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GS to expand business in Singapore

GS Group, Korea’s eighth largest conglomerate by assets, is seeking to expand its energy, retail and construction businesses in Singapore in line with the company’s growth strategy focusing on Southeast Asian nations. GS Group Chairman Huh Chang-soo convened a meeting of heads of affiliates in Singapore from Sunday to Monday,…
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Ancient Chinese Townlet Heshun Featuring Time-Honored Temples, Houses Emerges As New Tourists Attraction

People visit the ancient townlet Heshun in Tengchong County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on Nov. 3, 2012. The townlet, featuring time-honored temples and houses, is located three kilometers away from the county seat of Tengchong, where live 6,000 people. People walk under a stone archway in the ancient townlet Heshun…
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Dalai Lama In Japan For Giving Lecture, Taking Part In Symposium

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, prepares to give a religious talk in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. The Dalai Lama waves to devotees as he arrives to give a religious lecture in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in Japan…
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East Asia

Clash of two languages

A Japanese professor was introducing himself to his new class at a university in Seoul. “I’m professor Seki and I’m going to teach you…” All the Korean students burst into uncontrollable laughter. “Is anything wrong?” Seki asks. “Your name, sir,”replies came from the still chuckling audience. The newcomer to Seoul…
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First lady may face special investigations

A special probe into the first family over a “shady deal” for property for their retirement home is reaching first lady Kim Yoon-ok at a critical juncture ahead of the Dec. 19 presidential election. According to officials of a team led by special prosecutor Lee Kwang-bum, a former judge, the…
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East Asia

What’s on Lee’s mind

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest electronics products maker, is expected to rapidly map out a new business plan for the coming years now Chairman Lee Kun-hee has returned home from a month-long overseas tour. “The chairman conducted onsite inspections on businesses in Vietnam, China and Japan as well as meeting…
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Lots of illicit money flows out of China

An astonishing US$3.97 trillion in illicit funds left China between 2000 and 2011, according to a report released Friday by the Washington, DC-based Global Financial Integrity, a research and advocacy group. As much as 10 percent of China’s annual gross domestic product may be disappearing out of the country in…
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Arabic popular for 2nd-language test

More students are choosing Arabic as their second foreign language option for the national scholastic aptitude test. According to the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, around 40 percent of students selected Arabic as their option for a second foreign language in the College Scholastic Ability Test this year. A…
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East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Perusahaan Penerbangan Korea Utara Membuka Layanan Internet

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita dari Korea utara. Air Koryo, Angkutan Udara Nasional Korea Utara menarik perhatian setelah baru-baru ini membuka layanan pemesanan melalui internet, dalam signal terbaru Pyongyang yang tampak berusahan mengejar perkembangan dunia. Situs tersebut menyediakan layanan pemesanan dan pembelian tiket yang lebih mudah,…
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A Worker Files Complaint Against Tokyo Electric Co. For Sending In Crews Into Fukushima Nuclear Plant Without Adequate Protection Or Warning

A contract worker, right, of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) leaves after a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. The 46-year-old worker, who refuses to get his face photographed, filed a legal complaint Tuesday that the operator TEPCO of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant that went into a…
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