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U.S. may consider buying off improved NK missile capabilities

So it has been almost one year since the world learnt about the sudden and untimely demise of Marshall Kim Jong Il, the Lodestar of the Twenty-first Century. What has happened in North Korea over the last year, what was predicted and what was not? Perhaps, it is a good…
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East Asia

Coffee Bar Themed By Cat Opens In Harbin, Northeast China

Shopkeeper Gao Ming feeds a cat at her cat-themed coffee bar in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 13, 2012. The coffee bar opened recently is themed by cat, with 16 cats and all kinds of decorations related to cat in the bar. Gao Ming, 25-year-old shopkeeper…
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South East Asia

Children Delighted Watching Fish At An Aquarium In Kuala Lumpur

Children watch fish on display at an aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A woman watches fish on display at an aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. <AP/NEWSis/Vincent Thian>
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West Asia

A new cabinet has been appointed in Kuwait

Kuwait: New Cabinet Approved by Amir His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decree naming a new cabinet. The cabinet has six members of the Al-Sabah ruling family, one more than the previous government: the prime minister and the ministers of defense, interior, foreign, information and a…
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East Asia

Plan to punish NK comes into focus

South Korea’s blueprint for penalizing North Korea for its provocative rocket launch took shape Friday, involving the reinforcement of existing sanctions and the addition of new punitive measures. Officials said Seoul was on the same page with Washington and Japan over a shared approach involving desired measures at the U.N.…
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Samsung axes jobs at financial units

Unlike flourishing electronics affiliates, financial units of Samsung Group have been struggling to stay afloat, hit hard by the bearish stock market, low interest rates and sluggish consumption amid the prolonged global economic slump. Now, the country’s largest family-controlled conglomerate is posed to axe hundreds of jobs at its securities,…
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More women to get high-ranking positions

Government-affiliated committees will be encouraged to increase their quota of women members to 40 percent, as part of efforts to boost female participation in policymaking. The Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Friday that the government will have more female high-ranking officials at ministries,…
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East Asia

1 out of 10 inpatients wrongly diagnosed: survey

A 32-year-old man got embarrassed when he received surgery on his left knee injured at the workplace at a joint hospital in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, last May. When awakened from his anesthesia, he found his both knees in casts. The surgeon also operated for his left knee later after…
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West Asia

Too many cooks spoil the broth

A president who works by remote control, he takes decisions and retreat them to cancel, delay or issue opposite decisions.
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South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Perubahan Apa yang Akan Dihadapi Asia Dalam Transisi Cina?

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Meningkatnya kekuatan China di dunia internasional serta transisi kekuasaan di Cina dibahas dalam China Forum di Seoul. Menjelang transisi kekuasaan di Cina, Asan Institutt Ilmu Kebijakan Pemerintah menyelenggarakan forum dengan judul “2012 China Forum: China Dalam Transisi” pada 11-12 Desember di Westin Chosun Hotel…
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