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East Asia
China’s tale of pride, prejudice
By Tom Plate – The Korea Times The café in Los Angeles was well shaded from the glaring outside sun and not even half full and no one was within overhearing distance. My appointment was with a diplomat ― a smart Ministry of Foreign Affairs veteran from the People’s Republic…
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East Asia
Traitor Trump?
By Donald Kirk – The Korea Times Donald Trump should be thankful the Republican convention in Cleveland that nominated him for the presidency was held the week before Hillary Clinton’s shining moments at the Democratic conflab in Philadelphia. Just think what the fallout would have been if the Muslim parents…
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East Asia
Korea’s tunnel vision
By Oh Young-jin – The Korea Times An inattentive observer wouldn’t understand Koreans’ feeling of being stuck in the same place. After all, the country is known for its dynamism and vibrancy ― something new and big happening everyday so that newspapers need not worry about stories for their front…
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East Asia
To recall 1988 Seoul Olympics
By Park Moo-jong – The Korea Times Finally, it’s time for the Olympics to beat the heat of this scorching summer. The 2016 Summer Olympics, ironically during the winter season of the host city of Rio de Janeiro, will kick off its 17-day run at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning (Korean…
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East Asia
New energy industry: Korea’s next growth engine
By Joo Hyung-hwan – The Korea Times Korea has never stopped seeking fast-growing sectors for targeted investments that can provide new impetus to the country’s economic growth. As its latest initiative for a new growth engine, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) unveiled a detailed investment plan on…
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East Asia
Apathy about North Korea
Casey Lartigue Jr. – The Korea Times I recently attended a United Nations conference in Seoul at which a couple of distinguished speakers asked: Why aren’t more of the almost 30,000 North Korean refugees directly involved in activism against North Korea? A few others at the conference asked: Why don’t…
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East Asia
China, Russia to take counter-measures over THAAD deployment
China and Russia will take counter-measures against the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea, read an editorial published in the People’s Daily on August 4. The decision of the US and South Korea to deploy THAAD will pose a threat to the strategic security…
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East Asia
China opens South China Sea website
People’s Daily – China on Wednesday opened a website on the South China Sea, complete with historical maps, articles and research, according to the State Oceanic Administration (SOA). Run by the National Marine Data &Information Service, the Chinese language site has 10 sections that cover basic information, news, historical archives,…
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East Asia
Japan to invest $10bn in Iran
Iranian officials declared that Japan to move faster on presenting a credit package worth $10 billion for investment in Iran. Mehr New Agency reports that Iranian Deputy Oil Minister for International Affairs Amir Hossein Zamaninia touched upon negotiations with Japan over investment in Iran’s oil industry adding that “Japan has…
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Central Asia
Uzbekistan Airways reduces passenger transportation
Trend News Agency reports that Uzbekistan National Airways (Ozbekiston Havo Yollari) carried 1.177 million passengers in January-June 2016. Uzbekistan Airways transported 1.235 passengers during the same period of 2015. Thus, the company reduced passenger traffic by 4.7 percent in January-June 2016 compared to the same period of 2015. In 1H2016,…
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