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East Asia
[The AsiaN Video] Chinese Premier visit to the village and Nepal Foreign Minister arrested for Kidnapping
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang a member of Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Part of China (CPC) talked with villagers in Kaicheng Township of Guyuan. He was on an inspection tour of low income families. Former member of parliament and minster for supplies Shyam Sundar Gupta…
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Diamond and Diplomat
Relatives of a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade allegedly bought stocks of a Korean firm before the Ministry announced in 2010 that it had won a right to develop a diamond mine in Cameroon. Kim Eun-seok, a senior diplomat in charge of energy and resource…
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Taiwan Train Collide with Truck···1 Dead
Rescuers work at the accident site after a passenger train collided with a truck which carried sandstone and intruded into the rail track in Taoyuan County, southeast China’s Taiwan, Jan. 17, 2012. The collision occurred on Tuesday morning when the train was coming from central Changhwa County to eastern Hualien…
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Japan on 17 January 2012
Japan on 17 January 2012 <Japan Today> : “2 accounting firms cleared, 5 in-house auditors blamed in Olympus cover-up” news@theasian.asia
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Russia on 17 January 2012
Russia on 17 January 2012 <The Moscow News> : “Medvedev introduces governor-elections bill” news@theasian.asia
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China on 17 January 2012
China on 17 January 2012 <CNTV> : “Wen calls for global efforts to secure energy supply” news@theasian.asia
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Former Actor’s Debut as a Politician
Moon Sung-keun, famous as a charismatic actor and a TV presenter made an impressive debut on a political stage on Sunday as one of the new leaders of the main opposition party. The 59-year-old former actor gained second most votes in the Democratic United Party’s leadership vote, following after former…
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Snowscape With Spring Festival Lantern
Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2012 shows the beautiful snowscape of Lushan, a famous mountain in Jiujiang City, east China’s Jiangxi Province. The snowfall started on the evening of Jan. 15, endowing Lushan a special charm, which delights tourists both home and abroad. <Photo: Xinhua/Yin Weicheng> news@theasian.asia
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AP Set Up its 1st Bureau in Pyongyang
Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Jan. 16, 2012 shows Tom Curley (2nd L), president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press (AP), and Kim Pyong Ho (C), director general of the KCNA, pose for a group photo with other officials in Pyongyang, capital of the…
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Learns English for Foreigners
Fan Hongwei (L) helps a student from Sri-Lanka pick vegetables at her stall in Tong’an market in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, Jan. 16, 2012. Some international students in a nearby university often encounter language difficulties when shopping in Tong’an market. In order to help those students, Fan Hongwei, a vegetable…
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