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East Asia
[Korea Report] Seoul Central Mosque is a tourist attraction
Korea is a homogenous country and its majority religions are Buddhism, followed by Christianity. But as Korea grows as one of world’s advanced countries, more and more people from various countries come and live in Korea. Seoul as the capital city of Korea feels much different since then. Area for…
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South Asia
Garments tragedy raises many questions about workers’ safety in Bangladesh
A national mourning and sabotage allegation can not hide sheer negligence behind the latest and the biggest ever garments tragedy in Bangladesh that left at least 110 workers roasted alive on Saturday. The National Mourning Day was observed on Tuesday over the casualties in Ashulia garment factory fire. The national…
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East Asia
Trip to Nami Island presents foreign tourists with exotic experience
My vacation plan to Korea was merely dealt with my interest with Nami Island as a perfect tourism destination, located at Chuncheon District. My plan was realized when I arrived in Korea for my five day trip. Packed with necessary information, four of my friends and me started our journey to…
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World
Whos and whys of EU Association Agreement policy
e Agreement emphasizes the importance of the United Nations Charter principles, in particular the observance of human rights, democratic principles; while economic freedom and respect for human rights and democratic principles constitute the document’s essential element. I’m talking about the Association Agreement (AA) signed between the EU and Egypt in…
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Conscientious objectors
Time to consider introducing alternative service For decades, the issue of conscientious objection has been a taboo in this country where constant military tension has been the norm along the heavily fortified border with North Korea. In 2007, the then Roh Moo-hyun administration announced a plan to introduce an alternative…
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East Asia
[Korea Report] Mini market selling world food in Itaewon is a great comfort for foreigners
Living abroad away from home could be tough for some people. There would be a lot of things that must be missed. One might think that foreigners miss all the time are the food from his home country. As people travel and move here and there easily now, most of host countries…
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West Asia
Lee Gun-hee’s incessant innovation brings Samsung to success
Samsung School Book In our childhood, we considered ourselves the last generation of 1952 revolution. I was born in 1963, and then it was very clear that we live under the umbrella of values and slogans of Nasser revolution. Something we were proud of, as many are still, is that…
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West Asia
Transcendental meditation proved helpful in solving enmity among nations
Reducing Tension in the Middle East A statement released by the Jewish-American group J Street says: “Military force alone is inadequate as a response to the broader strategic challenge Israel faces. Only a political resolution to the century-old conflict with the Palestinians resulting in two states living side by side…
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East Asia
Chosun Ilbo, the most influential daily in Korea, interviews the AsiaN’s publisher Lee
The Chosun Ilbo, the most influential conservative daily newspaper in South Korea, carried an interview story of Lee Sang-ki, President-Publisher of The AsiaN last Saturday (Nov. 24). The interview was held on the occasion of the first founding anniversary of the internet media which publishes news stories in four languages of Korean,…
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East Asia
Prosecutor called Mr. Strangelove
A sex scandal is shaking the prosecution to its foundations. A 30-year-old law school graduate, who was a trainee in the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutor’s Office, engaged in sexual acts twice and sexual intercourse once with a 43-year-old female accused of shoplifting. The prosecution asked for an arrest warrant against…
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