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[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Dialog Kerjasama Asia

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Para pemimpin dan wakil-wakil dari negara-negara Asia yang berpartisipasi dalam KTT Dialog Kerjasama Asia yang pertama. Dimensi ekonomi pasar Asia yang menjanjikan didukung oleh statstik negara-negara benua Asia yang mencapai 60 persen dari populasi dunia, dengan tingkat pertumbuhan 4,5 persen untuk rata-rata seluruh negara-negara Asia yang…
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East Asia

Intelligence test for leadership

This year’s presidential election, like the many previous ones, will be remembered for its many unprecedented phenomena. On Feb. 25, 2013, when the new president gets down to business after her inauguration ceremony, I hope to see a totally new chapter of political history open in our nation. Interestingly enough,…
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East Asia

Park, Obama agree on NK

President-elect Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barrack Obama agreed to take measures to ease tension in the wake of North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket, according to the ruling Saenuri Party, Friday. They also agreed to meet at an early date to discuss the issue, the party said in…
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East Asia

Smartphones pose health risks

Dry eyes, turtle neck syndrome on rapid rise If you look at people on a subway train or bus, over half of them are generally concentrating on smartphones. The number of smartphone users reached 30 million here only three years since the devices were introduced. They now account for 58…
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East Asia

Counseling for unfaithful husband

Dear Dr. P, Hello. I am a Korean woman married to a foreigner. We have been married for a few years and we are living in Korea. My husband has cheated on me several times, having relationship with women he met through Internet. When I discover it, he says he…
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East Asia

Aides to draw Park’s economic policy

People are now paying keen attention to what direction President-elect Park Geun-hye will steer the Korean economy that has been suffering from sluggish growth due to multiple downside risks both at home and abroad. Policymakers and business leaders are looking to what her economic policies will be. One way to…
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West Asia

Syrian Refugees Cross Border Illegally To Turkey To Avoid Gov’t Airstrike

A Syrian refugee, crosses illegally to Turkey on the border fence, in Cilvegozu, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Syrian refugees, who fled their home in Idlib due to a government airstrike, look out of a vehicle’s window just after crossing the border from Syria to Turkey, in Cilvegozu, Turkey, Thursday,…
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East Asia

International Flower Exhibition 2012 To Kick Off In Taipei, Taiwan

A visitor views the gardening works with her kid at Taipei International Flower Exhibition 2012 in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Dec. 20, 2012. The flower exhibition will formally kick off in Tapei on Dec. 22. A plane flies over the site of Taipei International Flower Exhibition 2012 in Taipei, southeast…
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West Asia

Jerusalem, Known For Holy Sites, Is Also A Tourist Attraction Having Impossible Beauty

This Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 photo shows the Western Wall and golden Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City. Jerusalem is best known for its multitude of holy sites, and its most famous shrines can be visited for free. But beyond its earthly past, Jerusalem has an impossible beauty…
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East Asia

Skepticism rising on NK satellite

Further skepticism circulated Friday over North Korea’s “working satellite,” sent into orbit last week, after a scientist here said it does not appear to be working properly, the latest in a series of such assessments. Washington and Seoul have acknowledged that the Kim Jong-un regime put an object in orbit.…
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