• Park Geun-hye’s party loses in local elections

    President Park Geu-hye’s Saenuri Party appears to have lost the local elections held nationwide on Wednesday. According to exit polls conducted by local broadcasters, candidates for Seoul metropolitan region including Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, and Incheon lost by a margin as of 18:00, Korean Standard Time. The winning main opposition New…

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  • South East Asia

    World Cup Count Down

    A woman wearing a self-made hat watches an event for the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, June 1, 2014.

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  • South East Asia

    [Transnational] Soccer in Kazakhstan and Bhutan

    Kazakhstan aspires for UEFA 2020 Olzhas Talgatuly Besbayev·Kazakhstan·Dream Together Master, SNU Kazakhstan is becoming a new world sports center and a world competitor. Almaty and Kazakhstan have hosted a winter Asian Games and are preparing to host the Winter Universiade 2017 in Almaty. The Kazakhstan Olympic team performs very well…

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  • West Asia

    Syrian woman in support of Asad

    A Syrian woman living in Egypt smiles during a rally in front of the Syria Consulate in Cairo, Egypt, May 28, 2014. Syrians living in Egypt gathered here on Wednesday to support Syrian President Basar Asad and the upcoming Syria presidential election. Syria’s presidential election was due to begin on…

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  • South Asia

    Stoning a woman to death

    Pakistan’s The Nation on Wednesday posted an editorial concerning basic human rights of a woman to marry a man whom she loves. Stoning to death in a broad daylight of a daughter by her own father and brothers itself is shocking. More shocking is that not one of passers-by at…

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  • South East Asia

    Burmese Journalists Call for Thai Junta to Respect Press Freedom

    The Myanmar Journalists Networks(MJN) and the Myanmar Journalist Association(MJA) have both issued statements calling for the release of journalists detained in neighboring Thailand following a military coup. In statements issued on Tuesday and Wednesday, both groups said they were concerned about restrictions on media that have followed the May 22…

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  • East Asia

    N Korea’s reporting on collapse of Pyongyang apartment

    On 18th May 2014, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released an unusual report in which they admitted that a 23-storey apartment building had collapsed in downtown Pyongyang. The official report also admitted that some unlucky inhabitants of the apartment had been killed as a result, though there were no…

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  • South Asia

    Modi’s historic handshake with Sharif

    India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, as Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, right, watches during Modi’s inauguration in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 26, 2014. Modi took the oath of office as India’s new prime minister at the sprawling presidential palace…

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  • East Asia

    Shall “Daum Kakao” merger create synergy? (2)

    With the advent of “Daum Kakao” merger, the question still remains as to whether the incorporation could bring about the expected synergy. It further remains to be seen whether or not the merger could threaten Naver’s dominance in industry. Concerning this issue, even among Kakao and Daum’s ranking officials, there…

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  • East Asia

    Shall “Daum Kakao” overcome Naver?

    The merger of Daum and Kakao will take place on October 1st Shall Daum and Kakao defeat their overwhelming rival Naver? On Monday, Daum and Kakao joined hands to overtake their superior Internet competitor Naver. However, it remains to be seen whether their efforts could bring fruit and “create synergy”…

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