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East Asia
Living as a female smoker in Korea
Smokers are almost being treated as criminals these days and are shunned by others as if they carry some contagious diseases. They face tougher restrictions and are being deprived of spaces to light up. However, women smokers here have to confront another barrier ― social prejudice. As evidenced by the…
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East Asia
Pro sports – children’s dream job
Kim Tae-yoon, an elementary school student living in Seoul, changes what he wishes to become when he grows up almost every month. Kim doesn’t switch from wanting to be a medical doctor to a teacher but from soccer player to baseball player. In other words, he wants to be a…
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East Asia
Global Korea, global education
Dear Madam President-Elect, On behalf of the Korean Association of Private University Presidents (KPU), I offer sincere congratulations for your success in the presidential election. The nation, I believe, made the decision based on your respect for trust and promises, in addition to your political leadership and experience. As the…
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West Asia
People Gather Around Crater Caused By Explosion At A University In Aleppo, Syria
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian people gather in front of a crater caused by an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Two explosions struck the main university in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday, causing an…
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South Asia
A Bull Tamer Tries To Control A Bull During The Sport Called Jallikattu In Palamedu, India
Bull tamers try to control a bull during the bull-taming sport called Jallikattu, in Palamedu, about 575 kilomters (359 miles) south of Chennai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Jallikattu is an ancient heroic sporting event of the Tamils played during the harvest festival of Pongal. A bull tamer holds on…
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West Asia
Kurdish People Mourn At Ceremony For Three Kurdish Women Shot Dead In Paris
Kurdish people pay tribute to the three activists during a memorial ceremony, in Villiers le Bel, north of Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, before their bodies are sent to Turkey for burial. Three Kurdish women were shot dead at a pro-Kurdish center in Paris on Thursday Jan. 10, in what…
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South East Asia
Heavy Rains Force People To wade Through A Flooded Street In Jakarta
Local residents wade through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia ,Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Heavy rains caused flood in some parts of the city. A man wades through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia ,Tuesday, January 15, 2013. <AP/NEWSis> Casablanca street is inundated, causing long traffic jams at Kampung Melayu,…
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Unusual cold spell in Nepal reported claimed nearly 100 lives
KATHMANDU, Jan 14 – Nearly 100 people died in southern Nepal due to biting cold in the last fortnight. Mostly, the old and poor people who had no clothes to keep them warm in the freezing cold lost their lives. Normal life was badly affected when the mercury dropped to record…
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West Asia
Egyptians Hold Protest In Cairo Asking Release Of Dr. Medhat El-Aghez Arrested In UAE
A Muslim Brotherhood supporter holds a banner in Arabic that reads, “doctor Medhat el-Aghez, PHD in science, one of the detainees in the United Arab Emirates,” during an ongoing protest in front of the United Arab Emirates embassy, unseen, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. The UAE’s Al-Khaleej newspaper…
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East Asia
Prolonged Fog In Chinese Cities Causes Inconvenience On People’s Livelihood
Women wearing masks ride on road in fog-enveloped Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, Jan. 14, 2013. Thick smog pushed the sales of protection masks as the foggy weather expanded to many parts of northern and eastern China. <Xinhua/Li Bo> Motorcars run on the Bayi Bridge amid heavy fog…
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