Malaysia Prime Minister defies calls to quit, says he still has majority support
KUALA LUMPUR: has stressed that he still has the support of the majority of Members of Parliament as the Prime Minister. He said the matter was presented to King Al Sultan Abdullah during his audience with the King at Istana Negara earlier today, Malaysia’s news agency BERNAMA reports. “Therefore, my resignation under Article 43 (4) […]
India’s Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist killed
By Gunjeet Sra NEW DELHI: On July 16, news broke that India’s Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, 41-year-old Danish Siddiqui was killed in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar city in Afghanistan. At the time of his death, Siddiqui was on a reporting assignment for Reuters and embedded with the Afghan Special Forces. He was the chief […]
Journalists struggling with job insecurity amidst government’s “technological illiteracy”
By Ziinine A. Britshi Malaysia World News KUALA LUMPUR: In 2020, a college in Kuala Lumpur launched a new course called “Digital Journalism”. Unfortunately, this course had failed to attract many students and the lecturer who proposed and created the new course was advised to leave though he was teaching other subjects. It was very […]
Uzbekistan president signs law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations
TASHKENT: President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a new edition of the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations. The law aims at strengthening the guarantees of freedom of conscience and legal mechanisms to ensure the right of every person to profess any religion or not to profess any religion, as well as […]
President Noy: You are my Boss
By Alin Ferrer-Garganera Media practitioner, radio anchor/ broadcaster MANILA: Words are not enough to describe my sadness this when I heard the death of PNOY. I believe many Filipinos share this grief. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino, or better known as “Noynoy”, the 15th President of the Philippines, passed away on June 24, 2021 at the […]
Iran in new political era
By: Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: The 13th presidential election was held in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This election, unlike the previous six, was not exciting, because part of the Iranian people believed that their preferred candidate would not be allowed to run in the election. Also, the difficult economic situation in Iran has created dissatisfaction. […]
Lee Jun-Seok Phenomenon: Time to change, or the current two-party system will crumble down completely
By Lee Sang-Ki Former President of Asia Journalist Association Publisher of The AsiaN SEOUL: It is only a day away from the primary for the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) in the South Korean parliament. And 36-year-old young politician Lee Jun-Seok is receiving widespread expectations from the South Korean citizens while putting his competitors […]
Learn to live with covid-19 in our midst, Singapore PM Lee warns
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: Get ready to live dangerously with the Novel Coronavirus in your midst — this is the new normal into which you have to transit. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, seeking to drive home the stark reality to all Singaporeans, warned this would be the long-term […]
Korea’s foreign ministry calls in Japanese diplomat over Dokdo claim on Tokyo Olympic map
SEOUL: Korea’s foreign ministry called in a senior Japanese diplomat Tuesday to lodge a protest after a map on the Tokyo Olympic website showed South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo as part of Japanese territory. Lee Sang-ryeol, director-general for Asia and Pacific affairs, was expected to express regrets when he meets with Hirohisa Soma, deputy […]
Vietnam successfully organises parliamentary election amid COVID-19 threats
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri Online Newspaper HANOI: “It can be said that the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and the People’s Councils at all-levels for the 2021 to 2026 term has taken place successfully,” Secretary General of the Vietnamese National Assembly Bui Van Cuong announced […]
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