• South East Asia

    Dogs Display Their Capabilities In “Dogathon 2012” Held In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Two dogs take part in the competition “Dogathon 2012” in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, Nov. 4, 2012. A dog takes part in the competition “Dogathon 2012” in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, Nov. 4, 2012. <Xinhua/Zhang Wenzong>

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  • West Asia

    Italian PM Welcomed By Afghan President Upon His Arrival At Presidential Palace In Kabul

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, welcomes Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti after his arrival at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Italy’s prime minister has pledged not to abandon Afghanistan in 2014, saying his country will “transform” its support but not leave altogether as foreign troops…

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  • South East Asia

    13th Asian-Europe Business Forum Opens In Vientiane, Laos

    Participants attend the 13th Asia-Europe Business Forum in Vientiane, Laos, Nov. 4, 2012. The 13th Asia-Europe Business Forum (AEBF-13) kicked off in the Lao capital of Vientiane on Sunday, with participation of around 250 business leaders across the two regions to further promote economic and business cooperation in sustainable ways.…

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  • East Asia

    Dalai Lama In Japan For Giving Lecture, Taking Part In Symposium

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, prepares to give a religious talk in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. The Dalai Lama waves to devotees as he arrives to give a religious lecture in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in Japan…

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  • East Asia

    Clash of two languages

    A Japanese professor was introducing himself to his new class at a university in Seoul. “I’m professor Seki and I’m going to teach you…” All the Korean students burst into uncontrollable laughter. “Is anything wrong?” Seki asks. “Your name, sir,”replies came from the still chuckling audience. The newcomer to Seoul…

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  • 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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