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East Asia
FAO to open S. Korean office in May
South Korea’s government said Tuesday the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) decided to open an office in the country in May. Agriculture Minister Lee Gae-ho met Jose Graziano da Silva, the head of FAO, during his three-day visit to Italy and signed the agreement to open the South Korean…
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Young S. Koreans indifferent to N.K. despite summits, missiles
For Kim Na-yeon, a 26-year-old college student, North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is a timeworn issue that has dragged on for as long as she has been alive, and that she has little interest in. That’s why, when the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader…
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Gov’t vows thorough investigation into 3 sex-for-favor cases
The South Korean government pledged Tuesday to get to the bottom of three high-profile sex-for-favors scandals that allegedly involve influential men in government, media and show business. Interior and Safety Minister Kim Boo-kyum and Justice Minister Park Sang-ki held a rare joint news conference to announce plans to investigate the…
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China to donate over 200,000 panda-themed “care parcels” to 11 Belt and Road countries in 2019
China plans to send over 200,000 panda-themed “care parcels” to 11 Belt and Road countries (BRI) in 2019, said the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) recently. The panda parcel is a 105-item collection including bags, stationery, toys, and daily necessities wrapped up in an outer-packing printed with panda pictures…
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Modern anti-viral medicines bring new hope for HIV carriers in China
In 2017, an 80-year-old HIV-positive man underwent successful cardiac surgery at the Beijing-based Peking University People’s Hospital, under the recommendation of Professor Li Taisheng, the Director of the Infectious Diseases Department in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH). As one of China’s leading researchers and a renowned clinical specialist…
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Foreign politicians think highly of ethnic harmony in Xinjiang
The ethnic harmony, economic progress, and respect to the culture of ethnic minority groups in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have impressed representatives from foreign political parties after they had an on-site visit to learn about the region. Around 200 representatives of 50 political parties from nearly 30 countries…
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First 5G base stations installed in Tibet
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region’s first three 5G base stations have been installed, with equipment provided by Chinese technology giant Huawei. China Mobile’s Tibet branch announced last Friday that one of the 5G base stations, with a peak download speed of 530 megabytes per second (Mbps), became operational in Lhasa…
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Demand for China-US cooperation far outweighs frictions: spokesperson
Common interests between China and the US far outweigh their differences, and the demand for cooperation far outweighs frictions, a spokesperson for the national political advisory body said Saturday. Guo Weimin, the spokesperson for the second session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),…
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East Asia
Chinese puffer jacket becomes Amazon bestseller
At a time when some wealthy shoppers are going for premium winter coat brands such as Canada Goose and Moncler, nobody realize that a Chinese producer of puffer jackets have become a massive hit on the US market. Orolay, a brand that bases its design and production in Jiaxing, eastern…
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East Asia
China’s professional farmers rise to drive modernized agriculture
In a flower farm in Cixi, a city of east China’s Zhejiang province, the owner Chen Suchao is busy with pruning branches in the early morning, as the Rosa Chinensis and French hydrangea are ready for blossom after spring rain awakens the soil. The golden season for flower business is…
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