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Bangladesh PM refuses to take in any more Rohingya
DHAKA, 29 July: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government cannot afford to allow in any more Rohingyas fleeing persecution in the neighbouring Myanmar. She said her country is already overpopulated and it is not Bangladesh’s responsibility to help all those coming in from across the border. Hasina made…
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Leadership secrets
At a recent seminar with senior journalists in Seoul, a leading presidential contender of the Saenuri Party, Rep. Park Geun-hye, was asked to characterize the May 16 military coup d’etat of 1961, through which her late father took power. In her response, she defended the coup as “inevitable and the…
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Women in North Korea
In most post-socialist nations, the collapse of the state socialist system had a rather ambiguous impact on the social and economic position of women. Clearly the advent of the market economy brought with it some advantages, especially in those countries where its introduction brought an economic boom. Women often have…
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New signs in N. Korea
It’s official now: North Korea is changing, or at least is trying to change. That is, if the report by the National Intelligence Service submitted to the National Assembly Thursday is any guide. The spy agency’s intelligence capability has often been in doubt, but we hope the NIS is right…
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Korea at crossroads: back to Confucianism or further Westernization
Korean culture has typically been characterized as a unique hybrid of traditional Confucian values coupled with a modern, pragmatic and dynamic approach to the economy. Since the mid-1990s this balance has been shifting more clearly toward Westernization: workers’ productivity is slowly shifting to Western levels, car worker strikes are not…
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[London Olympics] ⑥ A logo, posters and two mascots
*Editor’s note: This is the last of six-part stories on the London Olympics Nobody denies the power of trademarks. That’s why international companies and institutions race to sponsor this Olympic event and put their logos beside their products’ logos. As represented in the logo, art gives enormous economic power. I…
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Pakistan: Endangered species Smooth Coated Otter found in Sindh
The Pakistan chapter of an international organization working for conservation of nature has found the rare and endangered species Smooth Coated Otter, locally known as Ludhra, near wetlands of southeastern district Sanghar of Sindh province of Pakistan. World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF- P) recently located smooth coated…
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Concerns about blackouts
Key lies in saving power, reasonable price system The whole nation seems to have fallen ill from the midsummer heat. But officials at Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) say a temperature rise of one degree sends a terrible chill down their spines. An unexpected blackout last September forced some KEPCO…
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Outright rights violation
China should get to bottom of torture argument China’s human rights violation is stealing a renewed focus as Kim Young-hwan, a South Korean activist, revealed Wednesday that he had been physically abused while being detained in China for nearly four months. Kim said in a press conference in Seoul that…
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Missing element in China’s charm offensive
China strives to project a profile on the global stage as a responsible state because some western observers remain wary of “an assertive China” after its rapid rise to become a global economic power house. Chiefly through its state-controlled media, the Chinese government launched a campaign to highlight its peaceful…
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