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East Asia
Novelist Gong to fast in support of Moon
Liberal novelist Gong Ji-young said she will begin 12-days of fasting and prayer today as a demonstration of her support for opposition presidential candidate Moon Jae-in. The popular novelist is the latest in a series of literary figures who have thrown their weight behind Moon of the Democratic United Party’s…
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Korea, China to beef up efforts to stabilize Korean Peninsula: nuke envoy
South Korea and China shared the view that there should be no situations creating instability on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul’s top nuclear envoy said Friday ahead of North Korea’s possible missile test. Speculation is growing that North Korea is gearing up for another long-range missile test in the coming weeks…
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Psy says he would like to see Obama do ‘Gangnam Style’ move
Korea’s pop sensation Psy said late Friday he would like to see Barack Obama do the “Gangnam Style” dance move when he meets the U.S. president at a Washington D.C. concert later this month. The 34-year-old singer and rapper, whose video of his song “Gangnam Style” became a YouTube megahit,…
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East Asia
Technicians Of Hohhot Railway In China’s Inner Mongolia Prepare For Winter
Technicians monitor the indicating maps of signals at the signal mechanical room of the Baotou East Station of the Baotou electricity section of the Hohhot Railway Bureau in Baotou, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2012. Facing the low temperatures, strong winds and snowfalls since winter, the Hohhot…
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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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East Asia
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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East Asia
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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East Asia
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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East Asia
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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