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Incheon, City of International Peace, grand ambitions

Incheon, City of International Peace,  grand ambitions

By Habib Toumi INCHEON: Incheon Metropolitan City is set to become an international meeting point for people from across the world, its vice mayor has said. “Featuring the world’s best hub, Incheon International Airport, Incheon Part that serves as a logistics hub for Northeast Asia, , Incheon is South Korea’s key economic and international city […]

Korea’s Miracle OK Language School answers foreign workers’ prayers

Korea’s Miracle OK Language School answers foreign workers’ prayers

By Habib Toumi Pocheon City, South Korea: In small groups of six and eight, the students sat avidly around a white table, taking in every word uttered by their teacher while pointing to white board filled with numbers and letters. The lesson on the proper use of Korean numbers was part of a curriculum to […]

Kyung-In Women’s University: Dedication to excellence is palpable

Kyung-In Women’s University: Dedication to excellence is palpable

By Habib Toumi KYUNG-IN, KOREA: University campuses are usually noisily loud. The mobiles, the music, the brouhaha when sharing jokes, the uproar in the neighborhood … However, the campus of Kyung-In Women’s University (KIWU) is comfortably quiet and does not generate any noisy disturbance to the environment. Serene, peaceful and committed. This is roughly how […]

Korean Folklore Village: The pull of history keeps traditions alive

Korean Folklore Village: The pull of history keeps traditions alive

By Habib Toumi SEOUL: Around 40 kilometers south of the skyscrapers and high-tech facilities that define the ultramodern Korean capital Seoul, a folk village displays more than 600 years of history, culture and values. For the visiting group participating in the World Journalists Conference, the Korean Folklore Village (KFV), a living open-air museum offered the […]

Baengnyeong Island: The world’s uniquely beautiful military frontline

Baengnyeong Island: The world’s uniquely beautiful military frontline

By Habib Toumi Baengnyeong, South Korea: On my first trip to Baengnyeong Island, the northernmost South Korean Island and right at the tip of the Northern Limit Line dividing the two Koreas, I stared at the tall majestic cliffs and the narrow stretch of water separating by 12 kilometers the two countries and wondered how […]

Al Bader Award for love of Prophet Mohammed third edition launched

Al Bader Award for love of Prophet Mohammed third edition launched

FUJAIRAH:  The office of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, has announced the launch of the third edition of Al Bader Award. The initiative is part of Al Bader Initiative dedicated to celebrating the love for Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), and aiming to foster affection for him and highlight his exemplary […]

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid: Handshake of the Republics Festival is work for the future

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid: Handshake of the Republics Festival is work for the future

By Editor Olga Ivanycheva YOSHKAR-OLA: On April 20, the VII Interregional Music and Poetry Festival “Handshake of the Republics” will take place in Yoshkar-Ola. This year the festival will be dedicated to the 225th anniversary of the birth of A.S. Pushkin. The program includes two poetry concerts, a round table “Family of the Volga Region”, […]

Kyrgyzstan – Arab countries cooperation intensifying significantly:  Kulubaev

Kyrgyzstan – Arab countries cooperation intensifying significantly:  Kulubaev

TASHKENT: Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev said that cooperation and relations between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and his country have been steadily intensifying. The GCC, established in 1981, comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In recent years, interaction between the Kyrgyz Republic and Arab countries has significantly […]

Pakistan invites Saudi Arabia for joint ventures in country’s airports, state-owned airline

Pakistan invites Saudi Arabia for joint ventures in country’s airports, state-owned airline

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has invited Saudi Arabia for joint business ventures in the privatization of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and airports as Pakistan aims at bolstering foreign investment to stabilize its shaky economy. The offer was extended to a high-powered Saudi delegation led by […]

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