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Society
South Korea to turn key elite schools into general ones by 2025
Seoul: South Korea on Thursday announced a plan to transform three categories of elite high schools into general schools by 2025 to promote fairness in education and improve overall public education. The education ministry said autonomous private, foreign language and international high schools will be deprived of their status of…
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South Korea deports two North Koreans accused of killing 16 fellow crew members
Seoul: South Korea deported two North Koreans back to the communist nation after learning that they killed 16 fellow crew members on their fishing boat and fled to the South, the unification ministry said Thursday. The two in their 20s were sent back to the North at around 3:10 p.m.…
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International marriages in South Korea up 8.5 pct in 2018
Sejong: The number of international marriages between a South Korean national and a foreigner rose 8.5 percent in 2018 from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday. There were 23,773 international marriages last year, up 1,856 from 2017, according to the data by Statistics Korea. It marked the second straight…
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3 bodies found at crash scene of chopper near Dokdo islets
Dokdo, South Korea: Rescue workers found three bodies believed to be among the seven missing people aboard a crashed chopper near the Dokdo islets in the East Sea on Saturday. A helicopter belonging to the fire agency crashed Thursday night, a few minutes after it took off from Dokdo, with…
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Tough anti-dust measures unveiled as fine dust blankets much of South Korea
Seoul: All non-essential public vehicles will be banned from roads every other day in the capital area and in six metropolitan cities for four months beginning in December under the government’s measures to limit fine dust pollution announced Friday. Under the measures unveiled after Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon presided over…
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Hundreds rally, call for Japan’s apology on anniversary of forced labor ruling
Seoul: Hundreds of people, including victims of Japan’s forced labor during World War II, held rallies in Seoul on Wednesday demanding Tokyo’s apology, marking the first anniversary of a landmark ruling that soured ties between the two countries. On Oct. 30 last year, the Supreme Court here upheld a 2013…
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Politics
Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China make it to Soft Power 30 list
By Ivan Lim Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: Singapore, which stole international limelight in 2018 for its successful hosting of the historic Trump-Kim summit, has been ranked 21st in a 30-nation global survey on soft power for 2019. Topping the list is France (80.28 points) while fellow Asian states Japan came…
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Over 90% of people under 30 satisfied with their lives in Bishkek
Bishkek: More than 90 % of people under the age of 30 are satisfied with their lives in Bishkek, the 2018 Victimization Survey of Bishkek and Pilot New Buildings of the National Statistics Committee reported. Satisfaction with life is a measure of an individual’s perception of his or her own…
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Bahrain marks Diwali with resolute commitment to religious freedom
By Habib Toumi Manama: Bahrain, an overwhelming Muslim country, has kept up its tradition of sharing the celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, with Hindu families living in the country. On Sunday evening, Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the eldest son of Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad…
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Future of newspapers lies in business model: Experts
By Ali Imran Mohd Noordin Kuala Lumpur: Since the publication of the world’s first newspaper called Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien in Strasbourg, Germany, in 1605, the news publishing industry has undergone constant evolution and had its share of ups and downs. Nonetheless, the print media such as newspapers…
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