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East Asia
NK Top Leader Attends Ceremony Marking First Anniversary Of Death Of Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), attends a national ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, Dec. 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Zhang Li> Top officials of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, government and army…
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East Asia
Abe’s LDP Wins In Parliamentary Election To Make Him Japanese Prime Minister
Japan’s main opposition leader Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) marks on the name of one of those elected in parliamentary elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has resigned as chief of the Democratic Party of Japan to take…
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East Asia
2 contenders fight toe to toe
Moon presses on; Park thrusts and parries in final TV dabate The ruling Saenuri Party’s Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) fought head to head in the third televised presidential debate, Sunday night. The debate on social issues came just ahead of the…
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East Asia
Noda Announces Resignation After His Party Suffered Big Loss In General Election
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrives for a press conference after his Democratic Party of Japan made a big loss in parliamentary election in Tokyo Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. Noda announced his resignation as the DPJ chief. Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in a landslide election victory…
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East Asia
Candidates woo voters in southeastern region
With the Dec. 19 presidential election less than a week away, candidates of the ruling and main opposition party visited the nation’s southeastern region ― South Gyeongsang Province and Busan ― Friday to woo voters there as they enter the final stretch of the presidential race. The area, long regarded as conservative…
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East Asia
Pampering or disciplining?
If Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in appear hard to distinguish over their domestic policy, North Korea’s rocket launch should be something to separate one from the other and help voters determine who they will vote for. There is no general standard by which one candidate is better than the other.…
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East Asia
U.S. may consider buying off improved NK missile capabilities
So it has been almost one year since the world learnt about the sudden and untimely demise of Marshall Kim Jong Il, the Lodestar of the Twenty-first Century. What has happened in North Korea over the last year, what was predicted and what was not? Perhaps, it is a good…
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West Asia
A new cabinet has been appointed in Kuwait
Kuwait: New Cabinet Approved by Amir His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decree naming a new cabinet. The cabinet has six members of the Al-Sabah ruling family, one more than the previous government: the prime minister and the ministers of defense, interior, foreign, information and a…
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East Asia
Plan to punish NK comes into focus
South Korea’s blueprint for penalizing North Korea for its provocative rocket launch took shape Friday, involving the reinforcement of existing sanctions and the addition of new punitive measures. Officials said Seoul was on the same page with Washington and Japan over a shared approach involving desired measures at the U.N.…
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East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Indonesia concerned about NK rocket launch
Indonesian Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa expressed concern on North Korea’s missile launch on Wednesday (December 12). Despite of international pressure to dismantle its nuclear program, North Korea successfully launched its long-ranged rocket, saying that it is for a peaceful purpose. The technology used in the rocket launch can be used to launch nuclear weapon.…
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