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Major news in China on Apr 18 2012: ‘Marilyn and the monk’ parody miffs scholars
Top news in <China Daily>: ‘Marilyn and the monk’ parody miffs scholars news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Japan on Apr 18 2012
Top News in <Kyodo News>: URGENT: Myanmar president to make 5-day visit to Japan from Friday news@theasian.asia
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Massive Celebration For Kim Il-sung’s Birth
North Korean singers perform at the Pyongyang indoor gymnasium to commemorate the late President Kim Il Sung’s 100th birthday in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, April 16, 2012. Fireworks lit over an evening dancing party and performance at Kim Il Sung Square to commemorate the late President Kim Il Sung’s 100th…
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Major news in China on Apr 17 2012
Top news in <CNTV>: Compilation of Chinese medicine encyclopaedia by EU picks up speed news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Japan on Apr 17 2012
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Japan hails U.N. quick response to N. Korea’s rocket launch news@theasian.asia
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Major news in China on Apr 16 2012:
Top news in <People Daily: To ban or not to ban, that is the question news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Japan on Apr 16 2012: NK may continue with hard, soft-line policies
Top news in <NHK>: N.Korea may continue with hard, soft-line policies news@theasian.asia
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Centennial Celebration Of Kim Il-sung’s Birth
PYONGYANG — North Korean female soldiers march during a mass military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the North Korean founder Kim Il Sung on Sunday, April 15, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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Chopstick Makers Under Probe For Poison Use
LIUZHOU, China — Pieces of the bamboo for making disposable chopsticks are seen at a workshop in Rongan County of Liuzhou, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 11, 2012. Local government started inspections on disposable chopsticks manufacturers in Liuzhou City recently. Three companies were discovered and punished for using…
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Extra Issue Printed To Inform NK Missile Launch In Tokyo
TOKYO — A newspaper employee shows an extra issue of the Daily Yomiuri reporting North Korea’s rocket launch to hand over to passers-by in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, April 13, 2012. North Korea fired a long-range rocket early Friday, South Korean and U.S. officials said, defying international warnings against moving forward…
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