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East Asia
Samsung, after Lee Kun-hee’s heart attack?
This event may precipitate the succession plan at Samsung After Lee Kun-hee’s sudden heart attack over the weekend, emerged the issue of succession plan at the Samsung business group again. It has become a matter of grave concern how Samsung’s succession plan will evolve. While business watchers guess that the…
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[Asia Round-up] Crisis in Ukraine could be a harbinger of Taiwan’s future
The crisis in Ukraine has implications for Taiwan. Taiwan and Ukraine share similarities in relation to the big powers: Ukraine is torn between the European Union and Russia, and Taiwan between the United States and China. Russia’s latest intervention shows its keenness to reassert control over Ukraine. China has always…
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East Asia
High Goals on Big Screens
Though soccer is considered the most famous sport around the globe, it’s still not presented well in movies. American football stole the spotlight, and it’s either documentaries or comedy movies like “She’s The Man” or “Shaolin Soccer”. Only recently those studios really started to do some real soccer movies. Recently,…
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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] Avoid setting dangerous precedent
The Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito have started talks over the Abe administration’s bid to scrap the government’s traditional interpretation of the Constitution that Japan cannot exercise the right to collective self-defense. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to allow the nation to be able to use force to counter…
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IWMF calls for release of detained Chinese journalist Gao Yu
Concerning the detention of the Chinese woman journalist Gao Yu by the Chinese authorities, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) issued a statement of criticism. The following is the the full text. The statement stresses freedom of the press. – Editor’s note Washington, DC – The International Women’s Media Foundation…
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East Asia
Japan’s traditional wedding style
A couple in traditional wedding attires, leaves a shrine after their wedding ritual in Tokyo, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Shinto wedding is Japan’s traditional wedding style to be attended by a newly-wed couple and their immediate kins. It is common practice among the couples who chose the Sinto wedding, that…
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[Asia Round-up] Chinese men shorter than Japanese and S. Korean men
Chinese men are shorter than their South Korean and Japanese counterparts, according to recent data. The average height for a Chinese male is 1.70 meters, while South Korea is 1.74 meters and Japan 1.71 meters. Younger men in China, aged from 7 to 17, are also 2.52 centimeters shorter than…
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East Asia
Pyongyang’s motives behind conciliatory gestures
A remarkable chain of diplomatic initiatives from Pyongyang has marked the last two months. Since early January, North Korean ambassadors in a number of countries delivered public statements and conducted interviews where they emphasized that their government is ready to do all it can to improve inter-Korean relations. A number…
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East Asia
Chinese trishaw drivers take nap
Chinese trishaw drivers take nap while waiting for customers at a hutong alley near the drum tower, a tourist spot in Beijing, China Wednesday, May 7, 2014
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East Asia
North Korea’s bizarre distribution system
When it comes to its economy, North Korea is a very special place. Perhaps not as much as it used to be, with the steady growth of grassroots capitalism, but in the days of Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of the current North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un, North Korea…
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