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East Asia
South Korea, U.S. Ministers Stand For News Conference
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton, second from right, speaks during the joint news conference together with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan, second from left, and South Korean Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-jin, after the U.S.-Korea ministerial dialogue 2+2 meeting in…
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Maor news in Japan: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested
Top news in <Japan Times>: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining fugitive of the former Aum Shinrikyo cult wanted in connection with the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, police sources said Friday. The Friday morning arrest of Takahashi, 54, came…
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Major news in China: China to launch Shenzhou IX spacecraft Saturday
Top news in <China Daily>: China to launch Shenzhou IX spacecraft Saturday JIUQUAN, Gansu – The Shenzhou IX manned spacecraft will be launched at 6:37 pm Saturday, according to a decision made by China’s manned space docking program headquarters. Three astronauts, two male and one female, will board China’s fourth…
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Japanese police detain final fugitive in Tokyo gas attack
TOKYO, June 15 (Xinhua) — Police in Tokyo detained the final fugitive behind a deadly sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway about 17 years ago, local media reported on Friday. Katsuya Takahashi, 54, has been on Japan’s most wanted list for his suspected involvement in the Aum Shinrikyo cult’s lethal…
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Major news in Japan on Jun 14: China ‘exported military vehicles to North Korea’
Top news in <Yomiuri Online>: China ‘exported military vehicles to North Korea’ China exported military vehicles that could carry and launch long-range ballistic missiles to North Korea in August last year, it has been learned. The vehicles are believed to have been used to carry what appeared to be newly…
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Major news in China on Jun 14: State Council improves food safety
Top news in <CNTV>: State Council improves food safety Country will reward people who expose substandard products The State Council laid out measures to improve food safety on Wednesday, including tighter supervision and harsher punishment for violators. “It is an onerous task for the government to ensure food safety,” as…
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U.S. Envoy Speaks In Seoul On NK Human Rights
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The U.S. human rights envoy to North Korea says the United States is working to break an “information blockade” that allows North Korea to hide its rights abuses and keep its people away from outside news. Robert King told a forum in Seoul on Thursday…
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Major news in China on Jun 13: The thousand-year-old Tibetan paper
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: The thousand-year-old Tibetan paper More than 1,300 years ago, when the Princess Wencheng of Tang Dynasty went to Tibet to get married, she also brought the papermaking technology from the central plain area to this plateau. After years of study, innovation and inheritance, the Tibetan…
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Major news in Japan on Jun 13: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation
Top news in <Japan Today>: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear energy authority and the country’s space agency Tuesday announced a joint project to develop a drone to measure radioactivity in the environment after last year’s nuclear disaster. Japan has been forced to invent or…
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UN Calls For Donation To Help Feed NK People
In this photo taken Sunday, April 8, 2012, North Koreans work near farming machinery next to a field on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. The United Nations has called for $198 million in donations for 2012 – mostly to help feed the hungry but also to invest in programs…
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