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Release of 4 detainees imminent

Release of 4 detainees imminent

Meng Jianzhu, China’s public security minister, is to arrive in Seoul Thursday for a three-day visit, amid speculation that the release of four South Korean detainees in the neighboring country is imminent. This is the first time that a Chinese public security minister has visited South Korea since the two sides established diplomatic relations in […]

Foreigners use Kumgangsan Hotel

Foreigners use Kumgangsan Hotel

North Korea is allowing foreign groups to use some South Korea-developed facilities at the Mt. Geumgang resort, the site of a stalled cross-border project, but business remains sparse, a recent visitor there said Thursday. The resort once brought droves of South Koreans to facilities developed under an exclusive deal between the North and South Korean […]

3 nations plan consultation body

3 nations plan consultation body

South Korea, the United States and Japan will launch a consultation body based in Washington D.C. to facilitate trilateral cooperation, their top diplomats announced Thursday amid persisting concerns over North Korea. The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Kim Sung-whan and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Hillary Clinton and Koichiro Gemba, after trilateral talks on […]

DUP seeks to curb chaebol investment

Lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) proposed a bill Thursday that includes the reviving of the Regulation on Total Equity Investment. The regulation, which restricts big conglomerates from acquiring shares of other domestic companies, was originally introduced in 1987 to hold back the so-called chaebol from indiscriminately expanding in the local economy. […]

Central bank preempts markets with rate cut

Central bank preempts markets with rate cut

Quarter point slashed to 3% after no change in 13 months The Bank of Korea (BOK) surprised markets by cutting interest rates Thursday as the country battles subduing economic activity and worsening global conditions. The decision to shave the benchmark 7-day repo rate by 0.25 points to 3 percent, ended 13 consecutive months of maintaining […]

Pension crisis looms larger

Pension crisis looms larger

National pension funds expected to be depleted by 2053 The retirement plans of future workers have been put in doubt by Korea’s growing pension crisis with a workforce aging in dog years suggesting the national pension pot could be depleted quicker than the previously-anticipated 2060. This is an alarming prediction for a country where people […]

City to start ‘electric car renting service’ in October

City to start ‘electric car renting service’ in October

Seoul City will launch an “electric car rental service” in October to promote environmentally friendly transportation. The city signed an agreement with LG CNS and Korea Car Sharing, Thursday, to jointly provide the service. The campaign is designed to help reduce traffic congestion, save energy and prevent air pollution. The service will enable residents to […]

Negara Mendesak untuk meningkatkan angka kelahiran ke 1.8

<The AsiaN Video for Indonesian> Negara Mendesak untuk meningkatkan angka kelahiran ke 1.8

Halo Apa kabar? Saya Meidyana Rayana, saat ini bermagang untuk The AsiaN. Di website The Asian, anda dapat mengkases berita-berita dunia, salah satunya dari Korea Selatan. Pada 11 Juli lalu merupakan hari populasi dunia yang diresmikan pada 1987 untuk menandai populasi global yang mencapai 50 miliar jiwa. Organisasi Think tank Korea Selatan pun meluncurkan hari […]

Sofia’s only Mosque is being restored

Sofia’s only Mosque is being restored

Turkish cooperation and development agency (TIKA) started the restoration of Kadi Seyfullah Efendi Mosque (Banya Basi Mosque) , which was damaged after an earthquake in Bulgarian capital city of Sofia. Assistance Bulgarian Mufti of Muslim Population Murat Pingov said that the mosque would be restored completely. He added that now the worksite was being prepared […]

Assamer bonnaye mriter sonkhya bere daralo eksho pochish

<The AsiaN Video for Indian> Assamer bonnaye mriter sonkhya bere daralo eksho pochish

Nomoskar,ami Sudhanya Ghosh,Asia Journalist Association, AJA. Assamer bonnaye mriter sonkhya bere daralo eksho pochish.nikhoj shatanobboi jon.bonnaye 24 lokhher beshi manush khotigrosto hoyeche bole akhono porjonto jana gache.praye sare char hazar jon manush griho hin hoye porechen.brahmaputra o borak nodir upattoka anchol akhono sompurno jolomogno. Assamer bonnaye bikhhato kajiranga jatiyo uddaner anek praniro mrityur khobor pawa […]

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