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KT, LG to offer ‘unlimited’ LTE service
KT and LG Uplus announced Friday that they will offer “unlimited” data services for customers signing up for new pricing packages supporting speedier telecommunication networks called Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The move was designed to attract more customers as top local carrier SK Telecom will be banned from signing new customers…
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East Asia
Women rise at foreign drugmakers
The imaginary glass ceiling seems omnipresent for Korean women, who struggle to advance their corporate careers in a country that data shows has the highest level of workplace gender division among rich economies. For female employees frustrated by the pace of advancement, branches of foreign pharmaceutical companies here may feel…
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South Asia
A Cadet Of National Cadet Corps Rehearses For Republic Day Parade In Jammu, India
A cadet of the National Cadet Corps gives orders during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in Jammu, India, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. India’s Republic Day is marked on Jan. 26. <AP Photo/Channi Anand> A Kashmiri student marches during a dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in Srinagar,…
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East Asia
When Dreams Come True: Reflections on ‘Social Economy’ in Korea
*Author, Won-soon Park is a prominent civil rights lawyer, civic activist and social innovator. He became Mayor of Seoul in October 2011. First there was triumph of market economies after the fall of the Soviet Union. Then came successive global financial crises that debunked that triumphalism. Now, a new concept…
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West Asia
16-Year Old Palestinian Girl Becomes Fisherwoman In Succession To Her Father Who Became Disabled
Palestinian fisherwoman Madeline Kolab repairs her fishing net on the sea beach in Gaza City, on Jan. 23, 2013. Sixteen-year-old Madeline Kolab is a fisherwoman. Her father, a veteran fisherman, became disabled, and therefore, she quit school after the ninth grade to take the job. “I don’t care about what…
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South East Asia
Jakarta Governor Greeted By His Supporters During His Inspection Of Bus Transportation In Jakarta
In this photo taken on Jan. 3, 2013, Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo, right, is greeted by his supporter during his inspection of bus transportation in Jakarta, Indonesia. Widodo’s trip through his inundated city of 14 million reflected his hands-on approach to leadership, a style that helped him win election in…
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West Asia
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Gather For Traditional Jewish Wedding In Beit Shemesh, Near Jerusalem
In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish bride, granddaughter of Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, arrives for her wedding ceremony in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Israel. In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo, Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather for traditional Jewish wedding of…
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East Asia
Japanese Court Guard Ship Uses Water Cannon To Prevent A Taiwanese Fishing Boat From Approaching A Disputed Island
In this photo released by Japan Coast Guard 11th Regional Headquarters, a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat uses water cannon to warn a Taiwan’s leisure boat, left, and Taiwan Coast Guard boat off Uotsuri in Japanese and Diaoyu Dao in Chinese, the biggest island in the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyu…
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East Asia
Kim Yong-joon, Former Constitutional Court Chief, Meets The Press Upon Being Nominated As PM Of Incoming Gov.t
Kim Yong-joon, a former Constitutional Court chief, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Kim Thursday was nominated by President-elect Park Geun-hye as the first prime minister of her incoming government. <AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon> South Korea’s President-elect Park Geun-hye (Front) arrives at the transition…
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South Asia
India’s Opposition Party Supporters Burn Effigy Of Home Minister For His Terror-Related Comment
India’s main opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters burn an effigy of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde during a protest in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. The BJP held protests demanding Shinde’s resignation for his comments alleging that BJP and hardline Hindu organization Rashtriya Swayamsevek Sangh (RSS), the…
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