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East Asia
“Nobody ‘stealing’ your jobs, you spend too much on wars”
Chinese billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma believes that improper distribution of funds and hyper inflated US military spending, not globalization or other countries “stealing” US jobs, is behind the economic decline in America. The Chinese business magnate earlier in January met with US President-elect Donald Trump, who has bemoaned…
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China to launch 1st earthquake monitoring satellite
A Chinese-made electromagnetic test satellite will be launched in the second half of 2017 to monitor earthquakes. It will be the first satellite of its kind for China. The satellite has a life span of five years, monitoring quakes of magnitude six or above that hit China, and quakes of…
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East Asia
Davinci Codex
KoIAN Co. Ltd is hosting an exhibition called DaVinci Codex at Culture Station in Seoul. It highlights the great discoveries Leonardo da Vinci made in a wide range of diverse fields. The exhibition visualizes the codex DaVinci has written over 37 years. Davinci Codex Kr description of the event “Leonardo…
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East Asia
Fornasetti : Practical Madness Exhibition
In 2013, for the occasion of the 100th anniversary of artist Piero Fornasetti’s birth, the Triennale Design Museum in Milan organized the exhibition, “Practical Madness.” The exhibition began to tour internationally in 2015 and its arrival in Seoul marks the first-ever showcase of Fornasetti in Asia. Triennale Design Museum decided…
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East Asia
Look Smithsonian
The LOOK Smithsonian exhibition is the first-ever exhibition held by the American Smithsonian Museum in Korea. You can see this astonishing photo exhibition at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza) until March 15th, 2017.The photographs of the exhibition capture meaningful moments as well as pictures with a story behind it. There are…
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East Asia
How China will impact the world economy in 2017
To open up or to close? To advance or go back? The global economy is currently at the crossroads and it is in desperate need of sufficient courage, wisdom and responsibility from around the world to chart a clear direction and path for sustainable economic growth. The upcoming World Economic…
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East Asia
Ban awaits UN opinion over presidential bid
Ban Ki-moon said upon his arrival here Thursday that he is awaiting the United Nations’ opinion about whether it is a violation of a U.N. rule if he runs for the Korean presidency. However, Ban said he personally thinks it does not constitute a violation to seek an elected position…
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East Asia
Can Korea say no to US?
Oh Young-jin – The Korea Times It appears to be unthinkable for South Korea to give up its decades-old alliance with the United States and choose China in its place. However, a combination of events gives a sense of reality to this unlikely scenario. Recently, a group of opposition lawmakers…
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East Asia
Korea Artist Prize 2016
Korea Artist Prize 2016 exhibition features, artists who were selected by MMCA as this year’s Korea Artist Prize awardees. These artist are Kim Eull, Back Seung-woo, Ham Kyung-ah and Mixrice (Yang Chul-mo, Cho Ji-eun and they were chosen through careful studio visits and interviews. The Korea Artist Prize is recognized…
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East Asia
China creates over 13 million new jobs in 2016
China created over 13 million new jobs in urban areas in 2016 as part of an effort to stabilize the slowing economy. The country has seen over 1.2 million jobs created for three consecutive years, from 2014 to 2016, according to Economic Information Daily. Despite the economic slowdown, the Chinese…
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