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    Cina Menyiksa Aktivis Dengan Alat Kejut Elektrik

    HALO! SAYA MEIDYANA RAYANA MELAPORKAN UNTUK THE ASIAN. BERITA BERIKUT MERUPAKAN SALAH SATU BERITA DUNIA YANG DAPAT ANDA AKSES DI SITUS THE ASIAN. HA TAE-KYUNG, PERWAKILAN DARI PARTAI YANG SEDANG BERKUASA DI KOREA SELATAN, SAENURI, MENGUNGKAPKAN BAHWA KIM YOUNG-HWAN, TELAH DIBEBASKAN MINGGU LALU SETELAH DITAHAN SELAMA 114 HARI DI PUSAT…

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    Scenes Of Flood Damages In Anju, A NK City

    People walk in the floodwater in Anju in this picture released by KCNA, the official news agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on July 30. A 24 hours of torrential rain hit parts of the country since Sunday, sparking fears of further flooding and damage.  Floods triggered…

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    Ndi Kenya Naga Imehe Ulo Umenala Na Seoul

    *This is Ibo which language is used usually in South-East Nigeria. Onochi Obodo Kenya na Korea bu Mazi Nagovi Kitua Kuru si na Ndi Kenya ga emehe ulo umenala na Seoul. Mazi Kitua si na odinkmpa kaha mehe ebe Ndi korea and ndi ozo ga amuta umenala Ndi Kenya ka…

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    Korean Short Stories for Foreigners

    This is Intern Doria Garms-Sotelo from the USA reporting from THE AsiaN. A local publisher has released the first batch of renowned Korean short stories in both Korean and English in a bilingual series. Asia Publishers released the first 15 books in the local market Wednesday. Readers will soon be…

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    NK Military Exercise To Mark Armistice Anniversary

    A North Korean flag flutters during a military exercise by the historic 105 tank unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea Friday, July 27, 2012, marking the 59th anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. The 105 tank unit, which denounced joint U.S. and South Korean…

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    Growing Citizens’ Power In China

    A protester stands in front of a lines of riot police officers Saturday July 28, 2012 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China. Authorities in eastern China dropped plans for a water-discharge project Saturday after thousands of protesters angry about pollution took to the streets, in the latest of many such confrontations…

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    Japanese Rally Asking To Giving Up Nuclear Power

    Protesters scuffle with police outside parliament house in Tokyo, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Thousands of people formed “a human chain” around the parliament complex Sunday to demand the government abandon nuclear power – the latest in a series of peaceful demonstrations on a scale not seen in Tokyo for decades.…

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    Cooking Nanta

    This is Korean famous Cooking Nanta performing in Hanoi last week to celebrate 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam-Korea. The AsiaN Editor news@theasian.asia

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    Japan: Death rate among handicapped people in tsunami 2.5-fold larger

    News is <Kyodonews>: Death rate among handicapped people in tsunami 2.5-fold larger The death rate among handicapped people living in coastal areas of Miyagi Prefecture when the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster struck was 2.5 times higher than the overall average for residents, a support group for them said…

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    Bird’s Eye Views Of Latest Pyongyang

      Photo taken on July 26, 2012 shows the city view of Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). <Xinhua/Zeng Tao> news@theasian.asia

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