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East Asia
How to solve a problem like NK: Three viewpoints
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s brinkmanship is in full bloom. He’s ordered the missiles prepped, dismissed the armistice and announced plans to bring a nuclear reactor back on line. The U.S. response – a restrained show of force by fighter jets and warships, along with comments that simultaneously decry…
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A Chinese Navy squad arrives at Algeria as part of escort missions
Li Xiaoyan (L), commander of the 13th Escort Taskforce of the Chinese Navy, shakes hands with Liu Yuhe, Chinese Ambassador to Algeria, at the habour of Algiers, Algeria, on April 2, 2013. The 13th naval escort squad, sent by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, arrived at Algiers of…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Saudi Aribian Prince Khalid Sultan
Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping (R) meets with Prince Khalid Sultan, deputy defense minister of Saudi Arabia, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 2, 2013. <Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng>
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un attends Central Committee meeting of Workers’ Party in Pyongyang
Photo released by the KCNA news agency on April 1 shows that a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is held in Pyongyang, capital of the DPRK, on March 31, 2013. Photo released by the KCNA news agency on…
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China on alert due to a new avian flu which already killed two people in Shanghai
A journalist takes photos in front of the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, April 1, 2013. Two people in east China’s Shanghai died in early March after contracting H7N9, a strain of avian influenza that had never been passed…
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South Korean vehicles head for NK city of Kaesong amid rising tension between the two sides
South Korean army soldiers walk as vehicles wait to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Monday, April 1, 2013. North Korea warned South Korea on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had…
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China expands influence in Africa on the back of Xi Jinping’s trip
China is set to enhance its fast expanding political influence in Africa by taking a pro-active role in mediating disputes in the resource-rich continent as new Chinese PresidentXi Jinping returned home from a high-profile African tour. While Xi has committed billions of dollars in assistance on his tour to Tanzania,…
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Chinese vice president receives delegation of Int’l Women’s Forum in Beijing
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao (5th L, front) meets with a delegation of the International Women’s Forum headed by its president Deedee Corradini, in Beijing, capital of China, March 28, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Pang Xinglei>
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East Asia
NK’s effort to block defectors pays off
Where have all the NK refugees gone? In late February, I was travelling in an area which should be frequently visited by any serious North Korean watcher – the parts of China in the vicinity of the North Korean border, the Yanbian autonomous region in particular. In the past many…
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Indonesian students asked to join a conference slated for July in Daejon, South Korea
Are you an Indonesian? We are calling for Indonesian Students, Academicians, and Practitioners around the globe to join our conference and research paper competition in K-Pop country, Korea! Indonesian Student Association in Korea (PERPIKA) calls for scientific paper submission for our 6th Conference of Indonesian Students Association in Korea (CISAK -2013). Conference…
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