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East Asia
Prolonged Fog In Chinese Cities Causes Inconvenience On People’s Livelihood
Women wearing masks ride on road in fog-enveloped Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, Jan. 14, 2013. Thick smog pushed the sales of protection masks as the foggy weather expanded to many parts of northern and eastern China. <Xinhua/Li Bo> Motorcars run on the Bayi Bridge amid heavy fog…
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Japanese Youths Walk In The Snow After Attending Coming Of Age Ceremony At A Park In Tokyo
Dressed in Japanese kimonos, Japanese youths who have turned or will turn 20-year-old this year, the traditional age of adulthood in Japan, walk in the snow following a Coming of Age ceremony at an amusement park in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. <AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi> Young girls dressed in traditional…
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More Than 100 Million Galaxy Smartphones Have Been Sold Since The Release Of Its First Model Three Years Ago
In this a, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, file photo, a man windowshop at a mobile phone shop near advertisement of Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, it has sold more than 100 million Galaxy S smartphones since the first…
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South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kang Chang-hee Meets With His Vietnamese Counterpart In Hanoi
Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung (R) shakes hands with visiting Speaker of the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly Kang Chang Hee in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, on Jan. 14, 2013. Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with Kang Chang Hee Monday to boost bilateral legislative ties. Chairman of…
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East Asia
Lawmakers pressured to forgo privileges
Lawmakers in Korea were given various privileges to fight an authoritarian president and effectively execute people’s demands. But as democracy has matured, those privileges are under public scrutiny. The National Assembly has come under fire lately for passing the legislators’ pension budget for this year which they previously pledged to…
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East Asia
QR codes help tourists
Gangnam install 8 on-pavement markers for visitors to get around Gangnam has installed quick response (QR) codes on the sidewalks of major tourist destinations to “help” visitors navigate the upscale southern district of Seoul referred to in Psy’s international hit “Gangnam Style.” It is the first time that QR codes…
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Xi’s image as ‘reformer’ under dispute
BEIJING – The well-observed vociferous clamoring for press freedom in China, ignited by protests at the country’s most prominent weekly newspaper Southern Weekend, was a vignette shot of how new leader Xi Jinping is seen by both reformists and conservative factions, thinking that he belongs to them. Some see Xi…
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NK calls for dissolution of United Nations Command
North Korea’s foreign ministry renewed its call for the dissolution of the United Nations Command (UNC) Monday, saying that the cease-fire agreement that concluded the 1950-1953 Korean War needs to be replaced by a peace treaty. According to the North Korean Central News Agency, the ministry said, in its “diplomatic…
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Nurturing Asia’s female leaders
When Jack Meyer first asked Korean-American lawyer Kim Young-joon in 2011 if he could succeed Meyer as the chairman of Asian University for Women (AUW) Support Foundation, Kim declined. The chairman’s job is to raise funds, and Meyer is a legendary former manager of Harvard University’s endowment who started with…
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East Asia
Rare photos of past Korean society to be shown in Japan
Two old men, dressed in traditional Korean garb, face the camera, one performing what seems like a traditional dance move, are seen against the sea off Jindo, South Jeolla Province. Japanese photographer Takumi Fujimoto captured during the 1970s and ’80s what he saw as exotic and rare scenes that revealed…
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