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East Asia
[Korea Report] Seoul Central Mosque is a tourist attraction
Korea is a homogenous country and its majority religions are Buddhism, followed by Christianity. But as Korea grows as one of world’s advanced countries, more and more people from various countries come and live in Korea. Seoul as the capital city of Korea feels much different since then. Area for…
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West Asia
Officials Of Egypt’s Highest Appeal Court To Suspend Work In Protest To President’s Bid To have Absolute Power
Egyptian protesters sit next to tents in Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Egyptian state television says the country’s highest appeal court has decided to suspend its work nationwide to protest the president’s decrees giving himself nearly absolute powers. Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir…
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West Asia
Owners Of Kabul Bank Send Huge Amount Of Money Out Of War-Torn Afghanistan Illegally
In this Sept. 1, 2010, file photo, Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan. A new report offers previously undisclosed details about how the owners of Kabul Bank and their friends and relatives got rich off $861million in fraudulent loans _ a…
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South East Asia
Annual Tazaungdine Hot Air Balloon Festival Opens In Taunggyi, Myanmar
Contestants prepare paper lamps to decorate under hot air balloons during the annual Tazaungdine hot air balloon festival in Taunggyi, southern Shan State, Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. In this photo taken on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, festival goers watch as contestants prepare to release a hot air balloon during…
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South Asia
Garments tragedy raises many questions about workers’ safety in Bangladesh
A national mourning and sabotage allegation can not hide sheer negligence behind the latest and the biggest ever garments tragedy in Bangladesh that left at least 110 workers roasted alive on Saturday. The National Mourning Day was observed on Tuesday over the casualties in Ashulia garment factory fire. The national…
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South East Asia
Bangladesh’s Alliance Of 18 Opposition Parties Holds Grand Rally In Dhaka
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and Chairwoman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia attends a grand rally in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Nov. 28, 2012. Bangladesh’s main opposition alliance of the 18 opposition parties led by BNP, will observe a road blockade program on Dec. 9 across the country…
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West Asia
More Than 600,000 Land Mines Planted By Turkey Along 900-Kilometer Border With Syria
In this June 17, 2010 file photo land mine experts work in mined land in the Karkemish archaeological site at the Turkey-Syria border in Gaziantep province, Turkey. Starting in the 1950s, Turkish forces planted more than 600,000 U.S.-made “toe poppers” _ mines designed to maim, not kill _ and other…
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East Asia
Gov’t Estimation: More Than 2.5 Million South Koreans Addicted To Smartphones
In this Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 photo, passengers operate their smartphones on a subway in Seoul, South Korea. Across the entire population, South Korea’s government estimated 2.55 million people are addicted to smartphones, using the devices for 8 hours a day or more, in its first survey of smartphone addiction…
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East Asia
Tibetans Enhance Self-Immolation, Other Forms Of Protests Against Chinese Rule
In this Oct. 23, 2012 file photo released by London-based rights group Freetibet.org, Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, runs after setting himself on fire on the main street in Xiahe, in northwestern China’s Gansu province. A surge in self-immolations and large demonstrations by Tibetans in western China…
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South East Asia
Buddhist Monks, Villagers Protest Against Expansion Of Mine In Northwestern Myanmar
A group of protesting villagers who has blocked a road with rocks and wood guard their position in Letpadaung mine, Monywa town shop, northwestern Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Hundreds of Buddhist monks and villagers occupying the mine, they said is causing environmental, social and health problems, defied a government…
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