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How Kazakhstan’s diplomacy can help North Korea’s denuclearization
Eugene Lee – The Korea Times On 28-31 of August in Astana, Kazakhstan one unique, if not historic, event has taken a place. Kazakhstan celebrated its 25th anniversary of denuclearization. With a big number of dignitaries and government officials from all over the world gathered in a very symbolically named…
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East Asia
Misrepresentation of East Sea
A recent report by Rep. Lee Yang-soo, a member of the National Assembly Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee, showed that some state agencies use incorrect names to represent the East Sea and Dokdo on their websites. The report by the ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker found that websites…
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Tesla applies for certification in Korea as it prepares for launch
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors filed for certifications on emissions and noise from South Korea’s environment ministry earlier this week, a step toward its official launch in the country, industry officials said Thursday. The certification request was made on Tuesday for the 90D version of the Model S sedans,…
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China to invest Iran’s fisheries, aquaculture
Iran and China have signed agreements which will bring ¥20bn Chinese finance to country’s fisheries and aquaculture, Mehr reports. Mahmoud Hojjati, Minister of Agriculture told Iran’s IRIB news center that meeting with Chinese counterpart hit the agreement by which China would invest in northern and southern fisheries and aquaculture of…
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In town, without my car
Park Moo-jong – The Korea Times Ever since the world’s first automobile, the Patent-Motorwagen (motor car), invented by Karl Benz, rolled out on the Ringstrasse (ring road) in the German city of Manheim on July 3, 1886, the world has had a love-hate relationship with the modern convenience. Today, 130…
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Police raid hospital to investigate death of activist hit by water cannon
Police raided a hospital in Seoul on Monday as part of their investigation into a farmer who died there earlier this week after he was hit by a police water cannon during a protest last year. The Seoul Jongno Police Station said it raided Seoul National University Hospital to obtain…
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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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