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East Asia
“Would You Try Korean Style Bacon?”
Children try Korean food in Yongju, South Korea, Dec. 21, 2011. To promote the youth cultural exchange between Qinhuangdao of China and Yongju of South Korea, a delegation composed of 34 children from Qinhuangdao Bright Love Orphanage, led by their “father” Shen Xuedong, visited Yongju recently. As the president of…
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East Asia
“Let’s be the Bride and Groom”
Children experience local culture in Yongju, South Korea, Dec. 20, 2011. To promote the youth cultural exchange between Qinhuangdao of China and Yongju of South Korea, a delegation composed of 34 children from Qinhuangdao Bright Love Orphanage, led by their “father” Shen Xuedong, visited Yongju recently. As the president of…
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East Asia
“Shall We Dance?”
Residents practise a dance of Va ethnic group in Shuiping Village of Gengma County in Lincang City, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 24, 2011. Ninety-one percent of the population in Shuiping Village is of Va ethnic group. The folk dancing of Va ethnic group performed by local residents attracts many…
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South Asia
4th Anniversay of Bhutto’s Death
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers light candles on the eve of the fourth death anniversary of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Lahore, eastern Pakistan, Dec. 26, 2011. Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Dec. 27, 2007 following an electioneering rally at Liaqat Bagh park in Rawalpindi. <Photo: Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia…
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East Asia
Lee & Hyun Returned from P’yang
Photo released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Lee Hee-ho (7th, L), widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Hyun Jeong-eun (6th, R), chairwoman of the Hyundai Group, arrive in Pyongyang to offer condolences to late top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)…
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Lee Hee-ho and Hyun Jeong-eun to Pave the Way Again
Lee Hee-ho, Chairwoman of the Kim Dae-jung Peace Center and Hyun Jeong-eun, Chairwoman of Hyundai Group travelled to North Korea on 26 and offered condolences over Kim Jong-il’s death in Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Pyongyang. These two ladies actually met Kim Jong-un and paid respects. On 19, North Korea announced its…
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East Asia
Toyota Unveiled ‘Aqua’, the Most Efficiency Car
The new car “AQUA” is displayed during a press conference in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Dec. 26, 2011. Japan’s auto giant Toyota Motor unveiled its new compact hybrid car “Aqua”, equipped with a 1.5-litter gasoline engine and an electric motor to drive the five-seater body in Tokyo Monday. The world’s…
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East Asia
Profile of Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un is the youngest son of Kim Jong-il and his third wife Ko Young-hee born in 1983(or 1984, sources vary). At first, he was not at the centre of attention. North Korea watchers focused on his half-brother Kim Jong-nam and full brother Kim Jong-hol rather than him. Then in…
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West Asia
Syrians Mourn 44 Bomb Casualties
Thousands of people pray for the dead during a funeral for people who were killed in the suicide bomb blasts at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 24, 2011. Two suicide bombing attacks in Syria’s capital of Damuscus have killed 44 people, injuring more than 166 on Friday.…
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West Asia
A Syrian Man Mourns for the Bomb Casualty
A Syrian stands under a giant Syrian flag outside the Umayyad Mosque in Old Damascus, Damascus, Syria, Dec. 24, 2011. Some 44 people killed in rare twin suicide bombings a day earlier were buried Saturday amid an atmosphere of grief, sorrow and shock that engulfed the Syrian capital of Damascus.…
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