• East Asia

    Confusing Romanized surnames

    Park Moo-jong – The Korea Times Seri Pak made history yesterday when she left the green after playing the first round of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, with 25 victories and five major championships during the past two decades. Her legendary career reached the climax at…

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  • East Asia

    China to settle 100 mln migrants in cities by 2020

    China will help 100 million migrants settle in cities to expand urbanization, the country’s cabinet announced on October 11. The government plans to annually help over 13 million migrants seek urban hukou (household registration) that will qualify them for social benefits such as health care, over the next five…

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  • West Asia

    Ilham Aliyev among most influential Muslims of the world

    Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center of Amman published The Muslim 500 rating of this year. Just like last year, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was among 500 most influential Muslims of the world in the category of “Politics”, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. The leaders of this year’s rating are Professor…

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  • East Asia

    China walks the talk to share key growth lesson with Africa

    Xinhua – Wang Xiangjiang ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — The inauguration of a Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway in Africa is a vivid proof that China is walking the talk, sharing one of the key lessons it has gained following decades of reform and opening up to the outside world.…

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  • East Asia

    Blood donation increases by 35 percent in Mongolia

    Blood Donation Day, marked on the third day of each month, took place on October 3 in connection with the government policy to increase the supply of blood and blood products as well as to ensure their safety. On this day, the National Blood Center announced honorary awards to…

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  • East Asia

    China marked Martyrs’ Day

    Chinese people commemorated the anniversary of the founding of China before a ceremony marking Martyrs’ Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders presented flower baskets and scores of ordinary people filed up to lay a single flower each…

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  • West Asia

    The “Hidden Children” of the South Caucasus

    However much the Caucasus might be associated with widespread affection for children, that warmth and understanding does not always exist for disabled children. Even when parents accept their children as they are, many in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – whether fellow students, teachers or civil servants – nonetheless try…

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  • East Asia

    Saving the Gobi bear

    Elise Honningdalsnes – The UB Post Hidden from the world, in the earth’s fifth largest desert, is the rare Gobi bear fighting for its survival. These bears have found a way to live in one of the most extreme environments on the planet, but there are not many of…

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  • Central Asia

    Mongolia: Japan’s Rubbish Heap

    ELISE HONNINGDALSNES – The UB POST Mongolia is embracing mass-market grey imports from Japan. This easy solution to get Mongolians cheap wheels will soon result in Mongolia being one of the biggest landfills for cars and dangerous waste in Asia. Mongolians have fallen in love with Japan’s Toyota Prius,…

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  • South Asia

    “Palestinian women are very progressive”

    The Daily Techno Times in Pakistan has published a piece about the AsiaN’s interview with Mrs. Vera Baboun, Mayor of Bethlehem City. please click here to read full interview…

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