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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Naver Q1 net income soars 1,171.9% on growth of major businesses
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Australia’s partnership dilemma: China or U.S.
Because of its historical beginnings as a British colony, Australia didn’t need to make hard choices on the international stage. It simply followed Britain, the mother country.During WWII when Japan was overrunning one Asian country after the other pushing Britain out of the region, Australia feared for its security, drawing closer to the United States. After WW11, it became part of the U.S.-led ANZUS alliance.But now with the rise of China and the resultant strategic competition between it and
Sept. 9, 2012
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Asia can beat Apple
For analysts, a company as innovative as Apple could never be Asian. A recent example is Samsung being found guilty by a Californian court of stealing Apple’s intellectual property. With the next iPhone imminent, Apple appears more invincible than ever. And yet, this victory may well signal both the peak and start of the decline of the Apple Empire. The man who created the personal computer as we know it ― the Macintosh of 1984 ― did it again, not just once, but twice. The iPod (2001) and iTunes
Sept. 9, 2012
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[Park Sang-seek] Non-aligned Movement as an anti-West movement
Iran has taken over the chairmanship of the Non-aligned Movement from Egypt, which held its 16th summit in Tehran in the last week of August. The world is keenly watching how NAM will change. NAM emphasizes that the traditional world order dominated by the U.S. and the West should be replaced by a new international order, which is based on multilaterism and democracy. All members agree that NAM should play the leading role for the transformation of the world order.Here the demand for multilatera
Sept. 9, 2012
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Tips for adapting to new economic reality
By now, it should be pretty clear to anyone with even the faintest pulse that regardless of who ends up winning any future elections, they aren’t going to change your personal economic reality quickly enough to suit your liking. And that’s only if they even manage to find the courage to sufficiently cut through all the lobbyists and special interests to implement any significant ideas at all ― which is unlikely in all cases. Forget relying on politicians to determine your fate. Take charge of yo
Sept. 7, 2012
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[David Ignatius] In Syria, allies stage a rerun
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. and its allies are moving in Syria toward a program of covert support for the rebels that, for better or worse, looks very much like what America and its friends did in Afghanistan in the 1980s. The parallels are spooky, if you’ll forgive the pun. In Syria, as in Afghanistan, CIA officers are operating at the borders (in this case mostly in Jordan and Turkey) helping Sunni insurgents improve their command and control, plus other activities. Weapons are coming from third par
Sept. 7, 2012
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[Naomi Wolf] Sweden’s other rape suspects
NEW YORK ― It is difficult for me, as an advocate against rape and other forms of violence against women, to fathom the laziness and willful ignorance that characterize so much of the media coverage of the sexual-assault allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. To report that we are simply witnessing Swedish justice at work, one must be committed to doing no research ― not even the bare minimum of picking up a phone. In fact, we are witnessing a bizarre aberration in the context of
Sept. 6, 2012
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Session is the wrong choice for Quebec
The deadly shooting by a mentally disturbed gunman in Montreal on Wednesday was a horrific capstone to what had been acrimonious and unsettling provincial elections in Quebec. Pauline Marois, the leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois, now becomes premier and vows to push for a referendum on secession for the French-speaking province. Shortly before her victory celebration was thrown into chaos by the gunman, she proclaimed, “The future of Quebec is to become a sovereign country.” The Quebecoi
Sept. 6, 2012
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Japan needs to prepare for Nankai megaquake
The Cabinet Office’s Central Disaster Prevention Council said last week that a megaquake of magnitude-9 in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coasts and its ensuing tsunami could kill up to 323,000 people in 30 prefectures including Tokyo, with about 70 percent of the deaths tsunami-related. Malfunctioning water gates would cause 23,000 more deaths.The estimated number of victims shot up from the 2003 estimate of some 24,700 deaths. By comparison, some 19,000 people died or went missing in the 3/
Sept. 6, 2012
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Is Romney answer to U.S. economic, fiscal problems?
There are just over two months left until the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 6.The Republican Party, aiming to reclaim the office after a four-year absence, held its national convention in the state of Florida last week and officially nominated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as its president and House of Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as its vice president.In his acceptance speech, Romney sharply criticized U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration for its mism
Sept. 6, 2012
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[Andrew Sheng] The knowledge economy and Internet use in Asia
How big is the impact of the Internet’s potential on Asia, including the impact on development of the knowledge economy?We all have a sense that the information and communications technology (ICT) industry has transformed social media, education and the way business is done. But we are not sure what is the best way to use the knowledge economy to propel our future growth.In 1973, American sociologist Daniel Bell predicted the arrival of the post-industrial society by 2000, with a world dominated
Sept. 6, 2012
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[Richard Weitz] The NATO global hub
WASHINGTON, DC ― What should an alliance do when its leading member and dominant pillar decides to shift its focus to the other side of the world? NATO leaders have been grappling with this question since U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement of his administration’s “pivot” to Asia last year compelled them to examine the alliance’s global role.NATO leaders have examined their approach to managing relations with countries, such as China and Russia, that still view NATO as a potential threat
Sept. 5, 2012
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Unglamorous but effective ways to create jobs
We keep hearing that the U.S. presidential election is all about jobs. So why aren’t we getting more concrete ideas from the candidates about how to create more of them? That’s a trick question; we know there are no easy answers. Declaring that you will produce 12 million jobs in your first term by lowering taxes, boosting domestic energy production and cutting government spending, as Republican nominee Mitt Romney does, isn’t convincing. Nor is President Barack Obama’s promise to lower unemploy
Sept. 5, 2012
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Obama must remake political persona
There still are Kennedy Democrats; there are Clinton Democrats. There are fewer Obama Democrats. This reflects more the president’s style than his substance; he’s in the mainstream of his party, so popular that any primary challenge was out of the question. Yet he remains strangely unfamiliar to some core constituencies. If Barack Obama is reelected, the biggest challenge won’t be ideological: He’s not the left-winger his opponents depict. The economy will be the dominant issue, events will shap
Sept. 5, 2012
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How far will India bend before China?
The Indian government will once again demonstrate to the world that it is no longer an independent entity. China’s defence minister General Liang Guanglie started his three-day visit to Mumbai yesterday to discuss revival of joint military exercise and more confidence building measures between both countries. The first exercise was held in China in 2007 and the second in India in 2008. This is the first visit by a Chinese defence minister in the past seven years. Both governments will discuss wa
Sept. 5, 2012
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[Kim Myong-sik] Reflections on nation at restored royal houses
Geoncheong-gung, King Gojong’s private residence in Gyeongbok Palace, must have an increased number of visitors these days as the recent spats with the Japanese over Dokdo and the sex slavery during World War II should have raised people’s historical consciousness. As the volumes of Japanese and Chinese travelers coming to the palace ― one of the main tourist attractions in Seoul ― are growing steadily, some tour guides bring their groups to the place located in the rear part of the palace compo
Sept. 5, 2012
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GOP foreign policy shows it’s easy to talk tough
Having read the GOP’s foreign-policy platform, with its slashing critique of the president, I can already say this: A Mitt Romney foreign policy would likely wind up looking much like Obama’s. Despite a call for another “American century” in which we possess the “strongest military and strongest economy,” a President Romney would soon confront the realities of today’s world.For starters, a hefty part of the GOP’s foreign-policy platform, and its call for global leadership, focuses on boosting th
Sept. 4, 2012
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[Lee Jae-min] Global issues, local verdicts
Why do they always have Mr. Foreman, instead of Mr. Smith or Mr. Brown, in a jury trial? That was a small mystery in my mind following the Korean subtitles of Hollywood movies. The Korean subtitles translated “Mr. Foreman,” as it appeared in a judge’s famous question of “Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached the verdict?” as if it were a last name of one of the jurors. It was not until long afterwards that I realized who this Mr. Foreman was: It is a special term referring to a head juror.Amusingly,
Sept. 4, 2012
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Shintaro Ishihara provokes Japan’s neighbors
Shintaro Ishihara, governor of Tokyo, is sending a survey team to the Senkaku Islands on Sunday in defiance of a Japanese government order on visits without permission.Ishihara couldn’t get permission, but his team is visiting three of the eight tiny islets called the Tiaoyu or Diaoyu Islands which both Taiwan and China claim as their inherent territory. The visit is to pave the way for him to buy the islands to defend against the People’s Republic of China in lieu of lame duck Prime Minister Yo
Sept. 4, 2012
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In Tehran, NAM gets a new lease on life
Last week, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei inaugurated the summit of Nonaligned Movement leaders in Tehran with a blistering attack on the “dictatorship” of Western countries at the United Nations Security Council. The Iranians then had to listen stony-faced to Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi, the first Egyptian head of state to visit Iran since 1979, as he stressed the need for a united opposition to their ally, the murderous Syrian regime. Over several decades NAM summits, includi
Sept. 4, 2012
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[Kim Seong-kon] Pipers in group-oriented society
It is well known that Korean society is highly group-oriented and interdependent. Perhaps that is why in Korea individuality is often ignored or regarded as something selfish and thus incompatible with the community spirit.Habitual gatherings at City Hall Square to watch the national soccer team is a good example of Koreans’ affinity for group activities. According to reports, on the night of the soccer game between Korea and Japan at the London Olympics, approximately 30,000 Korean soccer fans
Sept. 4, 2012