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East Asia
Deputy IT and Communications Minister of Uzbekistan from South Korea completes his mission
It was something very unusual for Uzbekistan when in 2013 a group of South Korean scholars headed by the consultant on ICT Kim Nam Seok began its activity at the Uzbek State Committee for Communication, Information and Telecommunication Technologies. Unusual was not the fact of attracting foreign specialists but the…
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East Asia
“New Asia, New Dynamics” motto of the Magazine N
This year, The AsiaN’s Magazine N embarks on the New Year with the phrase, “New Asia, New Dynamics” and truly, it is the start of a whole new platform upon which Magazine N aspires to convey the ideas of reporters and columnists around Asia. Not only has there been shifts…
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East Asia
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Business
SK, Daelim win $3 bil. deal in Turkey
SK Engineering & Construction (E&C) and Daelim Industrial won a 3.5 trillion ($3 billion) contract to construct the world’s longest suspension bridge in Turkey, the two companies said Tuesday. A four-way consortium, consisting of SK, Daelim and two Turkish builders, Limak and Yapi Merkezi, was selected as a preferred bidder…
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East Asia
Samsung Electronics surpasses W2 mil.
Samsung Electronics stocks touched 2 million won Thursday, soaring to a record high. It is the first time the electronics giant which debuted on the stock market in 1975 surpassed 2 million won. The world’s leading tech company started trading at 1.97 million won in the morning session, reaching 2…
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Politics
Russia’s Kalashnikov to create 1700 jobs in 2017
Russia’s famed small arms maker Kalashnikov Concern will increase its staff by at least 30% by creating 1700 new jobs in 2017 amid the surge in export orders, the company’s press service said. “The Kalashnikov Concern will create 1700 new jobs this year and thus will increase its core staff…
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East Asia
The Uses of the Space Energy
Last July, as 1,300 corporations of the 21 APEC member states came together at the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Technology Conference and Fair (APEC-SMETC), Korea Space Energy Co. Ltd was selected as 2016 APEC Best Practices in SME Innovation for its Space Energy Implosion Radiation Generator. This adaptive radiation…
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IT-Science
Slaves of smartphone
Park Moo Jong – The Korea Times It’s been 10 years since the late Steve Jobs (1955-2011) introduced the sensational iPhone, namely smartphone, in June 2007 to help change the daily life of the mankind from then on. The device is absolutely one of the most important daily necessities in this…
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East Asia
China to launch 1st earthquake monitoring satellite
A Chinese-made electromagnetic test satellite will be launched in the second half of 2017 to monitor earthquakes. It will be the first satellite of its kind for China. The satellite has a life span of five years, monitoring quakes of magnitude six or above that hit China, and quakes of…
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Central Asia
Largest solar power plant launches operations in Mongolia
As reported by the Energy Regulatory Committee, the largest solar power plant in the country (located in Darkhan) has started a trial run and has begun supplying electricity to the city’s main electricity grid. The ten-megawatt power station was built in Darkhan by Solar Power International, in cooperation with the…
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