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Wangsimni: From pasture to ‘gopchang’ street

The smoky smell from restaurants and street vendors that grill “gopchang” (intestines of cows or pigs) usually depicts a night scene of the Wangsimni street in Seoul. Better known as the “gopchang” district, Wangsimni is surrounded by uneven and curvy roads spanning the gigantic construction site of urban redevelopment projects.…
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East Asia

Naro set to lift off

Locally-made rocket to be launched this afternoon GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province – Korea is set to launch a locally assembled rocket today with officials hoping that this time it will succeed. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Wednesday that the final…
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East Asia

[Korea Report] Mini market selling world food in Itaewon is a great comfort for foreigners

Living abroad away from home could be tough for some people. There would be a lot of things that must be missed. One might think that foreigners miss all the time are the food from his home country. As people travel and move here and there easily now, most of host countries…
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West Asia

Lee Gun-hee’s incessant innovation brings Samsung to success

Samsung School Book In our childhood, we considered ourselves the last generation of 1952 revolution. I was born in 1963, and then it was very clear that we live under the umbrella of values and slogans of Nasser revolution. Something we were proud of, as many are still, is that…
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South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Berbagai Pekerjaan di Korea Utara

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai mengenai Korea Utara. Masyarakat Barat selalu terkesan saat mengetahui bahwa seseorang di Korea Utara adalah seorang dokter . Perwujudan kesuksesan karir seperti di Seoul, New York atau London. Bagaimanapun, Korea Utara berbeda. Dokter Korea Utara tidak menikmati perlakuan yang dimanja…
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West Asia

Egyptian journalists challenge constitutional declaration by President Morsi

The general assembly of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate on Sunday voiced its rejection of President Mohamed Morsi’s constitutional declaration, threatening to stage a general strike in retaliation for Morsi’s divisive Thursday declaration. Eight decisions are adopted by the General Assembly: First: The emergency general assembly of the Journalists Syndicate declares its…
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West Asia

Wael Ghonim: I reject constitutional declaration and stand against President Morsi

Egyptian political activist Wael Ghonim wrote a statement to his readers on his personal account (Facebook) explaining the reasons for his stand against the constitutional declaration supplementing issued by President Mohammed Morsi, a few days ago, which made the Egyptian people divided, and called throats drop it in Tahrir Square.…
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West Asia

Transcendental meditation proved helpful in solving enmity among nations

Reducing Tension in the Middle East A statement released by the Jewish-American group J Street says: “Military force alone is inadequate as a response to the broader strategic challenge Israel faces. Only a political resolution to the century-old conflict with the Palestinians resulting in two states living side by side…
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East Asia

Chosun Ilbo, the most influential daily in Korea, interviews the AsiaN’s publisher Lee

The Chosun Ilbo, the most influential conservative daily newspaper in South Korea, carried an interview story of Lee Sang-ki, President-Publisher of The AsiaN last Saturday (Nov. 24). The interview was held on the occasion of the first founding anniversary of the internet media which publishes news stories in four languages of Korean,…
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South Asia

Ethnic Bodos Hold Rally Against Muslims From Former East Pakistan In New Delhi

An activist of India’s northeastern Assam state’s ethnic Bodos shouts slogans against the Muslim settlers in the state, who mostly came from the former East Pakistan before it became Bangladesh in 1971, during a protest in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Assam state has been simmering with tension…
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