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East Asia
Citizen Park Geun-hye: First day away from the Blue Roof
Today marks the first day former President Park will spend in her private residence as an ordinary citizen. After being criticized for staying in the Blue House two additional days since her impeachment, Park was driven to her home in Samseong-dong (Gangnam) late Sunday evening. Upon arriving at her residence,…
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Female sailors on escort mission in Gulf of Aden
By Xing Xue, Li Youtao, Zhang Dongjie from People’s Daily When women around the world celebrated the International Women’s Day on Wednesday, 16 female soldiers of a Chinese navy fleet on an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden spent a special yet regular day by guarding the safety of…
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Eight innovation in China’s draft general provisions of civil law
By Xu Jun from People’s Daily The 5th session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) of China deliberated on the draft general provisions of civil law on Wednesday afternoon. From the beginning, the draft has drawn strong response from the society. Its release will better improve the basic rules…
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Multilateralism serves as cornerstone of international system: FM
By Yang Xun from People’s Daily Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday declared China’s commitment to continue to support multilateralism and a UN-centered international system. Analysts said that China’s stance injects some determinacy into the current “uncertain” world. “The current international system is like a well-designed building with multilateralism…
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China has woven a global cooperation network against corruption: FM
By Zhao Cheng from People’s Daily China has concluded extradition treaties and mutual judicial assistance treaties with 70 countries, knitting a web that basically covers the major countries on all continents, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday. Fugitives should realize that there is no safe haven abroad and they…
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China will continue to be anchor of international stability: FM
By Du Yifei, Wu Lejun from People’s Daily China will continue to be an anchor of international stability, an engine of global growth, a champion of peaceful development and a contributor to global governance, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the press Wednesday, while highlighting the important breakthroughs China accomplished…
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East Asia
Evidence of democracy in South Korea
The Constitutional Court of South Korea ruled to oust the country’s President Pak Geun Hye and for the impeachment, all eight judges voted for this. Kyrgyz media followed all process while only highlights the fact of impeachment. And of course, there were different opinions. Many local residents took this fact…
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East Asia
Success of Korean people
I think that the corruption scandal in South Korea, which is a model country in the Asian region, will controversial consequences for the image of the country abroad. First, it shows that how strongly Korean people, national courts, media and opposition parties deal with corruption case despite the highest rank…
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East Asia
To be or not to be
The legal process against Park Geun-hye is a noteworthy situation in itself. Not that Presidents have not faced such circumstances before that finally led to impeachment. Even so, the fact that such a situation arises leads to a lot of churning in society. People treasure their democracies and yearn for…
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Presidential election to be held no later than May 9
Lee Han-soo / The Korea Times While the Constitutional Court’s ruling has put an end to Park Geun-hye’s scandal-tarnished presidency, it also pulled the trigger on the race to decide the next landlord of Cheong Wa Dae. Under the Constitution, the country will have to have a presidential election within…
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