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Dying alone
Last week, the skeleton of a man was found in the southeastern port city of Busan about six years after he apparently committed suicide. The man, identified only as Kim, was 49 when he hung himself at a rented house in 2006. Kim, an unmarried manual laborer, had lived alone…
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Park’s inaugural will draw record 60,000
A record 60,000 people will be invited to Park Geun-hye’s presidential inauguration ceremony at the Nation Assembly square in Yeouido on Feb. 25, a top aide said, Sunday. About 3.1 billion won has been allocated for the ceremony, with the amount reflecting yearly inflation from the incumbent President Lee Myung-bak’s…
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Pororo hits big screens
A 3D film version of animated TV series “Pororo the Little Penguin” will open in theaters nationwide Thursday. Ahead of the official release of “Pororo: the Racing Adventure,” a press preview was held at a movie theater in eastern Seoul on Wednesday. The big screen debut of the inquisitive penguin,…
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East Asia
Chinese Military Leader Arrives In Myanmar For Strategic Security Consultation
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Myanmar U Shwe Mann (R) meets with visiting Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Qi Jianguo in Nay Pyi Taw, capital of Myanmar, on Jan. 20, 2013. Qi jianguo arrived here Saturday for the first China-Myanmar strategic security…
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Ethnic Mongolians In Traditional Costume Attend Winter Nadam Fair In Xilingol, China’s Inner Mongolia
Women and children of the Mongolian ethnic group in traditional ethnic costume attends the winter Nadam fair in Xilingol, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2013. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing in Mongolian language, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. During the event, local residents…
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Japan’s Self-Defense Force Personnel Attend Flag Returning Ceremony In Tokyo Upon Returning From Peacekeeping Mission In Golan Heights
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera attend the flag returning ceremony by Japan’s Self-Defense Forces involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Israeli-held Golan Heights at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. The 47-member unit returned the team’s flag upon coming back…
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Winter Fishing Cultural Festival Opens On Frozen Wolong Lake In Liaoning Province, Northeast China
Cooks make fish soup during the opening ceremony of Winter Fishing Cultural Festival at Wolong Lake, Kangping County, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, Jan. 16, 2013. Performers here will hold an ancestor worship ritual and fish in traditional ways during the eight-day festival. The first fish is caught from the frozen…
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Exhibition Of Photos Shot By Pulitzer Prize Winners Opens In Taipei, Taiwan
Guests attend the opening ceremony of the photo exhibition “Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs” in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Jan. 17, 2013. The exhibiton displays 151 photographs shot by the Pulitzer Prize winners since the award was established in 1942. A visitor watch photographs exhibited during the photo…
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Minister lobbies to retain part of trade functions
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Affairs (MOFAT) began a belated effort Friday to keep its trade related division. In proposed government apparatus changes, the ministry is supposed to be stripped of trade policy-setting and negotiating functions, which will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and…
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‘Burberry men’ may get heavier penalty
An appellate court has found a man guilty of child abuse for having a seven-year-old girl watch him sexually stimulate himself. It was the first recognition of such an act as child abuse. What appears to be legally more important is that the ruling is likely to influence similar cases…
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