In the public relations business there is said to be a maxim for handling disasters: Get the information out right; get it out first and get it out your way. If that first rule is botched, the other two don’t much matter, and the Obama administration is now paying the…

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  • A one-question campaign quiz on Iran

    The first “Debate Week” of the fall campaign has interrupted the traditional majesty of our democratic presidential selection process, in which accusations and insults have been flung, yet again, with the frequency (if not accuracy) of meatballs at a frat-house food fight. Now it is our civic duty to pause…

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  • Column

    Danger from fallacy of hasty generalization

    We are likely to be trapped in the fallacy of hasty generalization in our daily lives, sometimes causing catastrophes. If this fallacy is aggravated by vicious terrorists or religious extremists, it can provoke indiscriminate retaliation collective as hate crimes and vandalism. Islamic fury over the film “Innocence of Muslims” is…

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  • South East Asia

    Filipino netizens freest in Asia, 6th freest in world

    MANILA, Philippines—Filipino netizens are the freest in Asia and sixth in the world when it comes to Internet freedom, according to a study by a Washington DC-based advocacy group released as outrage builds in the Philippines over a new cybercrime law. The study of Freedom House found the Philippines having…

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  • World

    Way Of Life Led By Low In

    Myanmar daily laborers carry sand from a ship to a construction site in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. A woman carrying bananas on her head to sell them walks across a bridge in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. <AP/NEWSis=Khin Maung Win> news@theasian.asia

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  • South Asia

    Top Leaders, People Of India Remember Birthday Of Gandhi

    People visit the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi to pay their respects on his birth anniversary in New Delhi , India, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. <AP/NEWSis=Mustafa Quraishi> Indian President Pranab Mukherjee pays his respects at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary in New Delhi , India, Tuesday, Oct.…

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  • People

    Korean War veterans’ guardian honored

    New Zealand presented the New Zealand Order of Merit to a Korean War correspondent who began a revisiting program for veterans of the conflict for his contribution to promoting Korea-New Zealand relations on Sept. 24. An awardee is Chi Kap-chong is chairman of the United Nations Korean War Allies Association.…

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  • People

    Pakistani envoy slams abuse of freedom of speech

    The Pakistani Ambassador to Korea criticized those who abuse freedom of expression to derogate Islam and those who believe in it. Referring to a recent controversy surrounding an anti-Islam film, Ambassador Shaukat Ali Mukadam said, “In Islam, we do not criticize others. We respect all other religions. We don’t expect…

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  • Lifestyle

    Braai Republic hits spot

    When one thinks of South Africa, images of jungles swarming with lions, elephants and giraffes spring to mind. Also, one of the most iconic moments in that country’s history would have to be that of Nelson Mandela giving a speech on the steps of Cape Town City Hall after being…

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  • Column

    Coming out on Psy

    I have a confession to make about Psy, the Korean rapper whose “Gangam Style” is taking the world by storm, the most viewed video clip on YouTube this year, capturing No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Chart (when the paper went to press), topping the British music chart and having…

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