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West Asia
Afghan Children Suffering Poverty Stand Outside A House In Herat Province
Afghan children stand outside a house in Herat province in western Afghanistan on Jan. 8, 2013. An Afghan child sits inside a cart in Herat province in western Afghanistan on Jan. 8, 2013 <Xinhua/Sardar>
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East Asia
The worst moments of job interviews
Kim Jeong-yeon, a 26-year-old graduate student, still shudders every time she recalls a job interview she had two years ago. Kim, who studied French for several years, stated on her resume that she had intermediate skills in the language. At the job interview, which required strong skills in foreign languages,…
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East Asia
Girls’ Generation redeemed with ‘I Got a Boy’
rriving for a round of press interviews in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul, Tuesday, the members of Girls’ Generation were lovely even in their off-stage, every-day clothes. Sixth year since its debut, the nine girls seemed more maturing girls than the dynamic, rapping powerful dancer/singers in their fourth full-length album “I Got a…
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East Asia
Tom cruise to become honorary Busan citizen
Hollywood star Tom Cruise is becoming an honorary citizen of Busan, city officials said Tuesday. The actor, who will be in the southern port city this week to promote action movie “Jack Reacher,” will be awarded a certificate of honorary citizenship by Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik at the Busan Cinema…
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East Asia
70% of mentally ill at suicide risk
Proper counseling, treatment required to tackle problem Over 70 percent of people with mental disorders have thought about killing or attempted to kill themselves, according to a report, Tuesday. With some 3.68 million people in Korea having experienced mental problems at least once in their lifetime, the country needs to…
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East Asia
Samsung posts record profit of W8.8 trillion in Q4
Samsung Electronics posted a record operating profit of 8.8 trillion won ($8.3 billion) in the fourth quarter of last year on the back of brisk sales of smartphones. It also surpassed the 200 trillion won mark in annual revenue for the first time. In its preliminary earnings estimation, the world’s…
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East Asia
Korea is not Korean enough
Dear Madam President-elect, Like any other President, you hope to make the people of Korea happier. There are too many lonely, unhappy people in Korea today, not all of them old or handicapped although many are. When you were born, in February 1952, Korea was in the midst of terrible…
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East Asia
‘Black consumers’ to be shown no mercy
Law enforcement authorities and courts are increasingly getting tough on the so-called “black consumers” or charlatans who make international inappropriate complaints of products in order to coerce compensation from manufacturers. On Monday, the Seoul Southern District Court slapped a 15 million won fine on a 28-year-old man, surnamed Kim, for…
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East Asia
Park needs sophisticated ‘envoy diplomacy’ for China ties
BEIJING – The incoming Park Geun-hye administration should adopt a pretty sophisticated “envoy diplomacy” to patch up strained ties with China, while continuing to carefully steer Seoul’s alliance with the United States, said Shin Gi-wook, the director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. “The first…
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