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East Asia
Fire Fighting Drill Held In Shanghai Port For Passenger Liner
SHANGHAI — People escape from danger during a drill in Shanghai, east China, Aug. 13, 2012. A drill was held at a waiting hall of a port and the nearby passenger liner in Shanghai to improve the fire control ability of local departments. <Xinhua/Chen Fei> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China Wins Bid To Build Suway In Ankara
ANKARA — Binali Yildirim, Turkish minister of transport and communication, addresses the signing ceremony to provide cars for the subways in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Aug. 13, 2012. The China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co. Ltd, China’s largest train manufacturer, won the bid of US$391.2 million to provide…
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Politics
President Lee tells Japan to act like big nation
President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that his Friday visit to Dokdo was part of his duty as head of state, and he had planned the trip three years ago. President Lee also called on Japan to act like a big nation and take responsibility for its past misdeeds. Speaking at…
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Politics
UN scretary general calls for dialogue on Dokdo
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for a peaceful resolution of the controversy involving Japan’s challenge to Korea’s sovereignty over its easternmost islets of Dokdo, Monday. The comments came at a time when relations between South Korea and Japan hit rock bottom following President Lee Myung-bak’s unprecedented visit to…
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Hundreds of Korean students forced to work during WWII
Hundreds of Korean students who refused to serve in the Japanese military during World War II were instead forced to work at factories in Korea, an investigative panel of the government said Monday. Many of them were studying at prestigious universities in Korea and Japan, including Waseda and Keio, when…
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IT-Science
KT boss vows to beef up database security
Executives at KT have been taking turns expressing regret after hackers broke into the company’s computer network and stole the personal details of nearly 9 million of its subscribers. It is now the turn of company Chairman Lee Suk-chae, who in an emailed statement vowed to beef up security management…
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South Asia
Indian Soldiers Researse For Independence Day Parade
SRINAGAR — Young boys of National Cadet Corps take part in a full dress rehearsal for Indian Independence Day in Anantnag Town, some 50 kilometres south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aug. 13, 2012. Indian police and paramilitary troopers stationed in Indian-controlled Kashmir have beefed up security…
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West Asia
Desolate Syrian Refugee Camp Near Baghdad
A Syrian refugee girl sits inside her family’s tent in the Dumez refugee camp in Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled to neighboring countries to avoid the fighting. <AP/NEWSis/Khalid Mohammed> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Palestinian President In Mecca To Pray
MECCA — Photo released by the Palestinian presidency press office shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) performs al-Umrah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 13, 2012. Abbas is on a three-day visit in Saudi Arabia to attend an emergency Islamic summit. <Xinhua/Palestinian presidency press office> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Scene Of NK Workers Repairing Flood Damage
A North Korean man cooks at a makeshift shelter set up in a riverbed on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 as he and others from his village work to rebuild the road and riverbank that was destroyed by July flooding in Songchon County, North Korea. Floods killed at least 169 North…
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