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‘NK prepares to fuel rocket’
North Korea was making preparations to begin fueling a long-range rocket Friday, ahead of a launch planned for as early as Monday, reports said. Regional players began bracing for the move, with Washington deploying two destroyers to the area to monitor the launch and Tokyo issuing an order to shoot…
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East Asia
Everyone is a winner
Recipients of multicultural youth awards announced Hwang Min-woo, a dance prodigy with a Vietnamese mother, and nine other nominees were named winners in the 1st Korea Multicultural Youth Awards, Friday. The Korea Times organized the event to promote diversity and support talented children from multiethnic families with the Ministry of…
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East Asia
Year-end Soju War
Liquor makers engage in fierce marketing battle Domestic soju makers are waging a full-scale war against one another in order to get the upper hand during the peak season. The heated competition comes as Koreans consume larger volumes of soju, traditional distilled liquor, in December compared to other months as…
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West Asia
People Enjoy Buzkashi, Afghan National Sports, In Kabul
A goat is thrown in to a circle during a friendly “buzkashi” game in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Buzkashi is the national sport of Afghanistan, in which players fight to place a goat carcass into a circle goal. Afghan horse riders play “buzkashi” game during a friendly match…
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South Asia
People In Pakistan Driven Into Hardships Due To Insufficient Economic Growth
A carriage driver waits for customers on a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Dec. 6, 2012. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s economic growth at 3.25 percent in 2012-13, which it said is insufficient to achieve significant improvement in living standards and to absorb the rising labor force.…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Perubahan Kepemimpinan China
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai kepemimpinan dalam negeri China. Saat Hu Jintao menjadi Pemimpin China 10 tahun yang lalu, banyak yang diam-diam berharap bahwa beliau akan menjadi kabinet liberal yang akan membawa reformasi politik. Kenyataan tidak demikian. Namun pada 15 November, saat Hu turun dari…
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West Asia
Maestro Baginska: Arabs asked to improve professional musical education for children at young age
The Maestro & Music Professor VALENTINA MARIA BAGINSKA I ask Arabs to improve professional musical education for children at a young age Q1. I am happy to interview one of the unique figures in the world of music. The Maestro & Music Professor Valentina Maria Baginska. Welcome Maestro VALENTINA. Maestro…
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East Asia
Flooded Coal Mine In China Leaves Three Dead, Seven Others Missing
Rescuers carry a rescued miner off a tramcar at the flooded Furuixiang Coal Mine in Qitaihe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 7, 2012. Four miners who have been trapped in the flooded Furuixiang Coal Mine for more than five days were rescued early Friday morning. Rescuers are still searching for…
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West Asia
A Body Of Muslim Brotherhood Member Killed In Street Clash Carried Out Of Hospital In Cairo
Egyptians carry the coffin of a killed Muslim Brotherhood member out of a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 6, 2012. Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood group announced Thursday that five of the group members have been killed and another 1,500 injured in Wednesday’s clashes between the opponents and supporters of President Mohamed…
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South Asia
Indian Freedom Fighter Ambedkar’s Death Anniversary Observed In Mumbai
An Indian man, wearing a shirt with a portrait of B.R. Ambedkar, gets a free eye exam at a camp set up to mark Ambedkar’s death anniversary in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Ambedkar, an untouchable, or dalit, and a prominent Indian freedom fighter, was the chief architect of…
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