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East Asia
Ban Ki-moon Speaks In Opening Of UN Climate Change Conference
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the opening session of the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 4, 2012. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres speaks during the opening session of the high-level segment of the…
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East Asia
Ko Un’s works published in three countries
Prominent poet Ko Un’s works have been published in three countries with the support of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI). The institute has supported the translations of 33 volumes by Ko in 14 languages so far. The newest translations are “First Person Sorrowful” published by Bloodaxe Books in…
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IT-Science
Did Jobs steal?
This is the first in a series of articles ahead of the Dec. 6 hearing on the Samsung-Apple patent legal battle to be presided over by U.S. Federal Judge Lucy Koh. ― ED. Apple started as a ferocious copycat but now it is an industrial leader, it calls everyone else…
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East Asia
Honorable Judge Koh, it’s your call!
Dec. 6 may mark watershed in Samsung-Apple patent battle U.S. Federal Judge Lucy Koh will hold a hearing on the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung Electronics on Dec. 6. She may rule on a $1.05 billion verdict by a jury for Apple. Her decision will most likely reflect a…
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Society
Acceleration Of Polar Ice Melting Has Ice Scientists Worried
This May 30, 2012 image provided by Ian Joughin shows an iceberg in or just outside the Ilulissat fjord, that likely calved from Jakobshavn Isbrae, the fastest glacier in west Greenland. Polar ice sheets are now melting three times faster than in the 1990s, but so far that’s added just…
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Psy says he would like to see Obama do ‘Gangnam Style’ move
Korea’s pop sensation Psy said late Friday he would like to see Barack Obama do the “Gangnam Style” dance move when he meets the U.S. president at a Washington D.C. concert later this month. The 34-year-old singer and rapper, whose video of his song “Gangnam Style” became a YouTube megahit,…
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East Asia
Jia Qinglin Meets With Chinese Officials And Students Living In Rome, Italy
Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, meets with staff members of the Chinese embassy to Italy, representatives of Chinese institutions, overseas Chinese and students in Rome, capital of Italy, Nov. 28, 2012. <Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng>
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World
Ukraine’s missed opportunity
As expected, Ukraine’s recent election was reportedly riddled with massive fraud, albeit on an arguably lesser scale than the corruption which triggered the 2004 Orange Revolution. Meanwhile, the charismatic Yulia Tymoshenko, one of the leaders of the Orange Revolution remains locked up. Tymoshenko’s incarceration is indicative of the price she…
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Culture
You can interpret your own dreams
A woman agonizing over her career consulted me about her dream. She recently lost her job and was trying to change occupation to lead a stable mid-life. However it was frustrating as she kept failing to find appropriate employment. Under pressure to earn a living, she studied further to attain…
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East Asia
Will Judge Koh tackle flaw in jury system?
US expert says her ruling on Dec. 6 will answer this question There is more than a simple interpretation of law at stake when U.S. Federal Judge Lucy Koh rules next month on a $1.05 billion verdict in favor of Apple in its patent dispute with Samsung. “Koh now has…
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