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East Asia
N. Korean soldiers stand on steps overlooking border village Panmunjom
North Korean soldiers stand on steps overlooking the border village of Panmunjom, North Korea, which has separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. For weeks, North Korea has threatened to attack the U.S. and South Korea for holding joint military drills and for supporting U.N.…
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A N. Korean boy rides in bike’s basket as spring flowers bloom
A North Korean woman sells cigarettes and snacks along a rural road near the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas in south of Kaesong, North Korea on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. A North Korean boy rides in a bicycle’s basket on a road north of Kaesong, North Korea on…
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Buddha’s lamp carried to Korea to ease tensions
The ‘peace lamp’ kindled in the Buddha’s birthplace Lumbini has been travelling to the nuclear crisis-ridden Korean Peninsula. Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav and the Buddhist community of Lumbini presented a perennial holy peace lamp on April 19 to South Korean Buddhist monks to appease the winds of war between…
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Chinese students set up tents for study in quake-hit Lushan County
Students of Tianquan Middle School put up tents for study, in Tianquan County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April 22, 2013. Due to frequent escape drills, no injuries and deaths were reported in the school after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Lushan County of Ya’an in the morning on April 20. At…
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Hong Kong port workers on strike at billionaire Li Ka-shing’s headquarters
A defaced portrait of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is placed outside Li’s headquarters, Cheung Kong Center during a protest in Hong Kong Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Hundreds of striking port workers began camping outside the headquarters last Wednesday to force a concession over a pay dispute against Hong Kong…
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Knowledge collaboration: Indonesian students in Korea to hold conference
Indonesian Students Association in Korea (PERPIKA) this year presents Conference of Indonesian Students in Korea (Cisak) the 6th. Cisak 2013 will be held in Daejon, South Korea on July 7. Students, academics and practitioners from around the world are invited to attend the conference which is also a Research Paper…
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Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional official meets widow of Koo Chen-fu
Peng Qinghua (L), secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China, pays a visit to Koo Yen Cho-yun, wife of the late Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman Koo Chen-fu in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, April 22, 2013. <Xinhua/Xiong Hongming>
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Chinese factory fishing ship in flames off coast of Antarctica
In this picture taken on Friday, April 19, 2013, released by Chile’s Air Force, Chinese factory fishing ship Kai Xin burnt just off the coast of Antarctica. Chile’s navy said on Monday that Chinese factory fishing ship that caught fire last week off Antarctica has sunk without anyone on board,…
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IAEA holds press conference about Fukushima Daiichi disaster
Juan Carlos Lentijo, mission leader of review mission from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) attends a press conference in Tokyo April 22, 2013. <Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki>
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Aftershocks pose threat of secondary disasters in quake-hit Sichuan
Secondary disasters such as mudslides and dam-related crises may occur in the days or even months after earthquake of April 20, threatening the safety of residents and rescuers, geologists warn. China’s authorities issued warnings amid potential for mudslides, damage to dams and nuclear plants in earthquake-hit areas, according to the…
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