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East Asia
Renowned Chinese Sculptor Makes His Works Embodying Beauties Of Oriental Mysticism
Renowned sculptor Zhou Guozhen (2nd R) discusses art with experts in Jingdezhen, east China’s Jiangxi Province, Dec. 1, 2012. Mr. Zhou was born in 1931 in the countryside of Anren County, central China’s Hunan Province. After he graduated from the sculpture department of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts…
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CJ saps aspiring small filmmakers
Vice Chairman Lee dominates in marketing, producing CJ E&M has become so dominant it leaves little room for small and independent moviemakers. The media giant accounted for a whopping 72.4 percent in audience share for domestic movies as of October, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) Wednesday. “When combined…
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Nepal unveils memorial monument for legendary alpinist Park Young-seok
Nepal has unveiled a memorial monument in memory of veteran South Korean climber, Park Young-seok, earlier on Nov. 10 Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has constructed the memorial monument at International Mountaineers’ Memorial Park (IMMP) at Kakni, some 20 kilometers north of Kathmandu. The marble monument, 1.5 meters high, is put on a 1.2 meter high…
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Alpensia under snowballing debts
Alpensia Resort, the main venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics, has been reeling from snowballing debts as it failed to sell vacation homes built along its golf course and condominiums there. The resort, located in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, has been losing about 60 billion won ($55 million) annually over the…
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POSCO aims to join global top 100 by 2020
Korean steel giant POSCO said Friday that it aims to rank within the top 100 in terms of global sales by 2020. The firm said it plans to strengthen its mainstay steel business by increasing output to 50 million tons annually. A 30 million ton-capacity mill in Indonesia will be…
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East Asia
Traditional Painting Ceramics Crafts Enchants People At Exhibition In Huating, China
A visitor views the traditional Huating painting ceramics crafts during an exhibition in Huating County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Nov. 29, 2012. Huating ceramics have a history of thousands of years, producing arts like slip casting and ceramics painting and many varieties with local characteristics. Nowadays, constant technical renovation and…
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Students Of Dajia Elementary School In Taipei Enjoy Lunch Offered By School
A worker prepares students’ lunch at the dining hall of Dajia Elementary School in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Nov. 29, 2012. Food metarials are purchased through bidding in order to make sure of the nutrition, low price and taste of lunch for students. Students of Dajia Elementary School enjoy their…
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East Asia
Three candidates poised to highlight policy differences
During the televised presidential debates, the three participants are poised to clearly state their differences in policy. Many voters say that pledges made so far by the two main contenders, Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in are too similar, making it difficult to decide which candidate is deserving of their support.…
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Lawyer to manage NK residents’ assets in South
A local court ordered a South Korean lawyer Friday to manage the assets of North Korean residents that were bequeathed to them by a deceased family member who lived in the South. The Seoul Family Court dismissed a request from a surviving South Korean family member for a trial to…
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East Asia
Will OECD data help Park?
Will the latest Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data have any relevance for the 2012 presidential election? The wealthy nations’ club said that Korean women suffered from the largest gender gap in wages among member countries. This signifies that they are discriminated against but it is still a…
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