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East Asia
NK leader empowers ‘cell secretaries’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un emphasized the importance of lower-level secretaries of the ruling Worker’s Party in a rare meeting of such officials this week, Pyongyang’s state media said Tuesday, as the young ruler attempts to gain “grassroots” support. The North a day earlier convened the meeting of the secretaries…
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East Asia
Kang Sue-jin offers life lessons
Kang Sue-jin is more than a prima ballerina. Uniquely for an artist, the Korean public has embraced her as a national hero and many young women in their 20s perceive her as a role model. The longtime principal of Germany’s Stuttgart Ballet arrived in Seoul on Jan. 19 to promote…
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East Asia
Vanity conquers all
Many Korean women have red hot love affairs with designer label handbags. Regardless of their income levels, they crave high-end luxury bags in order to satisfy their obsessive vanity and make a social statement. Sensitive about how they appear to others, they want to decorate themselves with expensive accessories. The…
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East Asia
Bailout feared to cause moral hazard
Private lenders use Park’s debt plan as marketing tool Saving debt-crushed families is good for the economy, says incoming President Park Geun-hye. But critics are sounding the alarm on her plans for intervention, arguing that using taxpayer’s money to rescue the more needy borrowers will cause the nation to fall…
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West Asia
Iran Succeeds In Sending Monkey Into Space Prior To Its Manned Space Flight
In this undated image taken from AP Television, scientists in Iran surround a monkey ahead of a space launch. Iran said it had successfully sent the monkey into space on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, describing the launch as another step toward Tehran’s goal of a manned space flight. According to…
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West Asia
Syrian Opposition Leaders Hold A Meeting In Paris To Discuss Ways To Raise Money For Those Affected By Conflict
Leaders of Syrian opposition and representatives from its main backers attend a high-level meeting in Paris, France, on Jan. 28, 2013, discussing how to raise funds for Syrians affected by conflicts in the country. <Xinhua/Gao Jing>
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South Asia
India Successfully Blasts Off Ballistic Missile From Underwater Platform In The Bay Of Bengal
In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 photo, India’s ballistic missile, with a range of 700 kilometers (435 miles), is launched in the waters off the Visakhapatnam coast, India. An Indian news report says India has successfully tested a medium-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile fired from an underwater platform in the Bay…
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East Asia
Female Giant Panda “Yaya” Climbs A Tree In Foping County, Northwest China
Three-year-old female Giant Panda “Yaya” climbs a tree in the Qinling Giant Panda Field Training Base in Foping County, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Jan. 28, 2013. “Yaya” was brought here a month ago to get trained in food seeking and climbing in the wilderness. <Xinhua/Ding Haitao>
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South Asia
An Indian Man Stages Sit-In Seeking Separate Statehood To Telangana At The Indira Park In Hyderabad, India
An Indian man sits near a banner during a protest at the Indira Park in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Protests continued for the second day Monday after the central government postponed its decision on granting a separate statehood to Telangana. Banner reads, “Delhi do not delay, declare Telangana…
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