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Seoul seeks smoking ban in all public facilities
Smoking may be banned in all restaurants and public facilities in the nation’s capital by 2020, as Seoul City seeks to make the metropolis smoke-free. The city government said Monday that it will seek to ban smoking at all indoor public facilities in an effort to reduce the smoking rate…
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2 testify to Sakhalin massacre by Japanese
The government has secured testimony from two ethnic Koreans living on Sakhalin Island, off Russia’s east coast, that Japanese soldiers massacred Koreans there at the end of World War II. It is the first testimony to provide details of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by the Japanese army on the island,…
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East Asia
First lady submits statement to independent counsel
An independent counsel may bring criminal charges against seven or eight people, including President Lee Myung-bak’s son, for their involvement in a property scandal over a now-scrapped retirement home project for the president, according to sources Tuesday. First lady Kim Yoon-ok turned in a statement over her alleged role in…
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East Asia
Obama to support Seoul’s N. Korea engagement policy
U.S. President Barack Obama is likely to cooperate tightly with the next Seoul administration on efforts toward eventual unification of the peninsula, a former U.S. envoy said Tuesday. The remark from James Steinberg, deputy secretary of state under Obama from 2009 to 2011, came as South Korean presidential candidates say…
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East Asia
Expat life in Kuwait
Canadian native, David Yorston, one time English teacher in Korea took the opportunity of a lifetime to go back to his former profession, civil engineer. Accepting an offer from a Korean company, he found himself stationed in the oil rich State of Kuwait. Now back in Korea, Yorsten spoke with…
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East Asia
Ceremony held to unveil sign board inscribing brief career of Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chull
A ceremony was held to unveil a sign-board inscribing Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-choll’s brief life story involving when he was born and when he started his business at the entrance of the Hwa Su Building located Myeongnyun-dong, central Seoul, Tuesday (Nov. 13). The sign board was put on the wall just beside Lee’s statue erected earlier…
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West Asia
Authenticated Video Image Shows Syrians Looking For Victims After Airstrike By Syrian Warplanes In Ras al-Ayn, Syria
This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and an Associated Press journalist who saw a plane bomb an area around the Syrian-Turkish border town of Ras al-Ayn, shows Syrians inspecting the damage and looking for victims moments after an…
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South Asia
Karzai Visits New Delhi To Woo Investment From India To His War-Torn Country
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) shake hands with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee (R) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as they pose for photos at Presidential Palace in New Delhi, capital of India, on Nov. 12, 2012. <Xinhua/Partha Sarkar> Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh…
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West Asia
People In Cairo Protest Against Proposed $4.8 Billion Loan Deal Between IMF And Egypt
An Egyptian protester chants slogans during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. Seventeen Cairo-based groups have sent a letter to the head of the International Monetary Fund and Egyptian prime minister to express their rejection of a proposed $4.8 billion loan being worked out by the two…
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West Asia
Arab League Foreign Ministers Support Newly Formed Syrian Opposition Leadership After Meeting In Cairo
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (L), Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Adnan Mansour (C) and Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (R) hold a press conference after a meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the AL headquarter in Cairo, Nov. 12, 2012. The Arab League (AL)…
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