• East Asia

    Confusing Romanized surnames

    Park Moo-jong – The Korea Times Seri Pak made history yesterday when she left the green after playing the first round of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, with 25 victories and five major championships during the past two decades. Her legendary career reached the climax at the…

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  • South East Asia

    Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej passes away at 88

    Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died at the age of 88 after a long illness, the Bureau of Royal Household said in a statement on October 13.

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  • Central Asia

    Kyrgyzstan Discusses the Bill Banning Foreign Media Ownership

    Akmaral SABATAR – Journalist at NTS Kyrgyzstan In Kyrgyzstan, a debated draft bill concerning the media came into agenda. The Kyrgyz Parliament has prepared an initial approval to a bill banning foreign individuals and organizations from owning and establishing media outlets in the country. The proposed legislation also bans domestic…

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  • South East Asia

    The Unresolved Regional Problem of Asia: Kashmir

    Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of South Asia. Until the mid-19th century, the term “Kashmir” denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range. The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan, having started just after the partition of India…

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  • West Asia

    Ilham Aliyev among most influential Muslims of the world

    Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center of Amman published The Muslim 500 rating of this year. Just like last year, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was among 500 most influential Muslims of the world in the category of “Politics”, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. The leaders of this year’s rating are Professor Ahmad…

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  • East Asia

    China walks the talk to share key growth lesson with Africa

    Xinhua – Wang Xiangjiang ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — The inauguration of a Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway in Africa is a vivid proof that China is walking the talk, sharing one of the key lessons it has gained following decades of reform and opening up to the outside world. That…

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  • East Asia

    S. Korea to hold K-food expo in Indonesia

    South Korea will introduce its traditional food to Indonesians this week in a fair designed to promote its charm and taste worldwide, a government ministry said on October 5. The four-day event, titled “2016 Indonesia Jakarta K-food Fair,” is to open on October 6at a local hotel, according to the…

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  • East Asia

    Korea to Promote Food Security and Reduce Poverty in Kyrgyzstan

    The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) signed a three-year agreement to improve food security, nutrition and resilience to climate-related and economic shocks for more than 80,000 vulnerable people in four Kyrgyz provinces, Relief Web reported. Under the agreement, KOICA will provide WFP…

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  • East Asia

    Blood donation increases by 35 percent in Mongolia

    Blood Donation Day, marked on the third day of each month, took place on October 3 in connection with the government policy to increase the supply of blood and blood products as well as to ensure their safety. On this day, the National Blood Center announced honorary awards to donors.…

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  • East Asia

    China marked Martyrs’ Day

    Chinese people commemorated the anniversary of the founding of China before a ceremony marking Martyrs’ Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders presented flower baskets and scores of ordinary people filed up to lay a single flower each on…

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