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Most-read Naver.com articles of the week — November 11, 2012
By Nathan Schwartzman at November 10, 2012 | 10:04 pm | 0 Comment
So, there was a big exam this week, and not surprisingly 18 of the top 20 articles on Naver this week were links to the questions and answers for the CSAT’s various sections. For some of the flavor, check out the Ask a Korean! translations from a year ago. Meanwhile, here are this week’s two non-exam stories: 11. A public sauna in Yeouido was found to turn more...
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China’s environmental future looks… challenging
By Graham Land at November 10, 2012 | 9:02 pm | 0 Comment
Challenging to say the least. According to the OECD, China’s economy will overtake that of the US within 4 years. That’s right, the largest population will also have the most money, not on a per capita basis, mind you, but still, that’s a lot sooner than previous predictions I’ve heard. So don’t expect China’s emissions to go down, its more...
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China’s environmental future looks… challenging
By Graham Land at November 10, 2012 | 9:02 pm | 0 Comment
Challenging to say the least. According to the OECD, China’s economy will overtake that of the US within 4 years. That’s right, the largest population will also have the most money, not on a per capita basis, mind you, but still, that’s a lot sooner than previous predictions I’ve heard. So don’t expect China’s emissions to go down, its more...
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Burma Army continues reinforcements while Kachin peace talks idle
By Zin Linn at November 10, 2012 | 7:34 pm | 0 Comment
Last round of peace talks on 30 October between government of Burma and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) reached nowhere to end current hostility, according to media reports. The talks which took place at Ruili (Shweli), a town on Sino-Burma border, on October 30 ended earlier than estimated, since Brig Gen Gun Maw and any other senior leaders from the KIO had more...
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33% of Japanese men feel they can’t marry… Maybe it’s because they haven’t had their first kiss
By Anna Watanabe at November 9, 2012 | 4:22 pm | 0 Comment
Japan is a country infamously in decline – population-wise. So much so that analysts have predicted that if the national birthrate continues at its glacial pace of 1.39 children per woman the nation will be “extinct” (http://asiancorrespondent.com/82416/japan-faces-extinction-in-1000-years/) in 1000 years. But this morning two stories have come out this morning more...
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After college exam, Korean students exhale
By Nathan Schwartzman at November 9, 2012 | 12:18 pm | 0 Comment
With the end of the College Scholastic Ability Test, known as the suneung, the long year of study end for another cohort of Korean high school graduates. Apparently the foreign language and math portions were considered tough this year. Original article in Korean is at this link. The 2013 CSAT appears to have been more difficult than last year’s with regard to the more...
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Makabayan’s new tact: More like it
By Edwin Espejo at November 9, 2012 | 8:54 am | 0 Comment
After Bayan Muna’s failed attempt to win a senate seat in 2010 by aligning itself with a major political party, it is now trying to do what it has been really good at during the height of martial rule: united front building. There have been two major instances when the mainstream Left joined the Philippine electoral politics in a more partisan manner. The first was in more...
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SOUTHERN COMFORT: Why can’t SMI just man up
By Edwin Espejo at November 9, 2012 | 8:51 am | 0 Comment
Sagittarius Mines Incorporated (SMI) has so far kept its silence over the killing of 27-year old Juvy Capion and her two young sons last October 18 in a remote village in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, a province in southern Philippines. Except for a paragraph or two denying any involvement in the brutal slaying, however, SMI also offered no genuine condolence and sympathy to more...
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Makabayan’s new tact: More like it
By Edwin Espejo at November 9, 2012 | 6:41 am | 0 Comment
After Bayan Muna’s failed attempt to win a senate seat in 2010 by aligning itself with a major political party, it is now trying to do what it has been really good at during the height of martial rule: united front building. There have been two major instances when the mainstream Left joined the Philippine electoral politics in a more partisan manner. The first was in more...
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BANGKOK – Pardoned Thai-American speaks to the press on Lese Majeste
By Bangkok Pundit at November 8, 2012 | 10:55 pm | 0 Comment
BANGKOK - BP has blogged on the Thai-born naturalized American citizen Joe Gordon when he was arrested in May 2011 on lese majeste charges, then later blogged when the US government expressed disappointment when he was actually charged in August 2011 for translating The King Never Smiles, blogged again when he was jailed for two and a half years in December more...
Vientiane – Laos dam opens floodgates for more concerns
By Graham Land at November 8, 2012 | 10:24 pm | 0 Comment
The Mekong River runs from the Tibetan plateau through China, Burma/Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. Agriculture and fishing industries as well as countless independent livelihoods depend on the Mekong for support, especially the poor population of the Lower Mekong Basin. It has a greater variety of very large fish than any other river, with an aquatic more...
Kuala Lumpur – Creative Industry Programs for Asian Students
By Asian Correspondent at November 8, 2012 | 7:51 pm | 0 Comment
Kuala Lumpur - The creative industries are particularly important to developed economies. When a nation is in the throes of development, manufacturing and infrastructure take precedence. But there comes a point at which a national economy begins taking broad steps towards becoming a producer of ideas rather than mere brick-and-mortar merchandise. The buzzword here is more...
Edinburgh Napier University
By Asian Correspondent at November 8, 2012 | 7:43 pm | 0 Comment
Edinburgh Napier University’s School of the Arts and Creative Industries is a leader in the UK, with more than three decades of experience and a sterling reputation in the creative arts industries. Course and degree offerings span acting, design, English, film, journalism and music. To those who insist that creative arts are more of an indulgence than viable more...
Creative Arts – International School of the Creative Arts
By Asian Correspondent at November 8, 2012 | 7:39 pm | 0 Comment
Creative Arts - The International School of the Creative Arts (ISCA) is a one-of-a-kind operation run in association with the University of Arts London (UAL), Europe’s leading arts and design university. The school targets students aged 16 to 19 and preps them for a dynamic career in the creative arts. International students who enrol at such an early stage in their more...
Pakistani activist wins asylum in Korea
By Nathan Schwartzman at November 8, 2012 | 12:24 pm | 0 Comment
Original article in Korean is at this link. On the 8th the Seoul Administrative Courts’ 12th division (chief judge Park Tae-jun) overturned the decision of the trial in the lawsuit of Mr. K, who is from Baluchistan (a region in the southwest of Pakistan), seeking to order the Immigration Service to recognize his status as a refugee. This is first time a court has more...
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China’s Red Cross fights online rumors as hospital investigation continues
By Michael Evans at November 8, 2012 | 7:44 am | 0 Comment
Red Cross - As China’s Red Cross continues to investigate abuses in its hospitals, the organization has pledged greater attention to deflecting online criticism and combating internet rumors. At an Oct. 29 news conference in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, officials announced the results of a recent investigation into Red Cross-affiliated hospitals in the more...
India’s environmental future looks (mostly) smoggy
By Graham Land at November 8, 2012 | 5:03 am | 0 Comment
In an effort to get India’s economic growth back up to boom speed, President Manmohan Singh is attempting to fast track development schemes by streamlining approval processes. This is worrying to tribals and environmental groups who think such a move would green light large scale industrial projects without proper review as to their ramifications. The danger is that more...
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The weather in the Netherlands
By Inna Armandari at November 7, 2012 | 10:13 pm | 0 Comment
The weather is one of the most important points to be concerned for by people who come from a tropical country and move to European land, particularly the Netherlands. We already know that countries located near the equator or at the equator line have a tropical climate and most of the year will have stable weather and have two seasons, dry seasons and wet seasons more...
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No green light so far for private newspapers in Burma
By Zin Linn at November 7, 2012 | 8:07 pm | 0 Comment
Burma’s Lower House session continued for 9th day at People Parliament Hall in Parliament Complex in Nay-Pyi-Taw on Tuesday, attended by Lower House Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann and 394 Members of Parliament. At Tuesday’s session, six questions were replied; one proposal submitted; and one bill submitted, the state-run New Light of Myanmar said. Out of six questions, the more...
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Australia: Shocking live animals and Melbourne Cup
By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon at November 7, 2012 | 4:22 pm | 0 Comment
Shocking mails were dropped into the Green Journo’s mailbox. One subject warns: “You’re not going to like what you see.” But that is not the only mail with a word of caution, but a few more. Anti-live animal exports march in Melbourne in time of Melbourne Cup (Photo: Tim Watters/ABC) The week started with a frolicsome spring horse racing carnival– yet more...
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Burma and the potential for a nationwide religious war
By Francis Wade at November 7, 2012 | 12:13 pm | 0 Comment
The violence in western Burma between Rohingya and Arakanese has evolved in recent weeks, and now there is a distinct possibility that a religious war is unfolding that could spread far beyond Arakan state. The most concerning sign is the recent attacks by Arakanese and security forces on Kaman Muslims, who had previously lived comfortably alongside Buddhist communities, more...
Manny Pacquiao Watch: Speed, speed and speed
By Edwin Espejo at November 7, 2012 | 9:22 am | 0 Comment
Manny Pacquiao have said it before. Speed kills. In a game that is dictated by power, speed is one great equalizer. Eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is one of the gifted prize fighters that possesses both. That was until he stopped shedding weight before a fight by depriving him of two or three meals before weighing time. Manny more...
China’s civil service exam draws record number of applicants
By Michael Evans at November 7, 2012 | 7:30 am | 0 Comment
Civil Service - A record number of applicants sat for the provincial civil service exam in Sichuan province this past Sunday, a sign of the growing popularity of government jobs in a risky and uncertain employment market. The East China Metropolis News reported Saturday that 227,000 people had registered to take the exam, each competing for a slot among 8821 job more...
Life in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
By UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN at November 7, 2012 | 3:55 am | 0 Comment
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) campus is situated in the heart of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on the banks of the picturesque South Saskatchewan River. Saskatoon, which has been called the “Paris of the Prairies” because of its beauty, is located half way between Vancouver and Toronto. Saskatoon is known for its modern amenities, high quality of life, more...
South Korea shuts down 2 nuke reactors
By Graham Land at November 7, 2012 | 1:01 am | 0 Comment
South Korea has 23 nuclear power reactors, which make up 29.5% of their total capacity for generating electricity. However, nuclear power in SKorea is punching above its weight, supplying 45% of power consumed in the nation. There are currently plans to increase the generation capacity to 60% (more than a doubling of current numbers) by the year 2035. Suffice it to say more...
