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Lifestyle
Psy becomes 1st Korean to top iTunes chart
Korean rapper-singer Psy on Saturday topped the iTunes Chart with his single “Gangnam Style,” making him the first Korean artist to reach No. 1 on the U.S. online chart. YG Entertainment, Psy’s agency in Seoul, said the chart-topping feat appears to have been aided by the singer’s live performance in…
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Politics
Moon Jae-in wins DUP presidential ticket
DUP candidate to grapple with Prof. Ahn over unified bid for Dec. 19 poll Rep. Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) won the party’s presidential primary to become its candidate for the Dec. 19 election, Sunday. “I will return your support with a victory in December,”…
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Column
US on Korean unification
Despite its long, deep involvement in the issues of Korea, the United States has never pursued a consistent policy that would help bring about Korean unification. The United States has a multi-faceted image to the South Korean people: a liberator from Japanese colonial rule, a divider of the peninsula, a…
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IT-Science
Galaxy S4 due in February
Samsung plans to unveil new device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Samsung Electronics plans to unveil the latest in its Galaxy line, the S4, at a European technology exhibition in February, according to company officials and local parts suppliers for the technology giant. The timetable was released just three…
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East Asia
Seoul Menunjukkan Fleksibilitas Dalam Bantuan Untuk Korea Utara
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai Korea Selatan yang akan memberikan bantuan kepada Korea Utara setelah negara tersebut dilanda Topan Bolaven akhir bulan lalu. Seoul tidak mengeluarkan beras dan barang-barang sensitive lainnya dari daftar bantuan untuk Korea Utara saat mgnkonsultasikan bantuan untuk banjir di Korea Utara,…
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South Asia
Ban To Sell Fertilizer Provokes Anger Of Pakistani Farmers
In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 photo, Pakistani customers from the tribal area of Waziristan buy fertilizer at a shop in Bannu, Pakistan. Pakistan’s efforts to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in a key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged…
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World
Miserable Life Of South Sudanese In Refugee Camp
A young girl carries water back to her home as the sun sets over Yida refugee camp, Yida, South Sudan Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Yida refugee camp is home to thousands of people who have fled recent fighting in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state and around the border of Sudan and…
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South Asia
People In Peshawar Protest Against Movie Defaming Islam
Supporters of the Pakistani Jamaat-e-Islami party shout slogans during a demonstration against the airing of a U.S.-made defamatory video clip to malign the personality of Muslim Prophet Mohammad in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on September 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Umar Qayyum> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Bahrainis Stage Anti-Government Protest
Bahraini anti-government protesters listen to speaker during a rally demanding freedom for child prisoners in Sitra, Bahrain, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Arabic writing on the wall reads: “Down Hamad,” referring to Bahrain’s king. <AP Photo/Hasan Jamali> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Israeli Armed Forces Conduct Drill At Golan Heights
Israeli Army combat forces conduct a drill in the Golan Heights on September 13, 2012. <Xinhua/JINI> news@theasian.asia
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