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East Asia
‘Hometown Cold Buckwheat Noodles’ CEO Jeon Cheol-woo
The North Korean defector Jeon Cheol-woo, who was a student in the former East Germany in 1989 and then chose to leave early and defect to the South, can always be seen in all smiles. He has always been a popular guest on television and prolific lecturer, but is now…
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South Asia
Nepal: fear, debris and shattered lives
Khilmaya Gautam, 66, is a heart patient. She cannot walk. Her husband is a diabetic. This old couple of Koteshwore, Kathmandu, who owns a house, spent Saturday night in the open after the earth continued to tremble. They were sleeping under their staircase at their home with their son, daughter-in-law…
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East Asia
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East Asia
Earthquake in Nepal: Rubbles, dust and corpses
[AsiaN=Rahul Aijaz] On Saturday 25th April, just before noon, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous country of Nepal, killing more than 3,200 people and injuring over 6000. On Sunday, the country was struck by a major aftershock at magnitude-6.7, adding to the ever-rising death toll. The earthquake was powerful enough to…
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Smartphones able to detect forged documents
The National Forensic Service has developed technology through which smartphones can quickly detect forged documents. The state-run forensic agency said Thursday it has made a patent application for the technique. It consists of a two part process, based on steganography, which is the science of hiding information by embedding messages…
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Kim Yu-na reportedly back with ex-boyfriend
Local media have reported that Kim Yu-na and her former boyfriend Kim Won-joong are back together. A sports news outlet Wednesday cited an industry insider saying the 2010 Vancouver Olympic gold medalist and the Anyang Halla ice hockey forward are together once again. It added they have begun wearing matching…
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Corruption probe expands to SK Innovation
SK Innovation, an energy unit of SK Group, will be the next target for the prosecution’s investigation into the failed “energy diplomacy” of the Lee Myung-bak administration. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said Thursday they are looking into allegations that the company offered bribes to ranking government officials in…
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East Asia
Yokohama warehouse breathes of culture and history
The red-bricked Akarenga, originally a quayside warehouse, is gaining popularity as a tourist attraction in Yokohama, Japan. The Meiji Restoration has opened Japan to foreign culture and materials from abroad, but the country did not have a sizeable wharf or port to support this heavy increase. As such, in 1896…
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More Korean farmers are turning to online shopping
/ Yonhap According to online retailer auction, sales of agricultural equipment rose about 200 percent last year from 2013. “More young people have returned to farming, and they tend to buy machinery online,” a company spokesman said. The company’s sales surged 378 percent last month from the same period last…
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‘Gangnam Style’ expands YouTube’s view limits
K-pop singer Psy’s megahit “Gangnam Style” has drawn unexpectedly high view counts on YouTube, so much so that Google had to reform the system to expand the maximum limit. The music video surpassed 2.26 billion views as of Wednesday, which exceeds the online video provider’s view counter. YouTube-owned Google had…
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