• Ban Ki Moon: We need a world of equal opportunities

    The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban ki Moon stated on Monday, that it is his heart desire to see a world of equal opportunities for both men and women. He stated this in a keynote speech at the Young Women’s Congress for Global Partnership hosted by the Duksung Women’s University in…

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  • Wrong person suffers five years in jail because of namesake with real culprit

    DHAKA — A man, who was illegally imprisoned in a murder case as the accused was his namesake, was freed on Tuesday (14 August) on a court’s order after spending five years in jail. The jail authorities released him from the Bangladesh High Court premises in Dhaka immediately after the…

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  • President and foreign policy

    Korea needs leader with historical, diplomatic sense Contrary to popular expectations and previous instances, President Lee Myung-bak made only cursory remarks about Japan and other regional problems in his Liberation Day speech Wednesday. Instead, he mostly focused on the economy, especially on how Korea has joined the ranks of leading…

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    Fate of Africa

    Good news from Africa: after two decades of bloody anarchy, Somalia is finally on the mend. There is something resembling a government coming into being in Mogadishu, with much help from African Union troops ― although the country’s most popular comedian, Abdi Jeylani Marshale, famous for his parodies of Islamic…

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  • Significance of starting something new

    I started to learn Korean out of mere curiosity. Honestly, at that time – more than 10 years ago – I hardly knew anything about Korea except that it was located in Asia and divided in two, just like my home country Germany used to be. I learned the first…

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    IOC, Dokdo, PSY

    A la Lex Column on the back page of The Financial Times, I tackle multiple subjects in today’s column. IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred Korean midfielder Park Jong-woo from the closing ceremony of the London Olympics for displaying a banner saying, “Dokdo is our territory.” The IOC cited…

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    Independence Day ― Korea and India

    To commemorate the common anniversary of Independence Day for South Korea and India on Aug. 15, let us resolve to cooperate and coordinate on mutually beneficial economic and non-economic relations. To my mind, non-economic relations are more important than economic ones. Together, both of us with the wisdom of professionals…

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    Chung Un-chan: A just, compassionate, dignified society is my vision

    Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Dr. Chung Un-Chan said that a just, compassionate and dignified society is his vision. In an exclusive interview with The AsiaN, he noted that his views about life, living, governing and politics in Korea is to make it better and pleasurable for all. He further said “It is…

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    Ban Ki-moon emphasizes need to empower women

    Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, delivered a speech at the World Congress of Global Partnership in Duksung University, Korea, on Monday (Aug 13) On his four days visit to Korea to attend the International Management of the World’s Ocean Conference, Secretary General Ban took his time to speak to…

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  • Olympic medal in football

    Occasion for another take-off, not complacency  Many foreigners might have wondered about Koreans’ near frenzied reaction to their team’s victory over Japan in Olympic football Friday. If so, they don’t know at least two things: what football means for most Koreans, and what a victory over their archrival in this…

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