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1 hr ago | AME Info

Sharjah eyes more Korean Asian tourists and investments ahead of Seoul summit

The Third UAE-Korea Economic Partnership Forum that opens tomorrow will help provide a direct impetus to the travel and tourism industry in Sharjah and the UAE by way of more Korean and Asian tourists and investments in the promising tourism and hospitality sector, said HE Mohamed Ali Al Noman, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development ... (more)

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5 hrs ago | The Daily Star

Seoul press doubtful over North Korea dialogue offer

SEOUL: South Korea's press on Saturday expressed skepticism over an apparent offer by North Korea that it was willing to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, Kim Jong Un, Opinion

7 hrs ago | Daily Mail

South Korean boffins create computer programme that can pick out faces in passing clouds

We have all seen things in the clouds - indeed for children finding faces in the ever-changing shapes as they pass overhead is a staple activity during those long summer picnics and car journeys.

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Related Topix: Computers, Asia

Fri May 24, 2013

The Age

Grim reflections: the slow death of an industry

In the mid-1960s, when Australia's trade minister Sir John McEwen was urging Holden and Ford to seek export markets in Asia, the leader of one of Asia's poorest countries decided his country needed a car industry.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Asia, Hyundai Excel, Hatchback, Sedan, Hyundai

Examiner.com

Jumper kills 5-year-old during suicide in South Korea: 5-year-old had no chance

A suicide jumper kills a 5-year-old during a suicide jump in South Korea , which is a horrible thing to do.

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Bangkok Post

Aunt denies pimping girl in S. Korea

The aunt accused of luring her teenage niece into prostitution in South Korea has turned herself in, police investigating the case said yesterday.

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Related Topix: Travel, South Korea Travel, Asia Travel, Seoul, South Korea Travel, World News

Korean News

S. Korean Regime Accused of Insulting Kwangju Uprising

An editor of Minjok Thongsin, an internet paper of Koreans in the U.S., on May 19 released a commentary condemning the south Korean puppet authorities for insulting the May 18 Kwangju Popular Uprising.

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Stars and Stripes

For S. Korean police, a primer on Americans in 238 pages

Pyeongtaek police chief Park Sang Yung is distributing the "SOFA Patrol English Guidebook" and an accompanying CD, both pictured here, to police in the Pyeongtaek and Osan areas to help them learn English phrases they might use in situations involving the U.S. military.

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Related Topix: World News, Ipad, Science / Technology

Korea Herald

Escape the city noise without ever leaving

This is the second installment in a 11-part series that introduces some of the best walking trails in Korea.

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Related Topix: Seoul, South Korea Travel, Travel, South Korea Travel, Asia Travel, World News

The Independent

Two Korean former sex slaves demand resignation of Osaka Mayor Toru...

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Japan, Travel, Asia Travel, Japan Travel, South Korea Travel,

The Star Online

China says hopes visit of North Korean envoy can ease tension

China hopes that this week's visit by a senior North Korean envoy can ease tension in the region and help spur efforts to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, China,

Thu May 23, 2013

Chosun Ilbo

Island Fortresses, Buddhist Temples Make for Unique Tour of Incheon

Incheon city bus tours cater to a range of tastes and can prove quite enlightening, as two Malaysians with an interest in Buddhism discovered recently when their day trip from the western port city led them to picturesque islands, ancient temples and more.

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Korea Herald

Korea likely to legalize - right to die'

Terminally ill patients who have no other medical options but to hang on to life with essential treatment will likely be given the right to die starting next year.

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Bangkok Post

Cops seek OK for Korean op

Police are asking the Office of the Attorney-General for permission to conduct investigations in South Korea, where a 17-year-old girl was allegedly lured into being a prostitute.

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Times of Oman

Samsung sells more than 10 mn Galaxy S4 smartphones

Seoul: South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Thursday its latest flagship Galaxy S4 had become its fastest selling smartphone to date, topping 10 million units globally less than a month after its debut.

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Sunday Mail

Girl killed by suicide jumper

OLD South Korean girl has died after being struck by the body of a man as he plunged from his tenth-floor apartment in an apparent suicide, a report said.

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The Marmot's Hole

Five-year-old Busan girl killed after suicide jumper lands on her following 11-story plunge

On Wednesday, in the South Korean port city of Busan, a 38-year-old Korean man, identified only by his surname Jang, leaped from his 11th floor apartment and landed on his neighbor's five-year-old daughter who happened to be walking outside with her father.

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Trend

Azerbaijan`s President meets vice-speaker of Republic of Korea`s National Assembly

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a delegation of the Republic of Korea led by Park Byeong-seug, vice-speaker of the National Assembly, Azertag reported.

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CNN

5-year-old girl killed by suicide jumper in South Korea

A 5-year-old South Korean girl was killed when a man who jumped from his 11th floor apartment landed on top of her, police said.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Japan protests at S Korean daily's A-bomb op-ed

Japan accused a South Korean newspaper of "dishonourable" behaviour for publishing an editorial suggesting the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were "divine punishment". Japanese wartime flags are reflected in a protester's sunglasses during a rally at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Seoul, South Korea.

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