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S. Korea to propose talks with N. Korea on Kaesong wages this week
South Korea will propose talks with a North Korean agency in charge of an inter-Korean industrial complex early this week to resolve disputes over wages for the North’s workers, officials said Sunday. In February, Pyongyang announced unilaterally that it will raise the minimum wage for its workers at the Kaesong…
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Central Asia
Interview with Bank of Mongolia’s deputy governor
The Mongolian Republic, the heir of Genghis Khan, who had once ruled over Asia and even part of Europe, has recently been trying to develop natural and human resources. Magazine N’s correspondent in Mongolia, Uyanga Amarmend, has met with the deputy governor of the Bank of Mongolia to interview him…
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Politics
Remains of 68 Chinese People’s Volunteers Killed in Korean War Return
China held a ceremony to bury 68 soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War on March 21 in city of Shenyang, whose were returned by the Republic of Korea, said Xinhua. 68 soldiers were covered by the national flag, the caskets were carried into a martyrs’ park which located in…
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Politics
China Became the World’s 3rd-largest Arms Exporter
China become the world’s third-largest arms exporter, but the United States and Russia remain the dominant sellers of weapons worldwide, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Sweden on Monday. China’s share was far below that of the United States, at 31 percent, or Russia, at 27 percent,…
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Politics
China’s 5 Dangerous Points Due to Dictatorship
Professor David Shambaugh, a famous Chinese scholar at George Washington University predicts that the Communist Party of China (CCP)’s endgame has begun in his paper of The Coming Chinese Crackup in the Wall Street Journal recently. Such predictions of the CCP’s collapse have been proven wrong in the past, and…
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Politics
“They must have two!” said Chinese officer…”No longer Gender imbalance”
“To solve an increasing gender imbalance, government should roll back one-child policy and instead mandate all new generations to have two children” said Mei Zhiqiang, deputy director Family Planning Commission of Shanxi province, earlier last week. “Fristly we must make government policies allow new generations to give birth of two…
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West Asia
China’s Official Confirms Some Uygur Join IS
Top official of China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region firstly confirmed that Xinjiang residents have joined the radical group of IS. “Some Xinjiang residents have crossed the border illegally to join IS. The group currently has a growing international influence, and Xinjiang is affected by it.” Zhang Chunxian, the region’s top…
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Four Chinese Workers Killed Due to Myanmar Ethnic Conflict on the Border
Four Chinese people were killed in Yunnan province by a bomb dropped from a Myanmar warplane last Friday. Though Beijing had warned of escalating violence across China’s southwestern border before. “The bomb hit a sugarcane field and killing the four workers and injuring nine others.” Xinhua agency said. Beijing has…
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Politics
Central African Republic: Security Council Visit
Use Occasion to Denounce Attacks on Civilians (Nairobi, March 9, 2015) – United Nations Security Council members on a first visit to the Central African Republic beginning March 9, 2015, should publicly denounce ongoing attacks against civilians, including Muslims trapped in enclaves, Human Rights Watch said today. The Security Council…
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South East Asia
Battle continues for Sri Lanka’s “people’s power”
With the world desperately looking for a workable template to overthrow corrupt politicians and change these political structures, the latest “people’s power” demonstration in Sri Lanka may provide another opportunity, but its success like others before is still uncertain with huge challenges ahead. Sri Lanka’s example of overthrowing the powerful…
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