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East Asia
Children In Quake-Hit Yiliang County, China, Resume Class In Makeshift Classroom
Students attend class on the makeshift campus of the Guoquanyan Elementary School in the earthquake-affected Yiliang County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Nov. 5, 2012. Classes have resumed at Yiliang’s Guoquanyan Elementary School after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake damaged the school campus in September. Students will study in six makeshift classrooms…
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East Asia
Two South Korean Presidential Candidates Get Together To Talk About Single Candidacy
Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae-in, left, shakes hands with Independent candidate Ahn Cheol-soo for the photographers prior to their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Ahn and Moon met to agree on a single candidacy ahead of the Dec. 19 presidential election. <AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon>
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East Asia
Access to drugs on the rise
Korea is no longer a country free of drugs. Drug users and traffickers, sometimes orchestrated by organized crime rings, are smuggling marijuana and other illegal substances in and out of the country. In a police report published last month, the number of people annually arrested for drug-related offences reported by…
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East Asia
Yamaha marks 125th year
Japanese multinational corp. Yamaha has announced a new line of grand pianos to mark its 125th anniversary. This year also marks the 110th since the company began to manufacture grand pianos, one of the symbols of the company that makes a wide range of musical instruments, electronics, motorcycles and power…
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East Asia
Samsung-Apple competition comes down to supply chains
Samsung Electronics and Apple are locked in a bitter fight for supremacy in the exploding smartphone and tablet market. But the fight is about more than just introducing cooler touch-screen gadgets and could be determined by innovations in supply chain management, according to a senior official at technology industry researcher…
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‘Islam fund’ to be launched for SMEs
The government plans to join hands with sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East to launch private equity funds (PEF) to support small Korean companies seeking to advance into the rapidly-growing market. To that end, industry sources said the Korea Finance Corporation (KoFC), the state-run lender, is now in talks…
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East Asia
Afghan student builds up dream to be Korean diplomat
Fahim Nezam, 24, is pursuing an unusual dream: joining the Korean foreign service. Born in Afghanistan, Nezam arrived in Korea eight years ago. He followed his father, who was sent to work as a cook for the Afghan Embassy in Seoul. He now has a student visa, and is studying…
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East Asia
Hotels hold ‘hansik’ promotions overseas
Various government and private organizations are promoting “hansik,” or Korean cuisine, around the world. These days another sector has joined the push, the hotel industry. Top-class hotels here hold hansik introduction events or send their chefs to brand chain hotels overseas where they teach local chefs there how to make…
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East Asia
Japan’s ignorance about Dokdo threatens alliance
The resolution of the Dokdo issue plays a prominent role in promoting peace in Asia. Dokdo, nestled within the East Sea should be seen as more than just a set of islets. The richly colored water surrounding the islets provides ample fishing and natural resources. Untapped resources including petroleum and…
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East Asia
Moon, Ahn agree on single candidacy
7-point pact can’t rule out last-minute discord The two leading liberal presidential contenders, Rep. Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) and independent Ahn Cheol-soo, agreed Tuesday to unify their candidacy before final registration on Nov. 26. The decision came after a closed-door meeting between the two…
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