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President-elect to set new records
The president-elect will set new records, regardless of whether it is the Saenuri Party’s Park Geun-hye, the Democratic United Party’s (DUP) Moon Jae-in or independent Ahn Cheol-soo. If Park wins in the December poll, she will be the nation’s first female president. America has still to elect a female president…
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East Asia
‘Spicy kimchi kept me warm in winter’
Peace Corps volunteers recount their discovery of Korea in late 1960s The first group of American Peace Corps volunteers to come to Korea in the mid-1960s had their own way of keeping warm during the icy winter weather, despite the poor heating systems. Some wore several layers of clothes, while…
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East Asia
Bid to send anti-NK leaflets blocked
The government blocked activists from sending anti-regime pamphlets into North Korea, Monday, in a bid to avoid a military clash over the activity. Dozens of activists including North Korean defectors had planned to send 200,000 pamphlets across the border in giant balloons from the Imjingak Park near Paju. But soldiers…
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West Asia
Kuwaiti Opposition Supporters Rally Against Electoral Law Change In Kuwait City
Opposition supporters hold a rally in Kuwait City on Oct. 22, 2012 to protest against a decision to change the electoral law. Opposition supporters clash with riot police during a rally in Kuwait City Oct. 22, 2012. Kuwaiti opposition supporters on Monday held a rally to protest against a decision…
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West Asia
Palestinian President Abbas Talks With UN Envoy Tony Blair In Ramallah, West Bank
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with the UN envoy for the international Quartet Committee for peace in the Middle East Tony Blair in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Oct. 21, 2012. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (4th R) meets with the UN envoy for the international Quartet Committee…
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East Asia
Diplomacy at its best & worst
Diplomatic protocol officers play a role in getting things going without a hitch, often working behind the scenes and ensuring they don’t steal the show from the main characters. For an impeccable summit or beautiful state dinner, they are the hidden champions. They must have a lot to gossip about…
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West Asia
Afghan President, NATO Secretary General Hold Joint Press Conference In Kabul
Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a joint press conference in Kabul on Oct. 18, 2012. The visiting Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday assured the alliance firm committed…
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East Asia
UNC Official, NK Officers Talk In Panmunjom For Repatriation Of NK Soldier Found Dead In Imjin River
North Korean officers and a United Nations Command official inspect a coffin containing the body of the North Korean soldier who was found dead in August in South Korea’s Imjin River during the repatriation ceremony at the border village of Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean…
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South East Asia
Myanmar Parliament Opens Its Fifth Regular Session In Nay Pyi Taw
Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2012 shows the scene of the 5th regular parliament session of the House of Representatives in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The Myanmar parliament’s two houses began their 5th sessions in Nay Pyi Taw Thursday, more than one month after the end of theirs 4th sessions.…
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N. Korea hikes taxes at Gaeseong complex
North Korea is squeezing South Korean companies working at the joint Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the North with new taxes and a demand for more severance pay, officials said Thursday. The move, which observers say is the North’s latest attempt to draw cash into its beleaguered economy, came after it…
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