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SearchUS, SKorea to hold further naval drills02:13 PM, Sep 03, 2010uvers in July and South Korea's independent exercises took place without incident. The two Koreas officially remain at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.Associated Press... Korean arms sale caught up in US domestic politics11:26 AM, Sep 03, 2010p;which seems to indicate that there is either nobody in the Obama administration who can officially speak with reporters who knows enough about the issue to talk competently about it, or that the issue has caught them flat-footed: Asked why the M1s pose a threat, the State Department spokesman referred questions to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ATF representatives said they would look into the qu... China census highlights growing rights awareness07:25 AM, Sep 03, 2010le live in each home and recording cell phone numbers so workers can get in touch when the census officially begins. Taking an accurate census in China is a difficult task with the millions of migrant workers who've left their official addresses in the countryside for better opportunities in the cities. Another complicating issue are children born in violation of the country's one-child policy, many of whom are unregistered and therefore... Why 'Merry Christmas' is a Twitter trend today Sept. 111:57 AM, Sep 01, 2010ptember's start of Christmas in the Philippines. :)) Yes, folks, the world's longest Christmas has officially started in the Philippines today, Sept. 1, and we Filipinos expect radio stations to begin playing Christmas carols, and the malls to be donned with Christmas decorations. We would be remiss as Twitter users if we Filipinos would not spread Christmas cheer throughout Twitter also starting today. Why the extraordinarily long Christmas? N... Myanmar media confirm junta chief retains power03:17 PM, Aug 31, 2010y reshuffle that occurred Friday retired more than a dozen senior leaders, though it has yet to be officially announced by the highly secretive junta. It was an apparent move to prepare for Nov. 7 national elections, the first in two decades. Than Shwe has ruled the country since 1992. The rumors of his retirement, along with that of his second-in-command Maung Aye, suggested they were being groomed for roles as president and vice presiden... MILF to gov’t: Complete your peace panel first12:44 PM, Aug 31, 2010smo na in place na, madali lang magreresume ang talks pero both sides, GRP and MILF, have to inform officially the facilitating country about the complete lineup of its panel and then the facilitating country can schedule a talk, whether it is formal or exploratory or special meeting, ganun yun,” Iqbal said. He said the MILF favors Malaysia to remain as the facilitator since”Malaysia has the institutional memory”. &ldquo... Kim Jong-il prepares to die10:03 PM, Aug 30, 2010n to think about his legacy and to want to relive the past. The problem for Kim is that he can not officially acknowledge the place of his birth and were he spent his early childhood: Khabarovsk in Siberia, Russia. His father, Kim Il-sung, spent several years there before and during world war two after he had been defeated by Japanese occupation forces in Manchuria and found time to make a baby during his exile. The official Kim dyna... Thai number portability delayed02:30 PM, Aug 30, 2010r mobile phones in Thailand has been delayed and "will take three to four months before MNP will be officially available" according to Wireless Federation (WF). The National Telecom Committee (NTC) had set September 1 as the timeline for introducing the feature to the Thai marketplace, which would provide greater consumer choice and competition between operators (as blogged here), however it has been missed as none of the Thai operators... India’s growing eWaste04:39 AM, Aug 30, 2010own. What would happen to this waste otherwise?It has to be handled. For someone to handle eWaste officially they have to be registered with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Right now only 14 facilities have registered with CPCB. Don’t we need more?... Arrival in Hanoi - Vietnam blog spot 2007:00 PM, Aug 24, 2010eauty was parked on the kerb with the hundreds of other bikes. It all seemed rather uneventful when officially we'd finished the journey from Ho Chi Minh City in the south, some 2000km to get here.The old quarter is a real experience - narrow streets filled with produce down an entire laneway such as fake money to burn in temples, blacksmiths or tinsmiths, towel shops, stores selling coffee or spices. Then add to this an endless procession of mot... NKorea deploying troops, weapons near Pyongyang04:10 PM, Aug 24, 2010uth Korean warship Cheonan and killing 46 sailors. North Korea denies involvement. The two Koreas officially remain at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.Associated Press... Official: Seoul not considering food aid to NKorea05:12 PM, Aug 23, 2010h Korea deeper into poverty, increasing its dependence on international food aid. The two Koreas officially remain at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. Tension on the Korean peninsula deepened after a South Korean-led international investigation blamed North Korea for torpedoing the warship Cheonan and killing 46 sailors. North Korea has flatly denied any involvement. Meanwhile, North Korea ke... Japan overtakes Indonesia as biggest Twitter user in Asia11:00 AM, Aug 23, 2010*UPDATE: to clarify, the results of this data are a confirmation of what is much know/suspected across Asia rather than news itself. With Twitter itself acknowledging its rapid rise in the land of the rising sun, it has likely Japan has dominated Twitter in Asia for a considerable period however this is the first research to clearly illustrate this with hard fact since Sysomos put Indonesia top in the region. A couple of weeks back I report... NKorea demands SKorea release religious activist04:07 PM, Aug 22, 2010vernment, not North Korea, must be blamed for the sinking in which 46 sailors died. The two Koreas officially remain at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. Their relations flourished following the first-ever summit in 2000 between their leaders, who agreed to work toward peace and reconciliation. But ties have soured again since Lee took office in early 2008 with a tougher policy toward the North. A... Burma junta proxy party opens offices08:07 PM, Aug 20, 2010n the last election in 1990 but was barred from taking power, is boycotting the polls. The NLD was officially disbanded in May because it declined to register for the vote, though its leaders made clear they are keeping the organization together to continue its struggle for democracy. The Union Solidarity and Development Party was formed from a junta-backed mass social organization called the Union Solidarity and Development Association, founde... |
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