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    Independence Day of Ecuador Celebrated

    “Peculiar Ecuador dances & music enthrall guests.” Amb. Nicola Fabian Trujillo Newlin of Ecuador hosted a reception Friday (Aug. 10) at Seoul Palace Hotel to celebrate the Independence Day of his country and congratulate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic establishing between South Korea and Ecuador.  Envoys from the Middle and…

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    Photo exhibition shows sorrow of comfort women

    Tears started to run down faces as the photographs were finally unveiled in Seoul last week. Photographer Ahn Se-hong is showcasing a collection of his work that has stirred strong emotions in both Japan and Korea — pictures of Korean women in China who are former sex slaves of the…

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  • Hundreds of Korean students forced to work during WWII

    Hundreds of Korean students who refused to serve in the Japanese military during World War II were instead forced to work at factories in Korea, an investigative panel of the government said Monday. Many of them were studying at prestigious universities in Korea and Japan, including Waseda and Keio, when…

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    [Nigeria Report] Local plants for exposed bone wounds, prostate cancer unveiled

    Research from the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, have confirmed the efficacy of a plant-derived wound dressing, a mixture of hypericum oil St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) and neem oil/Dogonyaro (Azadirachta indica), in scalp wounds with exposed bone. The study published recently in Journal of Wound…

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    [Nigeria Report] Antibiotics, other drugs used in West Africa found failing quality test

    A new study on the use of anti-malaria, antibiotics and tuberculosis drugs in African countries indicate that they are failing basic quality tests, raising fears that many of such drugs may not be having the desired impact on patients. Up to 15 percent of all drugs tested in African cities and…

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  • [Nigeria Report] Nigeria, West Africa bid farewell to industrialization

    Rightly considered, the wide-ranging implications of signing the Economic Partnership Agreement between West Africa and the European Union as it currently stands may mean that Nigeria and West Africa are bidding farewell to the lofty idea of industrialization, self reliance and genuine economic prosperity. This is because the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)…

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    No medal, but hopes high for Son Yeon-jae

    Eighteen years old and standing 158 centimeters tall, South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae had the country’s expectations for a possible Olympic medal on her shoulders. But it was the clubs, her weakest discipline, which dashed her medal hopes in London. Son finished fifth in the individual all-around final at…

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    Prize winner vows to make Cambodia landmine-free

    A winner of the Manhae Peace Prize said his de-mining project will continue until his fellow Cambodians have safe land to cultivate crops and build houses. “If I clear landmines, village people can use (the land) to build houses and to plant crops. (I want) to make land for them…

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    Is IOC overreacting?

    Koreans angry over penalty on footballer for Dokdo statement Many Koreans are up in arms over the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to bar Korean footballer Park Jong-woo from attending the medal ceremony after celebrating Saturday’s victory over Japan with a banner that read “Dokdo is our land.” The Korean…

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  • Vitamin C: recipe for chickens to beat heat

    Gyeonggi Province has come up with a protective plan to save chickens at risk of dying from heatstroke, the local government said Thursday. It said it has earmarked 50 million won to provide poultry farms with vitamin C and electrolyte drugs to feed to their birds. The measure comes after…

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