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Politics
Will woman CEO aide help or hurt Rep. Park?
Kim Sung-joo, who recently joined the election team of Park Geun-hye, the ruling Saenuri Party’s presidential candidate, was criticized Monday over her view of the economy and women’s issues. Rep. Park is said to have recruited Kim, a successful and some say eccentric businesswoman, to balance out her own icy…
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IT-Science
Better product design
KT chief looks to boost global recognition KT Chairman Lee Suk-chae said Monday that the firm plans to consolidate its edge in the information technology industry, with its sights further focused on going global through product design. Lee said the overall plan is to create a product identity where consumers…
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USFK mail used as drug supply line
The U.S. military postal system is being used as a supply channel for new kinds of drugs entering Korea, according to an opposition lawmaker Monday. To put the brakes on the runaway rise in drugs sent here, it is crucial the Korea Customs Service (KCS) steps up surveillance and inspections…
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World
Palestinians React Indignantly At Funeral For Two Killed By Israeli Airstrike
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Salafi militant Hisham Saidani during his funeral in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Saidani, a member of a faction of the ultraconservative Salafi trend believed to have ties to al-Qaida, was one of two people killed in an Israeli…
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West Asia
Growing Number Of Innocent People Fall Victims In Syria Amid Use Of Cluster Bombs By Gov’t Force
In this Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 photo, an elderly Syrian man helps his wife wounded from government forcers shelling to get treatment at the Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. In this Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 photo, a Syrian doctor treats a wounded Free Syrian Army fighter at Dar al-Shifa…
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East Asia
Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk Dies Of Natural Cause At Age 90
File photo taken on Aug. 18, 2004 shows Norodom Sihanouk receiving an interview in Beijing, capital of China. Cambodian retired King Norodom Sihanouk died of natural cause at the age of 90 in China’s capital city of Beijing, where he had his diseases treated by Chinese doctors, Cambodian Deputy Prime…
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A Man Jumps From Altitude Of 120,000 Feet, Achieves Mach With His Own Body
The capsule and attached helium balloon carrying Felix Baumgartner lifts off as he attempts to break the speed of sound with his own body by jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in Roswell, N.M. Baumgartner plans to jump from an altitude of…
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South Asia
Sri Lankan Fisherman Catches Fish In Traditional Way In Habaraduwa, Near Colombo
A Sri Lankan traditional fisherman, also known locally as a stick fisherman, sits perched on a stilt fixed into the ocean floor as he fishes in Habaraduwa, about 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka,Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. <AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Iranian President, UN Representative Call For Peaceful Resolution Of Syrian Issue
The joint special representative of the United Nations and the Arab League (AL) to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi attend a joint press conference in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 14, 2012. Both of them called here on Sunday for resolving the Syrian issue in a…
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