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IMF calls on Indonesia to speed up infrastructure projects
JAKARTA, July 9 (Xinhua) — The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) has called on the Indonesian government to be more serious about its commitment to developing infrastructure, local media reported on Monday. IMF Asia and Pacific department chief Sanjaya Panth said that one of the main factors hindering Indonesia from…
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[India Report] Indians captivated by TV talk show “Satyamev Jayate”
Nowadays, people of India are captivated by a TV talk show titled Satyamev Jayte. It would not be an exaggeration if it is said that Satyamev Jayate is the show dominating Indian television these days. People’s craze regarding this show was evident from its very first episode, when the Satyamev Jayate website [www.satyamevjayate.in]…
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Korean-Chinese being targeted for crackdown
130 rounded up in June alone A major crackdown is under way targeting Korean-Chinese here their advocates said Sunday. This could spook them into hiding and lead to a spike in illegal immigrants. Since January, the Ministry of Justice has detained about 1,500 Korean-Chinese laborers who used forged identities to…
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[India Report] Travel Kashmir Only With Proper Dress: Jamaat-e-Islami
A far-right and Islamist political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, has proposed for a dress code for all the tourists including foreigners, who come to visit Kashmir on 5th July 2012. This hard line Islamic group of Kashmir so demanded that, all visitors, especially the foreigners must follow the recommended dress code while…
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A book detailing what happened under Khmer Rouge published in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian journalist on Thursday launches his new book on the Khmer Rouge aiming to provide the Khmer Rouge Tribunal extra information on the serious child rights violation during the Democratic Kampuchea rule in 1975-79 when some 2 million people died of murder, torture, starvation, sickness, and…
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Post-1990s generation marches into Chinese society
BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) — Chinese adults have a wide variety of opinions on the “jiulinghou,” or “post-1990s” generation, finding it difficult to understand the unintelligible slang, bizarre hairstyles and erratic behavior of children born after that year. But with the first group of post-1990s kids graduating from Chinese universities…
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‘Dokdo is Korean territory’
Participants and winners of the 3rd International Dokdo Essay Contest said Thursday that “Dokdo belongs to Korea and there is no doubt that Japan’s claims over the rocky islets are illegitimate.” During an awards ceremony held in Seoul, Audwin Wilkinson, Gold Prize winner of the annual contest, stressed that Korea…
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Drinking in parks to be banned
Seoul City is pushing for a ban on drinking alcohol in public parks starting next year, in an effort to curb crimes committed by people who become intoxicated. The city requested to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs to change regulations on city parks last month to prohibit…
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President’s former aide queried
Rep. Chung faces allegations of taking bribes to fund 2007 presidential campaign Chung Doo-un, a three-term lawmaker of the ruling Saenuri Party, was questioned over bribery allegations Thursday with attention being focused on whether the prosecutors’ move will open a Pandora’s box on illegal campaign funds raised during the 2007…
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Pro-NK activist nabbed for unauthorized trip
Investigators on Thursday raided the office of a pro-North Korean organization which illegally sent a delegate to Pyongyang in March on the occasion marking the 100th day after the death of the North’s leader Kim Jong-il. Ro Su-hui, vice chairman of the Seoul-based organization, the South Headquarters of the Pan-national…
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