New Year Messages of Asia Pacific Leaders
As 2011 came to an end, the leaders of Asia Pacific countries gave New Year Messages. In general, they described the last year as a time of great challenge and the issue of economy was again at the centre of their addresses. On the other hand, they saw this year as a time of change since […]
Magnificent Century and Magnificent Controversy
(photo : www.muhtesemyuzyil.tv/eng/index_eng.htm) The Turkish Drama Divide “Muhtesem Yuzyil” which can be translated as “Magnificent Century” is one of the top news of the year 2011 by Cihan News Agency. This peak viewing time period drama about Suleiman the Maganificent and Hurrem, the slave girl who later became queen has aroused a bitter controversy […]
<2011 Top News> Turkey ‘Cihan’ Issues
Here are 2011’s top news stories according to the Cihan News Agency of Turkey. 1. Arab Spring 2. Great earthquake in Japan 3. Kemal Burkay’s return to Turkey Kurdish politician, social activist and poet Kemal Burkay returned to Turkey after 31 years of exile in Sweden. 4. President of Turkey Abdullah Gul cried when […]
President Lee’s Online New Year Message
The Blue House of Korea sent a new year’s message to government officials, journalists, artists, sportspeople, and many other celebrities in the name of President Lee Myung-bak and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok on 29th, three days before 2012. President Lee said, “It is a difficult time for middle class people and a more difficult […]
Virginity Tests Ruled Illegal
Forced “virginity tests” on female detainees arrested in Tahrir Square during a protest on 9 March were ruled illegal in Egypt yesterday. Aly Fekry, head of the Cairo administrative court decreed that what happened to Samira Ibrahim and six other detainees was illegal and any similar occurrence in the future would also be considered illegal. […]
Bloodshed in Kazakhstan? Shush please
“Silence against the death of 16 people in Kazakhstan” Russian media criticised the Western ones <Source: hello.news352.lu> “You probably won’t hear many meaningful calls for action from Washington, London or Brussels… Imagine that a tragedy like this had occurred in a Russian city just across the border from Kazakhstan. Can you imagine the field […]
Profile of Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un is the youngest son of Kim Jong-il and his third wife Ko Young-hee born in 1983(or 1984, sources vary). At first, he was not at the centre of attention. North Korea watchers focused on his half-brother Kim Jong-nam and full brother Kim Jong-hol rather than him. Then in 2009, speculations came that his […]
Mom’s power against nuclear power
Japan’s nuclear power industry, which once boasted of the world-class safety, now finds its existence threatened by women angered by the government’s opaqueness on radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after it was struck by an earthquake-driven tsunami in March. Aileen Miyoko Smith, head of Green Action said in an interview with IPS, “Mothers […]
How the World Sees Kim’s Death
The death of Kim Jong-il was front-page news all over the world. Breaking news, the headlines, the big story, hot topic or whatever it is called, the news came as swiftly as possible. However, different views and attitudes were found to present an account of the event. The Yomiuri Shimbun of Japan said in an […]
Editorials for Comparison
Major dailies of Korea have expressed different views according to their ideology and readership. Right-wing dailies <Chosun Ilbo> and <Joongang Ilbo> and left-wing dailies <Hankyoreh> and <Kyunghyang> are here for comparison. The titles of their editorials on 20 December are as follows. Chosun Ilbo “The fall of the Kim Il-sung – Kim Jong-il dynasty and […]
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