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East Asia
Self-Immolation By Tibetan Farmer Raises Tension In Xiahe, Northwestern China
In this photo taken Tuesday Oct 23, 2012 and released by Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet, Chinese paramilitary police officers and residents converge on the body of Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, unseen who self immolated on the main street in Xiahe in northwestern China’s Gansu province.…
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West Asia
10 Taliban Fighters Stand In Line After Being Captured By Afghan Security Forces
Ten Taliban fighters stand handcuffed after they were captured with their ammunitions during an operation by Afghan security forces in Helmand province south of Afghanistan, Oct. 24, 2012. Around ten Taliban fighters captured with their ammunitions by Afghan security forces during an operation on Wednesday, officials said. <Xinhua/Zaheer>
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South East Asia
Annual Paung-Daw-Oo Pagoda Festival Celebrated In Inlay Lake, Southern Myanmar
Ethnic Innthar people row a long boat by legs as they celebrate the annual Paung-Daw-Oo pagoda festival in Inlay Lake, Southern Shan State, Myanmar, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Buddhist devotees transport Buddha statues on a barge, back, as they celebrate the annual Paung-Daw-Oo pagoda festival in Inlay Lake, Southern…
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East Asia
Tension Heightens In Okinawa After Rape Of Japanese Woman By Two U.S. Soldiers
In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 photo, Okinawa citizens stage a demonstration denouncing a rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. sailors and the U.S. military’s decision to deploy the Marines’ MV-22 Osprey hybrid aircrafts to a base in front of U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Foster in Kitanakagusuku in…
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East Asia
Kungfu Skills Demostrated In Opening Of International Shaolin Wushu Festival
Kungfu players perform during a welcoming ceremony of the 9th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Dengfeng City, central China’s Henan Province, Oct. 22, 2012. Students of kungfu school perform during a welcoming ceremony of the 9th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Dengfeng City, central China’s Henan Province, Oct.…
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East Asia
Kim Yu-na reunites with former coaches
Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na has rehired two former coaches. Shin Hea-sook and Ryu Jong-hyun will take charge of helping the 22-year-old to return to the competitive skating starting with the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships in March. Ryu worked with Kim when she started skating at the age…
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East Asia
SNS to play big role in election
Pop sensation Psy may not be the only Korean to massively benefit from social networking services (SNS) this year. The three presidential candidates are also betting that sites such as YouTube and Facebook will catapult them into Cheong Wa Dae come December. So says Lee Hag-man, a social media expert…
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East Asia
Anish Kapoor, beyond material concerns
Anish Kapoor, the sculptor of the 2012 London Olympics’ “Orbit,” came to Korea with his signature works and pigment series, “Auto-generation” and recent steel sculptures. This exhibition currently under way at Leeum museum is designed to review what Kapoor has done for some 30 years of his artistic career. “We…
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East Asia
‘Gangnam Style’ means business
Seoul conference to discuss potential of Korea’s pop culture exports Korea’s meteoric rise as an economic power has been driven by exports of televisions, mobile phones, cars and ships. It bears further watching as to whether soap operas, movies and music will prove to be the next big thing in…
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‘Dokdo School’ to be launched in March
The Independence Hall of Korea said Wednesday it will begin an educational program called “Dokdo School” next year after Korea’s easternmost islets that are the subject of a territorial dispute with Japan. The memorial center, located in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, said the program will be launched on March 1,…
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