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Yonhap News Agency
YONHAP News Agency is a daily Korean news service serving the country of South Korea. Content includes a focus on national and international coverage, economy focus, sports and cultural coverage, and inter-korean issues. Written in Korean.
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The Chosun Ilbo
Chosun Ilbo is a leading South Korean newspaper based out of Seoul. Written originally in Korean, an English, Japanese, and Chinese version is also available. Content includes the latest news, a focus on politics, business and finance,...
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The Chosun Ilbo (In English)
Chosun Ilbo is a leading South Korean newspaper based out of Seoul. Content includes the latest news, a focus on politics, business and finance, information technology, and more.
The Guardian
Guardian: Afghanistan News
This site provides links to the most recent news articles and videos concerning events in Afghanistan.
NBC
Nbc News: Massive Quake Kills Nearly 10,000 in China
A powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck China, killing about 10,000 people and trapping huge numbers under concrete, steel and earth. Learn more details in this article.
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Pakistan and Gulf Economist
Ambitious resource for information on Pakistan's economy and business.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: The Tsunami Disaster
Online lesson plan explores the issue of foreign assistance and the world's response to the tsunami disaster in Asia using handouts and online news sources.
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Project Visa
A comprehensive internet resource guide to visa and embassy information for all countries around the world. Search by region or view the entire country list. Links to other travel, visa, and immigration sites.
BBC
Bbc News: Asia
The BBC provides comprehensive and complete coverage of the latest news and events occurring in Asia and the Pacific Islands. Content includes top news, in-depth stories, streaming audio news, and much more.
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The Tribune: India
India's Tribune is a daily newspaper covering the latest news and issues in India. Content includes a focus on the latest headlines, education, health, science, sports, and more.
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The Hindu
The Hindu is one of India's leading national newspapers. Published daily, content includes regional, national, and international news, as well as business, and sports, among other areas. Also available is archived material that goes back...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: The Continents
Brightly colored printouts, maps, and graphics on the greatest land masses on earth. See how continental drift works, look up extremes, label maps, learn about latitude, longitude and other geography terms. Teachers will find a Landforms...
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The Times of India
The Times of India is a leading daily newspaper published in New Delhi, India. Content includes a look at local, regional, and international news, as well as sports, entertainment, business, and more.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Wilson Center: 1988 Seoul Olympic Games
A collection of primary source documents from the International Olympic Committee about the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. "The collection highlight the relationship between sport and politics and offer an unprecedented window into North...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Orangutans
This multimedia site includes video and audio clips. The maps and fun facts will be very beneficial to students doing research projects.
Globio
Glossopedia: China
China is the second largest country in Asia with the largest population in the world. This article discusses China's long history, many inventions, and basic cultural information. China's varied topography is introduced as well as...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Encyclopedia: Asia Resources: Environment and Economy
Through descriptive photos and and encyclopedic entry understand the environment and economic systems throughout Asia.
CNN
Cnn: Benazir Bhutto Assassinated
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. Read the details surrounding of her death in this article. (December 2007)
China State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group
China: Foreign Relations
An excellent site from China.org.cn for information on China's foreign relations. Site is broken into the following sections: contents, foreign policy, principles, development of foreign relations, and foreign affairs.
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Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
This is the home site for the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. This site houses a lot of information on everything from the plants, animals, history, and education associated with the Gardens. The site provides many pictures...
Columbia University
Columbia University: East Asia for Educators
How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on the earth's surface.
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Kumamoto University: Medicinal Plant Garden
This site provides information on the Medicinal Plant Garden located in Japan. The web page presents a list of all the plants the garden contains, and their pictures.