North Korea Takes Risk to Enter Information Age

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SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The launch of a third-generation mobile phone service in North Korea this week by an Egypt-based firm highlights the reclusive socialist regime's desire to enter the information a

CRYSTAL SUGAR PRODUCTION TO DROP BELOW 2008 TARGET

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Jakarta, Dec 18 (ANTARA) - National white crystal sugar production in 2009 is predicted to total only 2.9 million tons, or lower than the target of 3.3 million tons due to a decrease in the sugar

BALI'S NGURAH RAI AIRPORT TO BE BROADENED

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Denpasar, Bali, Dec 18 (ANTARA) - Construction activities to broaden Bali's international Ngurah Rai Airport will be conducted beginning 2009 in a bid to improve its services to passengers, an offi

ACEH TO RELEASE TWO TIGERS INTO JUNGLE

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Banda Aceh, Dec. 18 (ANTARA) - The Natural Resources Conservation Office (BKSDA) of Aceh is planning to release two captive tigers into the wild soon.

Seoul stocks edge up on won's appreciation

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SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks inched up late Thursday morning as a stabilizing won soothed investor jitters on the national economic outlook, analysts said.

M'SIA CONFIDENT OF 5.0 PERCENT GROWTH IN 2008 GDP

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian government is confident of a growth of at least five percent in the gross domestic product (GDP) for 2008 if the country's economic growth expanded b

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