Science ministers of ASEAN countries meet in Daejeon
On Tuesday 20th October, a meeting between science ministers in South Korea, Japan and China and ASEAN countries was held in Daejeon to discuss how to narrow the developmental gap between their countries. The meeting was held in sync with (OCED) conference for science and technology. During the meeting, Korea called other ASEAN countries to […]
Korean families as a humanitarian case
In world’s history of civil wars’ sufferings, North and South Korea suffered the most. The division of the Korean peninsula is one of the last remaining relics of the Cold War. Since the end of the Korean War in 1953, there has been virtually no contact between the citizens of the two countries, including the […]
IS child training camps in Istanbul
Children have been lectured in Istanbul on “the basics of the ideology of Islamic State (IS) group as well as “how to live in an Islamic state”, according to Turkish media reports. In an operation led by Istanbul Police Department Counterterrorism Bureau assisted by the special ops, the counterterrorism police raided 13 locations in Pendik […]
Korean cartoons in Algeria
A special screening for the Korean cartoon “Flowers that never fade” was held in Algerian capital earlier in October. This cartoon was part of a special exhibition by Korea that aims to detail what comfort women went through because of Japanese soldiers. This exhibition is part of Algeria’s International festival for Cartoon in its eighth year, […]
Seoul and Washington release joint statement on North Korea
In a joint news conference in Washington on the 16th of October, Korean president Park Geun Hye and US president Barack Obama discussed North Korea’s nuclear problem. In the summit talk they both promised that they would deal with the North Korean problem as fast as possible. In the joint news release issued after the […]
Lee Min Ho, Korea’s most loved star in Middle East
According to a questionnaire by KBS World Radio Arabic, the Korean star Lee Min Ho was chosen as the most loved Korean star among Arab audiences. They asked Arabic audience about the Korean star who comes to mind when they talk about Korea, Lee Min Ho topped the results with percentage of 14.8%. In the […]
Egypt votes in new parliament elections
On Sunday 18th October, people began voting in the first round of the first parliamentary elections since the dissolved parliament of 2012. The voting for the parliament’s first round continues, with a second round expected in November. The results are expected to be known on December. On Saturday 17th October, while Egyptian abroad started voting […]
Cheongju International craft Biennale hosts philosopher de Botton
Famous philosopher Alain de Botton participates in 2015 Cheongju International craft Biennale as an art director, introducing a special project. His special project titled “Beauty and Happiness” aims to discover the value of letters in our daily life. According to organizers, it’ll include 49 works resulted from cooperation between Botton and 15 teams of Korean artists through a […]
President Park: we can hold summit talks with Japan
During her US official visit, president Park Geun Hye said that Seoul is expected to hold trilateral summit talks between South Korea, China, and Japan in the upcoming month. This will be the first summit meeting in three and half years. Bilateral summit talk with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe could be held during these […]
South and North Korean family reunions in preparations
The newest round of family reunification between South Korea and North Korea is expected to be held on the 20th of October in Mount Kumgang in North Korea. A team of preparations consisting of 14 members headed by “Bang Tae Young”, a member of the red cross, headed to the mountain to do a final inspection […]
Egypt, Managing Editor of the AsiaN's Middle East Bureau, Graduate Student of Mass Communication and Journalism at Ahram Canadian University 
Trump, Kim, and the Three P’s of Summit Diplomacy: 
