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Business
Central bank preempts markets with rate cut
Quarter point slashed to 3% after no change in 13 months The Bank of Korea (BOK) surprised markets by cutting interest rates Thursday as the country battles subduing economic activity and worsening global conditions. The decision to shave the benchmark 7-day repo rate by 0.25 points to 3 percent, ended…
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Pension crisis looms larger
National pension funds expected to be depleted by 2053 The retirement plans of future workers have been put in doubt by Korea’s growing pension crisis with a workforce aging in dog years suggesting the national pension pot could be depleted quicker than the previously-anticipated 2060. This is an alarming prediction…
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Society
City to start ‘electric car renting service’ in October
Seoul City will launch an “electric car rental service” in October to promote environmentally friendly transportation. The city signed an agreement with LG CNS and Korea Car Sharing, Thursday, to jointly provide the service. The campaign is designed to help reduce traffic congestion, save energy and prevent air pollution. The…
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East Asia
Negara Mendesak untuk meningkatkan angka kelahiran ke 1.8 Halo Apa kabar? Saya Meidyana Rayana, saat ini bermagang untuk The AsiaN. Di website The Asian, anda dapat mengkases berita-berita dunia, salah satunya dari Korea Selatan. Pada 11 Juli lalu merupakan hari populasi dunia yang diresmikan pada 1987 untuk menandai populasi global yang mencapai 50 miliar jiwa. Organisasi Think tank…
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Society
Sofia’s only Mosque is being restored
Turkish cooperation and development agency (TIKA) started the restoration of Kadi Seyfullah Efendi Mosque (Banya Basi Mosque) , which was damaged after an earthquake in Bulgarian capital city of Sofia. Assistance Bulgarian Mufti of Muslim Population Murat Pingov said that the mosque would be restored completely. He added that now…
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South Asia
Assamer bonnaye mriter sonkhya bere daralo eksho pochish Nomoskar,ami Sudhanya Ghosh,Asia Journalist Association, AJA. Assamer bonnaye mriter sonkhya bere daralo eksho pochish.nikhoj shatanobboi jon.bonnaye 24 lokhher beshi manush khotigrosto hoyeche bole akhono porjonto jana gache.praye sare char hazar jon manush griho hin hoye porechen.brahmaputra o borak nodir upattoka anchol akhono sompurno jolomogno. Assamer bonnaye bikhhato kajiranga jatiyo uddaner…
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迫切出台“禁止人种差别法案” 大家好,我是王璇，今天的 The AsiaN新闻，又同您见面了。 今天要为您播送的是一则关于韩国国会的消息。 7月11日，本站记者金南柱参加了于韩国国会立宪纪念馆召开多元文化政策讨论会。在讨论会上韩国新国家党旗下的韩籍菲律宾国会议员Jasmine Lee女士，希望为已经获得韩国国籍的外国劳动者，以及通过国际结婚来到韩国的女性争取权利。 但是会场的气氛并不理想。在这场韩国多元文化政策讨论会上，一名反对多元文化的极端保守主义男子冲入会场。高呼“多元文化主义是亡国之策”，“是灭亡民族之策”的口号，并且造成了国会议事混乱的场面。 此外还出现了反对派的倒掌声、嘲笑。对此记者认为即使发言的是不是韩国本土议员，也应该表示最基本的尊重。 最后，记者指出，韩国的多元文化社会，首先应该从树立从孩提时代的平等、尊敬，以及建立最基本的法制框架与新意识开始。 当然还是和往常一样，欢迎您点击我们的网站，浏览其他要闻。 我们的网站是 http://cn.theasian.asia/?p=5360 今天就到这里，谢谢您的收看。
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Society
Tobacco-control legislation under preparation
BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) — A senior legislator said China’s top legislature is actively preparing to introduce more tobacco-control legislation, after a smoking ban in indoor public places seems ineffective, the People’s Daily reported Friday. China lacks specialized laws on tobacco control which makes it hard to enforce the bans…
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World
Turkish PM: Syria downed Turkish jet in int’l air space
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that a Turkish military jet downed by Syria on June 22 was hit in international air space, 13 miles off the coast of Syria. Speaking at a meeting of provincial leaders of his Justice and Development (AK) Party, Erdogan stated that…
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