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Society
KBS workers go on strike
Unionized workers of KBS, the nation’s largest broadcaster, have voted to go on strike from 5 a.m. Tuesday, joining journalists of MBC who walked out more than a month ago. Like the union of MBC, KBS journalists and other staff are calling for the resignation of the company president who…
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Lifestyle
Korean drama, K-pop idols shine in Okinawa concert
The influence of Korean pop culture has reached the southernmost island of the Japanese archipelago, resulting in a concert that showcased not only just K-pop idol groups like KARA and 2PM but also the soundtracks of Korean dramas. “World Music Festival in Okinawa” took place Sunday in a two-part format…
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Egypt signs deal to supply fuel to Gaza power plant
The Hamas-run authority of energy and natural resources in the Gaza Stripe signed an agreement with Egypt to pump fuels through Rafah border crossing to Gaza power station, Palestinian officials said Monday. The energy authority said in a press statement emailed to reporters that the agreement was signed in Egypt’s…
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East Asia
IAEA prepares for possible return of nuclear inspectors to DPRK
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies during a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Feb. 29, 2012. Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that the agreement of Democratic People’s Republic of…
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West Asia
Jerusalem Holds 1st ‘Ice Festival’
Israeli groom Moshe and his bride Shelit pose for wedding pictures at the site of the upcoming First Ice Festival in Jerusalem on March 5, 2012. A 1,500-square-meter arena was carried from Belgium for the ice festival, which will be held from March 6 to April 30. 35 Chinese artists…
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South Asia
“Let’s Make our Street Bright”
A Pakistani art student paints a wall along a street in Lahore, Pakistan on March 5, 2012. More than 300 art students and youths participate in a street art painting competition run by a local youth organization with the aim of improving the city vista. <Photo: Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Afghan Women Thrown in Workplace
Two Afghan women work at a women bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 5, 2012. Many women across the war-torn country who lost family members during the war have to work to support their families. <Photo: Xinhua/Maryam Khamosh> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Just for Good Fortune
A villager runs barefoot past a bonfire to pray for good fortune in Binhe Village, Liezhou City of south China’s Guangdong Province, March 4, 2012. Local villagers step on fire to showcase their courage and pray for good luck in such a traditional activity. <Photo: Xinhua/Cai Cheng> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
“Drop the Nuclear Energy Plans!”
Activists from Greenpeace Indonesia wear radiation suits to commemorate the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and to demand the government to drop their nuclear energy plans, outside Indonesia’s Ministry of Research and Technology, in Jarkarta, Indonesia, March 5, 2012. Greenpeace Monday launched a week-long series of activities across…
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