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Presidents Of Sri Lanka, Maldives Get Together
Maldives President Mohammed Waheed (2nd L) shakes hands with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2nd R) in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, Aug. 23, 2012. Maldives President Mohammed Waheed arrived in Sri Lanka on Thursday for a two-day official visit. <Xinhua=Pushpika Karunaratne> news@theasian.asia
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Politics
‘Takeshima doesn’t exist’
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade criticized the foreign minister of Japan Thursday for his remarks on Dokdo made a day earlier in the Diet, demanding the neighboring country stop its diplomatic provocation over the islets’ sovereignty. Speaking in a regular briefing, foreign ministry spokesman Cho Tae-young demanded Koichiro…
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Society
‘Rage crimes’ grip the nation in fear
A series of recent “rage crimes” has sent a wave of shock and fear across the nation. In the latest incident, a man terrorized the streets of Yeouido Wednesday, knifing two former colleagues and two strangers. This was preceded Tuesday by the arrest of a sex offender on probation, now…
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Politics
Ban gaining independence
Bucking pressure from the United States and Israel, U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon will attend the Non-aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Iran next week, his office said Thursday. U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said Ban would participate in the Aug. 29-31 talks in Tehran because he takes “seriously” the U.N. responsibility to…
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Politics
NK victims of human trafficking harbor hatred toward Chinese
Many North Korean refugees face a variety of ordeals, including human trafficking, in the northeastern region of China before setting foot in South Korea for freedom and a life free of fear. Traumatic memories haunt them every day even after they find shelter in the South, causing them to bear…
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Business
Hyundai chairman calls for enhancing ‘quality’
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo called for the firm’s U.S. factories to improve product quality, Wednesday, so that customers are offered value for money, during an inspection of the automaker’s plant in the United States. The chairman flew to the U.S. on Monday to meet with executives in Los…
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Society
Nature, music, book at Paju BookSori 2012
Books, nature and music intermingle in this celebration to delight readers, authors and publishers in Paju, the Asian capital of books. Located 30 kilometers north of Seoul, Paju in Gyeonggi Province has recently emerged as the nation’s new center of art and culture with events like the DMZ Korean International…
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Online real-name system unconstitutional
The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the Information Communications Law requiring the use of real names online was unconstitutional, setting the stage for scrapping the policy which was implemented in 2007. The court made a unanimous decision that the law violated people’s freedom of speech. A petition filed by “Internet…
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West Asia
Innocent Smile Of Syrian Refugee Girl Makes People Sad
Syrian girl, Sana Mustafa, 5, who fled her home in Anadan with her family due to fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army, talks with her brother Riyyad, in a school where she and her family took refuge, in Kafar Hamra, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug.…
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