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Global Korea, global education

Global Korea, global education

Dear Madam President-Elect, On behalf of the Korean Association of Private University Presidents (KPU), I offer sincere congratulations for your success in the presidential election. The nation, I believe, made the decision based on your respect for trust and promises, in addition to your political leadership and experience. As the nation goes through this tough […]

People Gather Around Crater Caused By Explosion At A University In Aleppo, Syria

People Gather Around Crater Caused By Explosion At A University In Aleppo, Syria

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian people gather in front of a crater caused by an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Two explosions struck the main university in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday, causing an unknown number of casualties, state […]

A Bull Tamer Tries To Control A Bull During The Sport Called Jallikattu In Palamedu, India

A Bull Tamer Tries To Control A Bull During The Sport Called Jallikattu In Palamedu, India

Bull tamers try to control a bull during the bull-taming sport called Jallikattu, in Palamedu, about 575 kilomters (359 miles) south of Chennai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Jallikattu is an ancient heroic sporting event of the Tamils played during the harvest festival of Pongal. A bull tamer holds on to the horn of a […]

Iranian President Talks With Syrian PM In Tehran Aimed At Enhancing Relations

Iranian President Talks With Syrian PM In Tehran Aimed At Enhancing Relations

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) meets with Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi (L) in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 15, 2013. Ahmadinejad called on Tuesday for enhancing relations with Syria in different fields. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>

Kurdish People Mourn At Ceremony For Three Kurdish Women Shot Dead In Paris

Kurdish People Mourn At Ceremony For Three Kurdish Women Shot Dead In Paris

Kurdish people pay tribute to the three activists during a memorial ceremony, in Villiers le Bel, north of Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, before their bodies are sent to Turkey for burial. Three Kurdish women were shot dead at a pro-Kurdish center in Paris on Thursday Jan. 10, in what the French interior minister called […]

Heavy Rains Force People To wade Through A Flooded Street In Jakarta

Heavy Rains Force People To wade Through A Flooded Street In Jakarta

Local residents wade through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia ,Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Heavy rains caused flood in some parts of the city. A man wades through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia ,Tuesday, January 15, 2013. <AP/NEWSis> Casablanca street is inundated, causing long traffic jams at Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, Jan. 16, 2013. […]

Unusual cold spell in Nepal reported claimed nearly 100 lives

KATHMANDU, Jan 14 – Nearly 100 people died in southern Nepal due to biting cold in the last fortnight. Mostly, the old and poor people who had no clothes to keep them warm in the freezing cold lost their lives. Normal life was badly affected when the mercury dropped to record low in many places and […]

Egyptians Hold Protest In Cairo Asking Release Of Dr. Medhat El-Aghez Arrested In UAE

Egyptians Hold Protest In Cairo Asking Release Of Dr. Medhat El-Aghez Arrested In UAE

A Muslim Brotherhood supporter holds a banner in Arabic that reads, “doctor Medhat el-Aghez, PHD in science, one of the detainees in the United Arab Emirates,” during an ongoing protest in front of the United Arab Emirates embassy, unseen, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. The UAE’s Al-Khaleej newspaper reported last week that the […]

Prolonged Fog In Chinese Cities Causes Inconvenience On People’s Livelihood

Prolonged Fog In Chinese Cities Causes Inconvenience On People’s Livelihood

Women wearing masks ride on road in fog-enveloped Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, Jan. 14, 2013. Thick smog pushed the sales of protection masks as the foggy weather expanded to many parts of northern and eastern China. <Xinhua/Li Bo> Motorcars run on the Bayi Bridge amid heavy fog in Nanchang, capital of east […]

Japanese Youths Walk In The Snow After Attending Coming Of Age Ceremony At A Park In Tokyo

Japanese Youths Walk In The Snow After Attending Coming Of Age Ceremony At A Park In Tokyo

Dressed in Japanese kimonos, Japanese youths who have turned or will turn 20-year-old this year, the traditional age of adulthood in Japan, walk in the snow following a Coming of Age ceremony at an amusement park in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. <AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi> Young girls dressed in traditional kimonos attend the annual Coming-of-Age […]

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