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East Asia
Envoy in China to discuss NK
Seoul’s top nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam left for Beijing Thursday to discuss North Korea as speculation mounted over a possible long-range missile launch by Pyongyang. Recent satellite images have shown preparations being made at a launch site at the North’s Sohae Satellite Launch Station on the nation’s West Coast, raising…
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East Asia
First-borns often win presidential elections
Park, Moon are ‘functional’ first children marking rare cases in Korean history Many American presidents, including Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush, have been either first-born sons or the eldest children in their families. Is the tendency featuring “first-born children born to rule” also applicable to Korean political…
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East Asia
All Reservoirs In Ji’an County, China’s Jiangxi Province, Under Repair
A laborer works on the consolidation of a reservoir in Wan’an County of Ji’an, east China’s Jiangxi Province, Nov. 29, 2012. Since winter, all kinds of reservoirs have been under consolidation and repair at fever pitch in Ji’an. <Xinhua/Zhou Mi>
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West Asia
Egypt’s Assembly Members Discuss New Constitution Despite People’s Opposition
Members of Egypt’s Constitutional Assembly discuss during the voting session on a new draft constitution at the Shoura Assembly in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 29, 2012. Egypt’s Constitutional Assembly (CA) members scheduled to vote Thursday on the draft constitution, despite of objections and big demonstrations against the assembly. <Xinhua/STR>
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East Asia
[Korea Report] Seoul Central Mosque is a tourist attraction
Korea is a homogenous country and its majority religions are Buddhism, followed by Christianity. But as Korea grows as one of world’s advanced countries, more and more people from various countries come and live in Korea. Seoul as the capital city of Korea feels much different since then. Area for…
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West Asia
Officials Of Egypt’s Highest Appeal Court To Suspend Work In Protest To President’s Bid To have Absolute Power
Egyptian protesters sit next to tents in Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Egyptian state television says the country’s highest appeal court has decided to suspend its work nationwide to protest the president’s decrees giving himself nearly absolute powers. Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir…
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West Asia
Owners Of Kabul Bank Send Huge Amount Of Money Out Of War-Torn Afghanistan Illegally
In this Sept. 1, 2010, file photo, Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan. A new report offers previously undisclosed details about how the owners of Kabul Bank and their friends and relatives got rich off $861million in fraudulent loans _ a…
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South Asia
Garments tragedy raises many questions about workers’ safety in Bangladesh
A national mourning and sabotage allegation can not hide sheer negligence behind the latest and the biggest ever garments tragedy in Bangladesh that left at least 110 workers roasted alive on Saturday. The National Mourning Day was observed on Tuesday over the casualties in Ashulia garment factory fire. The national…
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South East Asia
Bangladesh’s Alliance Of 18 Opposition Parties Holds Grand Rally In Dhaka
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and Chairwoman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia attends a grand rally in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Nov. 28, 2012. Bangladesh’s main opposition alliance of the 18 opposition parties led by BNP, will observe a road blockade program on Dec. 9 across the country…
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West Asia
More Than 600,000 Land Mines Planted By Turkey Along 900-Kilometer Border With Syria
In this June 17, 2010 file photo land mine experts work in mined land in the Karkemish archaeological site at the Turkey-Syria border in Gaziantep province, Turkey. Starting in the 1950s, Turkish forces planted more than 600,000 U.S.-made “toe poppers” _ mines designed to maim, not kill _ and other…
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