• Seoul to boost claim in E. China Sea

    The government plans to submit official documents calling for a U.N. body to recognize the continental shelf in the East China Sea near the southernmost island of Marado as its territory. According to a foreign ministry official, Seoul will claim in the official documents to be submitted to the U.N.…

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  • President-elect to set new records

    The president-elect will set new records, regardless of whether it is the Saenuri Party’s Park Geun-hye, the Democratic United Party’s (DUP) Moon Jae-in or independent Ahn Cheol-soo. If Park wins in the December poll, she will be the nation’s first female president. America has still to elect a female president…

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  • East Asia

    ‘Spicy kimchi kept me warm in winter’

    Peace Corps volunteers recount their discovery of Korea in late 1960s The first group of American Peace Corps volunteers to come to Korea in the mid-1960s had their own way of keeping warm during the icy winter weather, despite the poor heating systems. Some wore several layers of clothes, while…

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  • East Asia

    Bid to send anti-NK leaflets blocked

    The government blocked activists from sending anti-regime pamphlets into North Korea, Monday, in a bid to avoid a military clash over the activity. Dozens of activists including North Korean defectors had planned to send 200,000 pamphlets across the border in giant balloons from the Imjingak Park near Paju. But soldiers…

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  • ‘Unification costs will depend on NK wages’

    South Koreans just can’t decide whether they want their country to unify with the North or not. One moment they get starry eyed imagining a bigger country with more political and economic clout but the next they worry about the enormous price tag attached to the combined country and social…

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  • South East Asia

    [The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Cina Tidak Meributkan Kematian Nelayan Cina

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut tanggapan China atas kematian para nelayan yang ditemukan di perairan Korea Selatan. Tampaknya Beijing menahan diri untuk tidak bertengkar dengan Seoul atas kematian para nelagan Cina yang secara illegal memancing di zona ekonomi eksklusif Korea Selatan di Laut Barat. Zhang Xinsen, Duta Besar…

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  • South East Asia

    [Indonesia Report] Indonesia plastic surgeons enjoy booming business

    Indonesia is hit by Korean Wave Fever. Not only female but also male’s awareness of appearances is increasing nowadays. According to one of Indonesian mass media, Berita Satu.com, Dr. Enrina, owner of a plastic surgery clinic Ultimo, said in an interview during this past one year, the male patients increased 15 to 20…

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  • South East Asia

    Mall Rongsok, Opened In 2009, Is Only Shopping Center For Used Goods In Indonesia

    Nurcholis Agi, 41 years old, looks at a Balinese statue at Mall Rongsok, a local used goods market, in Depok, Indonesia, Oct. 21, 2012. Mall Rongsok, opened in 2009 by local dealer Nurcholis Agi, is the only shopping center for used goods in Indonesia. A cashier waits for costumers at…

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  • West Asia

    Kuwaiti Opposition Supporters Rally Against Electoral Law Change In Kuwait City

    Opposition supporters hold a rally in Kuwait City on Oct. 22, 2012 to protest against a decision to change the electoral law. Opposition supporters clash with riot police during a rally in Kuwait City Oct. 22, 2012. Kuwaiti opposition supporters on Monday held a rally to protest against a decision…

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  • South East Asia

    Filipinos Protest Against Recent Peace Accord Gov’t Signed With Muslim Group

    Members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) clench their fists during a big rally in Davao city Sunday Oct. 21, 2012 in southern Philippines to oppose the recently signed tentative peace accord between the Government and the largest Muslim group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in a ceremony…

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