• East Asia

    First lady may face special investigations

    A special probe into the first family over a “shady deal” for property for their retirement home is reaching first lady Kim Yoon-ok at a critical juncture ahead of the Dec. 19 presidential election. According to officials of a team led by special prosecutor Lee Kwang-bum, a former judge, the…

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  • East Asia

    What’s on Lee’s mind

    Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest electronics products maker, is expected to rapidly map out a new business plan for the coming years now Chairman Lee Kun-hee has returned home from a month-long overseas tour. “The chairman conducted onsite inspections on businesses in Vietnam, China and Japan as well as meeting…

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  • South East Asia

    [The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Camp Konsentrasi di Korea Utara

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai perdebatan reunifikasi Korea Utara dan Korea Selatan. Donald Kirk dalam artikel yang ditulisnya untuk Korea Times, mengkritik para professor dan pejabat yang baru-baru ini mengadakan konferens mengenai reunifikasi Korea Selatan dan Korea Utara. Kirk mempertanyakan mengapa para ahli dari Universitas…

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  • East Asia

    Lots of illicit money flows out of China

    An astonishing US$3.97 trillion in illicit funds left China between 2000 and 2011, according to a report released Friday by the Washington, DC-based Global Financial Integrity, a research and advocacy group. As much as 10 percent of China’s annual gross domestic product may be disappearing out of the country in…

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  • Arabic popular for 2nd-language test

    More students are choosing Arabic as their second foreign language option for the national scholastic aptitude test. According to the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, around 40 percent of students selected Arabic as their option for a second foreign language in the College Scholastic Ability Test this year. A…

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  • East Asia

    [The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Perusahaan Penerbangan Korea Utara Membuka Layanan Internet

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita dari Korea utara. Air Koryo, Angkutan Udara Nasional Korea Utara menarik perhatian setelah baru-baru ini membuka layanan pemesanan melalui internet, dalam signal terbaru Pyongyang yang tampak berusahan mengejar perkembangan dunia. Situs tersebut menyediakan layanan pemesanan dan pembelian tiket yang lebih mudah,…

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  • South East Asia

    [The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Jumlah Ekspatriat di Seoul Meningkat 32 Kali Lipat

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai perkembangan Seoul menjadi kota global. Berdasarkan sebuah survey yang baru saja dilakukan, sekitar 280.000 warga Negara asing menetap di Seoul pada 2011, meningkat 32 kali lipat dari total jumlah 51 tahun yang lalu. Laporan Tahunan Statistik Kota Seoul menunjukkan bahwa…

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  • South East Asia

    [Indonesia Report] Indonesia will strengthen cooperation with Britain in energy resources

    Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s  visits to London last week will promote cooperation between Jakarta and London in the field of energy and resources. According toKompos.com,  Indonesian Minister of Natural and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik who accompanied the president said that Indonesian government asked for more investment from British Oil and Gas Companies. Development of Natural Resource…

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  • South Asia

    India Farmers March Street Of New Delhi To Protest Against Alleged Anti-Farmer Policies

    Indian farmers affiliated to the Indian Farm Workers Union march during a protest against the alleged anti-farmer policies of the government in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Indian farmers affiliated to the Indian Farm Workers Union listen to a speaker, unseen, during a protest rally against the alleged…

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  • South East Asia

    Indonesian President Visiting UK Invited To Banquet Hosted By Mayor Of London

    Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, poses for the photographers during a reception prior to a banquet given by the Lord Mayor and City of London Corporation at the Guildhall in central London, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Yudhoyono is in the UK on a 3-day state…

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