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East Asia
GGGI to bridge global green divide
Korea wants to make real contributions to the welfare of the world and is adopting green growth as its theme. Songdo has just been selected to host the secretariat of the United Nations-operated Green Climate Fund (GCF), often compared with the World Bank in the area of sustainable development. Now,…
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East Asia
President’s son to be summoned
An independent counsel plans to summon President Lee Myung-bak’s son for questioning this week over alleged irregularities involving an abandoned plan to build a retirement home for the president. Lee Si-hyung is under suspicion for his involvement in a shady deal last year to purchase land in Naegok-dong, southern Seoul.…
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South East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Indonesia plastic surgeons enjoy booming business
Indonesia is hit by Korean Wave Fever. Not only female but also male’s awareness of appearances is increasing nowadays. According to one of Indonesian mass media, Berita Satu.com, Dr. Enrina, owner of a plastic surgery clinic Ultimo, said in an interview during this past one year, the male patients increased 15 to 20…
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South East Asia
Mall Rongsok, Opened In 2009, Is Only Shopping Center For Used Goods In Indonesia
Nurcholis Agi, 41 years old, looks at a Balinese statue at Mall Rongsok, a local used goods market, in Depok, Indonesia, Oct. 21, 2012. Mall Rongsok, opened in 2009 by local dealer Nurcholis Agi, is the only shopping center for used goods in Indonesia. A cashier waits for costumers at…
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South East Asia
Filipinos Protest Against Recent Peace Accord Gov’t Signed With Muslim Group
Members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) clench their fists during a big rally in Davao city Sunday Oct. 21, 2012 in southern Philippines to oppose the recently signed tentative peace accord between the Government and the largest Muslim group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in a ceremony…
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West Asia
Car Bomb Attack Devastates Popular Shopping District In Damascus
In this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 photo, A Syrian civilian lies in the street in pain with a shot to his stomach as he tries to escape the line-of-fire after he was targeted by a Syrian army sniper while walking near the frontline in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo,…
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West Asia
Assassination Of Rebanese Intelligence Chief Causes Violent Protest In Beirut
A Lebanese protester gestures to security forces during clashes after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Oct. 21, 2012. Lebanese soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a…
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South Asia
Pakistani Farmers Harvest Rice Amid Fear Of Drastic Crop Reduction Due To Heavy Monsoon Rains
Need becomes ‘Mother of Invention’ The delayed but unprecedented heavy monsoon rains had played havoc in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan in mid of September 2012. Several deaths, destruction of houses and damage to crops were reported from two provinces. The overall losses to growers are estimated to be…
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East Asia
Remembering 120-year Korea-Austria ties
History is a story of people. The 120-year-long Austria-Korea ties also remember several memorable people. Official diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Austria opened in 1963, but, in 1892, the then Austria Hungarian Empire and Joseon Kingdom signed a bilateral treaty on commerce and navigation.…
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East Asia
Britain helps NK defectors learn English
Kim Ji-young, 30, a North Korean defector, recalled that she struggled in class four years ago when she first attended a business management course at Sung Kyun Kwan University in Seoul. The “new settler” said almost half the words that her professor used in class were English and this troubled…
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