• Society

    S-oil donates two billion won to the needy in South Korea

    S-oil company announced on Monday 28th December that they’ve made a donation of two billion won to the needy in South Korea, offering it to one of the Korean charities. S-oil’s executive director Naser Al-Mahasheer handed the monetary donations to the head of the Korean charity, Hyo Dong Soo. Naser…

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  • West Asia

    Morocco postpones opening of world’s largest solar power plant

    Morocco has postponed without explanation the inauguration of Noor-1, a solar power plant due to open Sunday 27th December in Ouarzazate, part of what will eventually be the world’s largest solar power production facility. According to AFP, the communications agency that organised the inauguration on behalf of Moroccan solar energy agency…

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  • Christians and Muslims celebrate Christmas and Mawlid together

    As the end of 2015 approaches, both Muslims are celebrating “Mawlid Al-Nabwi” and Christians celebrating Christmas at the same time. It can be apparent for example in this photo from Jordan, as a Muslim religious leader offering his best wishes to a priest on the occasion of Christmas in Abdali in…

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  • Society

    Actor Lee Min Ho receives award for promoting tourism

    The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has crowned actor and hallyu star, Lee Min Ho, the “Shining Star of Tourism” of 2015. Starting in 2010, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has teamed up with Korea Tourism every year to present an award to those who best promote tourism in…

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  • Politics

    Court rejects review of 1965 Korea-Japan treaty

    The Constitutional Court rejected Wednesday a petition to review the constitutionality of Korea’s 1965 post-occupation agreement with Japan with regard to compensation claims from forced wartime laborers. The court said it has decided not to review the case because the Korea-Japan Claims Agreement cannot be seen as the grounds for…

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  • Society

    South Korean scientists manage to control proteins causing dementia

    A team of South Korea researchers managed to control the formation and construction of molecular structure of a protein that causes neurological degenerative diseases such as dementia. The research team led by professor Om Kil Ho, Sungkyunkwan University, announced that they managed to control the composition and molecular structure of fibers “Amyloid”…

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  • South Asia

    Infant dies in Pakistan as politician’s security prevents family from entering hospital

    A 10-month-old baby girl died on Wednesday as a result of the family not being allowed in the Civil Hospital, Karachi, due to the chairman of political party, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto’s security measures for his visit to inaugurate the trauma center. A storm ensued as the media and public both criticized…

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  • Society

    Refugees from Myanmar arrive in South Korea

    Refugees from Myanmar arrived in South Korea to be resettled after having spent a long time in a refugee camp in Thailand. These are the first to benefit from South Korea’s program of resettling refugees. On Wednesday 23 December, four families from Myanmar arrived in South Korea through Incheon airport.…

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  • East Asia

    Robot Party: Expanding Robotics attraction in Korea

    With the latest surge of films and TV shows with ‘conscious’ robots, I have developed an interest in the artificial intelligence and well, robots which can perfectly mimic human behavior. When I heard about Art Center Nabi’s Robot Party exhibition, I imagined it to be like something right out of…

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  • Society

    Opening of a new ice skating rink in Yeouido Park

    The governance of Seoul City decided to open a new ice skating rink in Yeouido Park on Tuesday 22nd December. The new skating rink covers the area of two thousand square meters, which is almost the same as the temporary ice skating rink rink opened in the middle of the…

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