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Major news in China on May 25
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: China says U.S. directive on Confucius Institutes “may harm friendship” news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Japan on May 25
Top news in <NHK>: Iran nuclear talks to continue next month news@theasian.asia
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Major news in China on May 24: Kindergarteners exposed to UV lamps
Top news in <China Daily> : Kindergarteners exposed to UV lamps news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Japan on May 24
Top news in <Kyodo News> : Olympics: Tokyo makes it onto shortlist in bid for 2020 Summer Games news@theasian.asia
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Here Comes Purehearted Monks
Shaven-headed young boys in line bow before the Dongjasung (little monk) soccer match held to celebrate Buddha’s upcoming birthday at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. They are the children who entered the temple to have an experience of monks’ life for three weeks, called Little…
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[China Now] China starts to have interest in comfort women
A Chinese internet media Sohu Cyber (www.sohu.com) reported about an elderly Korean woman living at Kangmiao district, Angui province in central China, for more than 50 years. She was learned to have forcibly brought to China as a comfort woman by Japanese imperial army during the World War II, it said. According to the media, she…
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Skytree In Tokyo Opens To Public
Visitors wait in front of the entrance of the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The world’s tallest tower and Japan’s biggest new landmark opened to the public on Tuesday. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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A Cartoonist Helps Her Grandpa’s Dream Come True
Combo photo taken on May 15, 2012 shows some photos posted by microbloggers as responses to Ling Yifan, a 29-year-old cartoonist, to help her ailing grandfather travel the world in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2012. Earlier this month Ling posted a portrait of her grandfather, who is dying…
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Chinese PKO Team Bound For East Timor
Two police officers help each other to settle their backpacks at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, May 21, 2012, before boarding an airplane to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in East Timor. The 13-person team of Chinese police officers departed from Beijing to East…
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Major news in China on May 22
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: China still most attractive for FDI news@theasian.asia
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