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East Asia
Diamond and Diplomat
Relatives of a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade allegedly bought stocks of a Korean firm before the Ministry announced in 2010 that it had won a right to develop a diamond mine in Cameroon. Kim Eun-seok, a senior diplomat in charge of energy and resource…
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Taiwan Train Collide with Truck···1 Dead
Rescuers work at the accident site after a passenger train collided with a truck which carried sandstone and intruded into the rail track in Taoyuan County, southeast China’s Taiwan, Jan. 17, 2012. The collision occurred on Tuesday morning when the train was coming from central Changhwa County to eastern Hualien…
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Japan on 17 January 2012
Japan on 17 January 2012 <Japan Today> : “2 accounting firms cleared, 5 in-house auditors blamed in Olympus cover-up” news@theasian.asia
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Israel on 17 January 2012
Israel on 17 January 2012 <Israel Hayom> : “Israel-US drill postponed ‘to avoid regional flare-up” news@theasian.asia
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Qatar on 17 January 2012
Qatar on 17 January 2012 <Gulf Times> : “QPI to invest in Vietnam plant” news@theasian.asia
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Indonesia on 17 January 2012
Indonesia on 17 January 2012 <The Jakara Post> : “Google tackles online privacy in unusual ad blitz” news@theasian.asia
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Thailand on 17 January 2012
Thailand on 17 January 2012 <Bangkok Post> : “Bomb cache busted” news@theasian.asia
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Russia on 17 January 2012
Russia on 17 January 2012 <The Moscow News> : “Medvedev introduces governor-elections bill” news@theasian.asia
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China on 17 January 2012
China on 17 January 2012 <CNTV> : “Wen calls for global efforts to secure energy supply” news@theasian.asia
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Former Actor’s Debut as a Politician
Moon Sung-keun, famous as a charismatic actor and a TV presenter made an impressive debut on a political stage on Sunday as one of the new leaders of the main opposition party. The 59-year-old former actor gained second most votes in the Democratic United Party’s leadership vote, following after former…
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