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East Asia
How to solve a problem like NK: Three viewpoints
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s brinkmanship is in full bloom. He’s ordered the missiles prepped, dismissed the armistice and announced plans to bring a nuclear reactor back on line. The U.S. response – a restrained show of force by fighter jets and warships, along with comments that simultaneously decry…
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South East Asia
Obama says Singapore key to U.S. rebalancing toward Asia
President Barack Obama called Singapore “one of the most successful countries in the world” and expressed appreciation for its military and economic cooperation, part of his administration’s foreign policy shift toward Asia. Singapore has provided “a steady vision of how countries in the Pacific region can cooperate effectively,” Obama said…
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South Asia
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai administrates oath of interim cabinet
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on April 2, 2013, shows Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai (L, center) administrating oath of ministers of interim cabinet in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. A 14-member interim cabinet took oath on Tuesday in Islamabad, officials said. <Xinhua/PID>
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East Asia
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Saudi Aribian Prince Khalid Sultan
Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping (R) meets with Prince Khalid Sultan, deputy defense minister of Saudi Arabia, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 2, 2013. <Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng>
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un attends Central Committee meeting of Workers’ Party in Pyongyang
Photo released by the KCNA news agency on April 1 shows that a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is held in Pyongyang, capital of the DPRK, on March 31, 2013. Photo released by the KCNA news agency on…
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East Asia
South Korean vehicles head for NK city of Kaesong amid rising tension between the two sides
South Korean army soldiers walk as vehicles wait to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Monday, April 1, 2013. North Korea warned South Korea on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had…
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East Asia
China expands influence in Africa on the back of Xi Jinping’s trip
China is set to enhance its fast expanding political influence in Africa by taking a pro-active role in mediating disputes in the resource-rich continent as new Chinese PresidentXi Jinping returned home from a high-profile African tour. While Xi has committed billions of dollars in assistance on his tour to Tanzania,…
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West Asia
Palestinian President reviews honor guards upon his arrival in Amman, Jordan
King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, reviews honor guards after his arrival at the Royal Palace to meet with Kind Abdullah II, unseen, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, March…
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Central Asia
‘Wine country’ Georgia eyes closer relations with Korea
Interview with the Georgian Ambassador Nikoloz Apkhazava Georgia is a country so far from Korea, but one with many similarities. Did you know that most nationalities can visit Georgia without a visa for 360 days? This can be seen as an extension of Georgia’s history of tolerance. In an interview…
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West Asia
Iranian President poses with his chief of staff during a press conference in Tehran
In this Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, holds hands with chief of staff Esfandiari Rahim Mashaei, during a press conference in Tehran, Iran. In the waning months of Ahmadinejad’s presidency weakened by years of internal battles with the ruling clerics there appears no bigger priority…
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