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West Asia
Georgia tops the travel destinations for 2017 by Vogue
Georgia has been named as the best travel attraction for tourists in 2017 by The Vogue Magazine. The magazine listed the hottest travel destinations of the New Year. The list was published under the name of “The 10 Hottest Travel Destinations of 2017”. According to the list, there are several…
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Central Asia
Syria talks to start in Kazakhstan’s capital on January 23
Talks between the Syrian Government and opposition groups will begin in Astana, Kazakhstan, on January 23, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on January 4. He also said that Russian experts are expected to arrive in Turkey on January 9-10 to discuss the forthcoming Syrian negotiations in the capital of…
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Central Asia
Turkey eyes trilateral format with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Turkey is working to create an Azerbaijan-Turkey-Kazakhstan trilateral format, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. According to the minister, trilateral formats created by Turkey in the Caucasus and Balkan regions operate very efficiently, TRT Haber news channel reports. There are currently a number of trilateral formats, such as Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey,…
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Central Asia
Turkmenistan comments on limit of gas supplies to Iran
Turkmenistan’s authorities have made a decision to cut the deliveries of natural gas from the Central Asian country to Iran because of the National Iranian Gas Company’s (NIGC) debts, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “Starting from 2013, the National Iranian Gas Company has not taken necessary steps…
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East Asia
Trump and Asia
Bernard Rowan – The Korea Times I didn’t think Trump had a chance. His campaign rhetoric didn’t reveal much knowledge of global affairs. Beyond the pedestrian, it showed a demagogue hell-bent on thumping illegal immigrants and socking it to convenient enemies. However, Trump did win, and he’ll soon raise the…
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East Asia
Bird flu under control after culling 30 million chickens, ducks
Acting President and Prime Minister of South Korea, Hwang Kyo-ahn said Tuesday that the spread of avian influenza (AI) that has ravaged poultry farms across the country since mid-November has almost been brought under control. During a daily meeting on the disease, Hwang also warned of the possibility of additional…
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Central Asia
Russia reshapes Mideast
Arthur I. Cyr – The Korea Times Just before Christmas, a summit in Moscow brought together the leaders of Iran, Russia and Turkey. President Vladimir Putin of Russia orchestrated this major meeting. After the discussions, his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov announced significant agreement to extend a ceasefire beyond the devastated…
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East Asia
Palace Museum received 16 million visitors in 2016
The number of visitors to the Palace Museum in Beijing for 2016 hit 16 million when an 18-year-old student from northeast China’s Liaoning Province bought a ticket on Saturday Morning. The record number of visitors is an increase of 6.19 percent from 2015. More than 15 million visitors have visited…
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Central Asia
Defense contractors deliver over 100 warplanes to Russian troops in 2016
The Russian Armed Forces have received 100 warplanes and 180 combat helicopters from the defense industry this year, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with Rossiya-24 TV Channel. “For the civil aviation, 30 passenger planes and 22 helicopters have been produced this year. If we speak about…
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East Asia
Images back to 1917 from 2017
Lee Sun-ho / The Korea Times At the dawn of the year 2017 it is intriguing to look back on the last century of human history to see how things have progressed since 1917, a typical common year of the snake, in contrast to 2017, the year of the rooster…
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