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Company is a second home in Korean corporate culture
For most Korean companies, their corporate cultures have surely helped them grow and expand globally in a very short time. As foreigners interested or working in Korea, some of the traditional cultural traits common among Korean companies include: For most big companies in Korea the founders have already shaped the…
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East Asia
Beyond nationalism: An approach to ‘explosive’ territorial disputes
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…
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NK leader Kim Jong-un watch firing drill conducted by detachment in Jangjae Islet
The undated photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 14, 2013 shows Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), watching a live shell firing drill at the southwest sector of the front line. Kim Jong Un watched and guided the drill…
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East Asia
Fears and hopes loom surrounding ‘Abenomics’
Japan’s newly branded ‘Abenomics’ produces contradictory outlooks on its impact and the nation’s economic future. Abenomics, a buzzword Japan these days not only in Japan but also in global economic arena, refers to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s aggressive reflationary fiscal and monetary policies. The equity market has been boosted by…
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People perform an activity of ancient ethnic Qiang at a festival in Sichuan, China
Local residents perform an activity of the ancient Qiang ethnic minority at the Guairu Festival in Puxi Township of Lixian County in the Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 13, 2013. Wednesday marks the second day of the second lunar month, which is also…
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A senior Japanese diplomat urges his gov’t to cool tension with China through dialogue
Former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa delivers a speech during a meeting in Okasa, Janpan, March 13, 2013. Uichiro Niwa gave a speech on Wednesday at a lecture meeting held at a major conference hall in the western Japanese city of Osaka, urging the Japanese government to cool tensions…
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Relatives rush to the scene of explosion that killed 21 miners at a coal mine in Shuicheng, China
Relatives of the miners wait at the site of the accident in Shuicheng County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, March 13, 2013. Twenty-one miners were killed and four others were missing in a coal and gas outburst Tuesday evening at Machang Coal Mine which belongs to Gemudi Company of Guizhou Water…
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Vietnamese President welcomes former head of JVFPA in Hanoi
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) shakes hands with Takebe Tsutomu, former president of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA), in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, March 12, 2013. <Xinhua/VNA>
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Kim Jong-un inspects a long-range artillery unit of NK army
Photo released by KCNA news agency on March 12, 2013 shows Kim Jong Un (L), top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspecting a long-range artillery sub-unit of Korean People’s Army Unit 641, March 11, 2013. <Xinhua/KCNA>
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Israeli ambassador tells of the creative economy’s driving force
As Korea sets its sails to make a “creative economy,” which will create new jobs through the development of science, technology and IT, it looks to the start-up nation of Israel as a model. Israel has a population of 7.8 million and an area of approximately 20,700 square kilometers, about…
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