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Exercise For May 9 Military Parade
MOSCOW – Training exercises for the military parade in honor of the 67th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War were held Thursday night in the center of the Russian capital. On Red Square a column of 14,000 soldiers and officers, accompanied by an orchestra of 1,100 musicians took…
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East Asia
Stars & Stripes In Flames
MANILA – A Filipino protester burns a U.S. flag to express his disgust on what he says are interference of U.S. and China on a disputed shoal outside the Chinese consulate in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Monday April 30, 2012. The impasse began on April 10, 2012…
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UN Chief With Myanmar President
Myanmar President Thein Sein, left, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during their meeting at the presidential house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Monday, April 30, 2012. Ban is on a three-day visit in Myanmar to see how the world body can help promote the country’s tentative steps toward democratic reform.…
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East Asia
Smile with Confucius’ Style
Pupils acting as ancient boy servants recite the analects of Confucius during the spring sacrificing ceremony for Confucius in Tianjin, north China, April 29, 2012. <Xinhua/Liu Dongyue> news@theasian.asia
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World
Spring Comes To Historic Island
VAN, TURKEYㅡ With the arrival of spring, flowers of almond trees now decorate Akhtamar Island, where the historical and natural beauties meet in the eastern province of Van. <Cihan> news@theasian.asia
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Politics
Local English papers report failure of NK missile fire
South Korea’s English newspapers reported the failure of North Korea’s long-range rocket, which is called Unha-3, on Friday (April. 13). The Korea Joongang Daily (KJD) said North Korea apparently ends up in failure of their rocket launch today. North Korea had said it would launch Unha-3 rocket into orbit between April 12 and…
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Lifestyle
Persian New Year’s Day celebrated
Persian New Year’s Day, Norooz, which fell on March 20 this year, was belatedly celebrated in Yangcheon Cultural Center, western Seoul, Thursday (March 29) amid attendance of Iranian Ambassador to Korea Ahmad Masoumifar, other foreign diplomatic envoy and residents in the region. The celebration, hosted by Iranian Embassy, was also…
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People
“S. Korea needs bigger political role”
“South Korea is asked to exert the political role as big as the economic role it plays in international community,” said Muteb Al-Mutoteh, Kuwait Ambassador to Korea. He made the remarks in a meeting with the AsiaN at his office in downtown Seoul on Mar. 14. He further said “Korea has…
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East Asia
Friday is off Instead of Sunday in Arab
For Kuwaiti, Friday is the day they go to church to pray. It is like Sunday for Christians. Originally, Thursday and Friday were holidays for Kuwaiti. But, in consideration of convenient business transactions with international communities, Kuwait changed their holidays to Friday and Saturday. If not, they would have to…
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Society
“Buddha born in Nepal”
A documentary film, titled “Buddha born in Nepal,” was previewed at the auditorium of the Jogye Temple in downtown Seoul Sunday (Mar. 11). The film was produced as part of ‘Buddha Nepal campaign’ to publicize the fact that Buddha was born not in India but in Lumbini, Nepal. The campaign…
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