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Surviving rollercoasters as a cryptocurrency investor in Korea

Surviving rollercoasters as a cryptocurrency investor in Korea

By Lee Joohyeong SEOUL: There is a saying that Koreans love gambling. There is no easy way to prove this statement with numbers, but it seems to be true at least in the crypto market. Koreans prefer to buy cryptos that show sudden surges rather than Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), which rank first and […]

Second Trump term: Fostering a path towards peace in Middle East?

Second Trump term: Fostering a path towards peace in Middle East?

By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Donald Trump’s return to the White House puts an end to the Biden parenthesis and presents, according to many people in the Gulf and the Middle East, better prospects to help end ongoing wars, ominous instability and deep tensions. Much of the anticipation is based on pre-election pledges when Trump presented […]

Erdogan’s visit to Bishkek brings Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye closer together

Erdogan’s visit to Bishkek brings Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye closer together

By Kuban Andymen BISHKEK: Following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s official visit to Kyrgyzstan on November 4-5, 2024, nearly two dozen agreements were signed, including a Joint Declaration to elevate the strategic partnership between Kyrgyzstan and Türkiye to a comprehensive strategic partnership. “The relations between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Türkiye, based on […]

Pakistan to transfer Iranian prisoners under bilateral agreement with Iran

Pakistan to transfer Iranian prisoners under bilateral agreement with Iran

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN: The Consul General of Iran and his team held a meeting with the officials of Home Department of Pakistan’s Sindh province in Karachi on Friday October 25, 2024 to discuss essential actions regarding the transfer of Iranian prisoners from Sindh’s jails under the bilateral agreement between […]

There is more to the India-Canada fallout than just allegations of espionage, transnational killings

There is more to the India-Canada fallout than just allegations of espionage, transnational killings

By Gunjeet Sra NEW DELHI: In a bold statement last week, the Trudeau-led Canadian government accused India of assassinating and plotting the 2023 killing of Canadian-Khalistani advocate Hardeep Nijjar. Nijjar, labeled a terrorist by India, was wanted in India for several cases like the 2007 bombing in Punjab that killed 6 people and injured 40 and […]

Bangladesh under Yunus’ leadership: Challenges, opportunities

Bangladesh under Yunus’ leadership: Challenges, opportunities

By Shafiqul Bashar DHAKA: As Bangladesh finds itself since 8 August 2024 in the interim leadership of Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, the nation stands at a crossroads of potential and peril. Following the ousting of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on 5 August, Dr Yunus’ administration has inherited a complex landscape marked by economic […]

Bahrain reiterates call for international peace conference

Bahrain reiterates call for international peace conference

By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Bahrain has reiterated its call to hold an expanded and urgent international conference to revive hope in achieving peace. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa renewed the call as he addressed the bi-cameral parliament convening at the start of its new session. On May 16, King Hamad, chairing the 33rd Arab […]

First batch of 27 Palestinian medical students from Gaza arrives in Pakistan

First batch of 27 Palestinian medical students from Gaza arrives in Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz The Asian Representative ISLAMABAD: The first batch of 27 Palestinian medical students arrived in Lahore city of Pakistan from Cairo on Sunday October 13, 2024 to continue their medical studies. This batch of students is part of 192 Palestinian medical students from war-torn Gaza who will continue their medical and dental studies […]

South Korean Nobel laureate Han Kang Prize announcement 

South Korean Nobel laureate Han Kang Prize announcement 

By Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee OSLO: 한강 Han Kang was born in 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju before, at the age of nine, moving with her family to Seoul. She comes from a literary background, her father being a reputed novelist. Alongside her writing, she has also devoted herself to art and music, […]

South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel literature prize; becomes second South Korean Nobel laureate

South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel literature prize; becomes second South Korean Nobel laureate

SEOUL: Author Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, becoming the first South Korean to get the honor, a surprise feat that had her country rejoicing in disbelief. The Swedish Academy announced Han as this year’s laureate, recognizing the 53-year-old “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility […]

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