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Janssen hit for kickbacks
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has banned four pharmaceutical companies from selling some of their products for 30 days for offering kickbacks to doctors and pharmacists. The Korea drug regulator said Friday that it took administrative action against a multinational drug maker and three domestic firms for trying…
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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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More women to get high-ranking positions
Government-affiliated committees will be encouraged to increase their quota of women members to 40 percent, as part of efforts to boost female participation in policymaking. The Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Friday that the government will have more female high-ranking officials at ministries,…
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East Asia
1 out of 10 inpatients wrongly diagnosed: survey
A 32-year-old man got embarrassed when he received surgery on his left knee injured at the workplace at a joint hospital in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, last May. When awakened from his anesthesia, he found his both knees in casts. The surgeon also operated for his left knee later after…
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South Asia
Bangladeshi Children Enact Mock Scene Of Killing To Observe Martyr’s Day In Dhaka
Children of Khelaghor organizations stage a mock scene of killings of Bangladeshi intellectual people to observe Martyr’s Day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Bangladesh remembers country’s intellectuals who were killed on this day during the country’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. A Bangladeshi boy enacts a hanging…
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South Asia
Heavy Snowfall In Srinagar, India, Suspended National Highway
Two horses graze in a snow-covered field after a brief snowfall on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Traffic on the 300 kilometers (188 miles) long Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended due to heavy snowfall according to news reports. A Kashmiri Muslim walks over snow covered field…
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East Asia
Heavy Snowfall Paralyzes Street In Tianjin, North China
A citizen pushes an electric tricycle down a street in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 14, 2012. A heavy snow hit Tianjin on Friday. Sanitation workers clean the snow at a street in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 14, 2012. A heavy snow hit Tianjin on Friday. <Xinhua/Zhang Chaoqun>
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East Asia
Qinghai Lake In China Presenting Beautiful Winter Scenery Attracts Tourists
A tourist takes pictures on a boat at the scenic area of the Qinghai Lake in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, Dec. 12, 2012. The Qinghai Lake, China’s largest inland salt water lake, presents a beautiful scenery in winter. An amateur photographer takes photos of the sunrise scenery on the Bird…
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East Asia
Heavy Fog Forces Vehicles To Move At Snail’s Pace In Changchun, China
Vehicles are stranded due to heavy fog at a street in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province, Dec. 14, 2012. Heavy fog covered some parts of Changchun on Friday. Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2012 shows a bus shrouded in fog in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province.…
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West Asia
Karzai Gets Together With U.S. Defence Chief In Kabul
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) meets with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Dec. 13, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) and visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attend a joint press conference in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Dec. 13, 2012. <Xinhua>
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