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East Asia
Misrepresentation of East Sea
A recent report by Rep. Lee Yang-soo, a member of the National Assembly Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee, showed that some state agencies use incorrect names to represent the East Sea and Dokdo on their websites. The report by the ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker found that websites…
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Central Asia
Moscow and Baku are linked by mutual arms supply
The volume of Russian-Azerbaijani mutual supplies of military-industrial complex products over the past seven years has quadrupled, the director general of the production association ‘Sharq’ of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence Industry, Ilgar Nazarov, said at the ADEX-2016 exhibition. “The figure is growing rapidly for the last three or four…
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Central Asia
Russia’s Rostec may sell 25% stake in Kalashnikov to private investors
Rostec is viewing an opportunity of increasing the stake of private investors in Russia’s largest small arms maker Kalashnikov Concern by 25%, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian state-owned corporation Sergey Chemezov said on September 26, TASS reports. “This issue is at the discussion stage. We will make final decision…
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East Asia
Police raid hospital to investigate death of activist hit by water cannon
Police raided a hospital in Seoul on Monday as part of their investigation into a farmer who died there earlier this week after he was hit by a police water cannon during a protest last year. The Seoul Jongno Police Station said it raided Seoul National University Hospital to obtain…
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East Asia
Next US president and N. Korea
Tong Kim – The Korea Times South Korea and the United States have failed miserably to stop North Korea from developing a nuclear weapon and the delivery system for it, particularly during the past seven years and eight months under the Barack Obama presidency and the two conservative South Korean…
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West Asia
The Metsamor news in the media of Azerbaijan
The AsiaN’s news about Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant has been published by major media agencies of Azerbaijan. The news was translated into several languages such as French, German, Russian and Armenian as well as Azerbaijani language. Azerbaijan State News Agency – AZERTAG also aired the news for the media followers.…
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East Asia
Rushing to North Korea’s aid
Donald Kirk – The Korea Times North Korea is truly a schizophrenic state. All in a day we hear about the need for generous foreign donors to come to the rescue of thousands of victims of flooding in the hard-scrabble northeast where life is tough in the best of times.…
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East Asia
THAAD and anti-Chinese sentiment
Sah Dong-seok – The Korea Times Anti-American sentiment was once a hot-button issue in Korea. Koreans’ antipathy against the United States flared up amid allegations that their traditional ally has supported military dictatorship for decades. Arguments that the U.S. turned a blind eye to the military’s massacre of civilians in the…
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Central Asia
Trade turnover of Iran and Azerbaijan may surpass $300 million
The volume of trade turnover between Iran and Azerbaijan currently stands at about $100 million but it must increase considerably, the Iranian deputy minister of industry, mine and trade, Hossin Esfahbodi, said on the sidelines of the ongoing Iran Project 2016 in Baku, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. Elaborating on existing trade…
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Central Asia
Russia to deploy S-400 air defense missile systems in Leningrad region
Two regiments of the S-400 air defense missile systems will be delivered to the Air Force and Air Defense unit deployed in the Leningrad region in the near future, the head of Russia’s Western Military Command’s press service Igor Muginov told journalists on September 21, TASS reports. “At this time,…
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