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Are sharks endangered by fin soup?

HOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SHARK AND EAT IT – FIN & ALL A guessing game for guests at a Chinese wedding dinner play, while waiting for the second dish to be served, is : Will it be shark fin soup? The quiz is also about tradition and change. If the…
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NK nuclear issue: No early solution

It seems that, after few months of hibernation, something is happening again in regard to the North Korean nuclear issue. The officials from the United States and North Korea met in Beijing Friday to discuss, citing a press report, a probability of restarting nuclear disarmament in return for aid. We…
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China risk

Korean economy should be in emergency mode China slashed its 2012 growth rate to 7.5 percent, a recession by the Chinese standard and the lowest in 13 years. The slowdown will also have a ripple effect on the Korean economy, which ships 29.8 percent of its exports to the neighboring…
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AJA expresses regret on NK defectors

The Asia Journalist Association (AJA), represented by Ivan Lim, issued a statement in which it expressed regret and concern over the 31 North Korean defectors who were arrested earlier by the Chinese police and now in danger of being repatriated to North Korea. North Korean defectors, sent back to the…
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Let us be wonderful Mom & Dad

All the time it’s common to hear from your friends that they decide to make resolutions to change their behavior and improve their performance and make a new start, this is often a personal goal and doesn’t necessarily include how you treat others. If you a parent then it’s a…
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Politics

Annan sees “one mediation process” key to ending Syrian crisis

Kofi Annan, the UN and the Arab League (AL)’s joint special envoy for Syria, said Wednesday that an one and only mediation process accepted by all parties concerned is crucial for the success in the efforts to end the current crisis in Syria. “If we are going to succeed,…
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Former FM Attends Diplomatic Event

At the reception to mark the 51st National Day and 21st Anniversary of Kuwait Liberation held on Monday (Feb. 27) evening at Hotel Shilla, not a few attendants seemed surprised to find a person whom they didn’t expected to meet in such an official event. He was Yu Myung-hwan, former Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister. Actually, it is…
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Muslim Brothers: No End Game!

<Hassan Al-Banna(1906~1949), The Founder of Muslim Brothers> The story the Society of Muslim Brothers is related to the life and death of many people, but the most adequate start could be the story of its founder and supreme guide; Hassan AL-Banna (1906~1949). Hassan AL-Banna was born in Mahmudiyya, a village…
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Society

Hallyu messengers must learn etiquettes

Editorial: The seven-member hip-hop group Block B (Blockbuster) is under fire for joking about Thailand’s tragic flooding. The band and other K-pop stars need to learn manners. Thai social networking services are abuzz with angry comments critical of one of the group member’s joking about the Bangkok floods which killed…
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N. Korea flexes muscles ahead of nuclear summit

North Korea is back in the spotlight. On Wednesday, it launched a verbal assault at South Korea for its scheduled hosting of the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit slated for March 26 and 27. The North’s Central News Agency characterized the global gathering as a grave threat to the Stalinist state,…
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