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East Asia
Giant Panda Cub Receives Weekly Health Exam In San Diego Zoo
In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, giant panda cub Xiao Liwu stretches out and shows his belly while animal care staff check him over during his weekly exam at the San Diego Zoo, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Nutritionist Jennifer Parsons took his measurements and noted that this…
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Jia Qinglin Meets With Chinese Officials And Students Living In Rome, Italy
Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, meets with staff members of the Chinese embassy to Italy, representatives of Chinese institutions, overseas Chinese and students in Rome, capital of Italy, Nov. 28, 2012. <Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng>
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Satellite Launching Site In Cholsan, NK, Seen Ready To Blast-Off Rocket Soon
This Monday Nov. 26, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe and annotated by 38 North, the website of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, shows the Sohae Satellite Launch Station in Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. According to analysis done for 38 North,…
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Xi Jinping And Other New Chinese Leaders Inspect Exhibition In Beijing
Xi Jinping (2nd R, front), general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission (CMC), views “The Road Toward Renewal” exhibition along with other members of the Standing Committee of Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee including Li Keqiang…
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Head Of AIG Speaks In AmCham General Membership Meeting In Seoul
President & CEO of American International Group (AIG) Robert Benmosche delivers a speech during the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) general membership meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 30, 2012. <Xinhua/Park Jin-hee>
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Human rights in N. Korea
Seoul’s pure but positive involvement needed A key U.N. committee adopted a resolution Tuesday denouncing North Korea’s rampant abuse of human rights, “by consensus and without a vote” for the first time. It shows the international community is one and the same in condemning the systematic, widespread and grave human…
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Celebs join campaign trail
Entertainers, sports stars livening up election atmoshpere Since official campaigning for the presidential poll began this week, a number of celebrities have joined forces to support the leading candidates, Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in, in order to charm undecided voters. Members of the celebrity cast have different supporting roles in…
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East Asia
NK sacks defense minister
North Korea has sacked its defense minister in a shake-up apparently aimed at bolstering loyalty to its young leader Kim Jong-un among the military elite, reports said Thursday. The regime replaced Kim Jong-gak as minister of the People’s Armed Forces after just seven months in the position. He is replaced…
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Envoy in China to discuss NK
Seoul’s top nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam left for Beijing Thursday to discuss North Korea as speculation mounted over a possible long-range missile launch by Pyongyang. Recent satellite images have shown preparations being made at a launch site at the North’s Sohae Satellite Launch Station on the nation’s West Coast, raising…
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First-borns often win presidential elections
Park, Moon are ‘functional’ first children marking rare cases in Korean history Many American presidents, including Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush, have been either first-born sons or the eldest children in their families. Is the tendency featuring “first-born children born to rule” also applicable to Korean political…
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