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East Asia
The AsiaN in the World Media
The AsiaN publishes significant news all around the Asian continent in all field of the life. The latest publications about some Asian countries have been published by major media organs of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Bangladesh, Palestine, and Pakistan. The AsiaN’s news, named “The Female Mayors of Asian Countries” have been…
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China’s giant telescope may lead to search for alien life
China’s 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) may help better understand the origin and structure of the universe and accelerate and even revolutionize the search for life beyond Earth, a renowned U.S. alien intelligence expert said on September 25, People’s Daily reports. FAST, the world’s largest single-dish telescope with a…
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Next US president and N. Korea
Tong Kim – The Korea Times South Korea and the United States have failed miserably to stop North Korea from developing a nuclear weapon and the delivery system for it, particularly during the past seven years and eight months under the Barack Obama presidency and the two conservative South Korean…
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Saving the Gobi bear
Elise Honningdalsnes – The UB Post Hidden from the world, in the earth’s fifth largest desert, is the rare Gobi bear fighting for its survival. These bears have found a way to live in one of the most extreme environments on the planet, but there are not many of them…
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Rushing to North Korea’s aid
Donald Kirk – The Korea Times North Korea is truly a schizophrenic state. All in a day we hear about the need for generous foreign donors to come to the rescue of thousands of victims of flooding in the hard-scrabble northeast where life is tough in the best of times.…
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THAAD and anti-Chinese sentiment
Sah Dong-seok – The Korea Times Anti-American sentiment was once a hot-button issue in Korea. Koreans’ antipathy against the United States flared up amid allegations that their traditional ally has supported military dictatorship for decades. Arguments that the U.S. turned a blind eye to the military’s massacre of civilians in the…
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Russian diplomats broke traffic laws most frequently
Among foreign missions in Korea, Russian diplomats have broken traffic laws most frequently over the past five years, according to a lawmaker. Citing data from the National Police Agency, Rep. Shim Jae-kwon of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea (MPK) said vehicles registered with the Russian embassy committed 107…
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Where are Seoul-Beijing ties heading?
John Burton – The Korea Times The recent explosion of North Korea’s fifth and biggest nuclear bomb raises a key question of the whether the test will bring South Korea and China closer together or further apart. The test has hardened President Park Geun-hye’s determination to deploy the U.S. advanced…
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S. Korea unlikely to help N. Korea recover from flood damage
South Korea said Monday that there is not much possibility that it will provide assistance to North Korea to help it recover from damage caused by recent floods given the high tensions following Pyongyang’s nuclear test. North Korea’s northeastern region is struggling to cope with what is being called its…
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