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South Asia
U.S. Army Starts Process To Cutdown Troops In Afghanistan
In this Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. Army soldiers identify, sort, catalog and prepare for shipping military materiel that is being pulled off the battlefield in Afghanistan as part of the drawdown of 23,000 U.S. troops by Sept. 30, 2012 at the Kandahar Air…
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People
AJA Chairman to Northeast Asian History Foundation
Kim Hak-joon, 69, a former chairman of the DongA Ilbo, was inaugurated Monday as president of the Northeast Asian History Foundation. Kim studied political science at Seoul National University where he later taught, and got a doctor’s degree in the same subject science from the University of Pittsburg in Pennsylvania,…
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Society
Government to further upgrade Korean language education
Since taking office a year ago, Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik has branded himself a “hallyu minister.” The top culture policymaker has placed priority on expanding “hallyu,” or the Korean wave. During a press conference to mark his first year in office, Choe stressed the importance of improving Korean language education…
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Territorial disputes
Both Japan and China should exercise restraint Territorial disputes between China and Japan over a group of islands in the East China Sea have reached a dangerous level amid a slew of anti-Japan demonstrations in China. The Associated Press reported that protests spread to at least two dozen Chinese cities…
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World
A Cargo Train Fire Set By Mob Leaves Eight Dead In India
People gather near the site of a train fire in Bikaner, India, Sept. 17, 2012. A goods train was set on fire by mob after it rammed into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing on the Jaisalmer-Bikaner line, killing eight and injuring several others. <Xinhua/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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World
Condolence Offered By A Libyan Girl To Four Americans Killed In Benghazi
A Libyan girl places flowers at the gate of the U.S. consulate, in Benghazi, Libya, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. The U.S. Ambassador, Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the consulate Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012, part of a wave of assaults on U.S. diplomatic missions…
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Mideast chaos shows need for American energy
NEW YORK ― America’s economic well-being is at the mercy of the most thin-skinned hotheads on Earth. The tragic and outrageous assassination of American officials in Libya and the vicious attacks on U.S. embassies in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen dramatize the enormous risk of depending on petroleum from a region…
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Column
Annual Korea-Yonsei sports event is biggest festival for both universities
When you ask Koreans or foreigners who know South Korea pretty well on which are the best universities in Korea, they will tell you about SKY. SKY stands for Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University. From the three universities above, two – Korea University and Yonsei University – are private universities. Both…
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Column
Hazard of Internet age
One of the biggest and most recalcitrant problems in Nigeria today is the rapid disappearance of a reading culture. Many people barely read even newspapers, preferring instead to spend their time chatting on social networking sites. And others use it for fraudulent and heinous acts. It is difficult to escape…
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Number of multiracial students rises to 46,900
The number of students from multiracial families increased fivefold since 2006 and by more than 20 percent over the past year, statistics showed Monday. Data compiled by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology showed the number of multiracial students increased by 8,276, or 21 percent, to 46,954 this year…
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