GCS International to deliver development funds for Ukraine Taekwondo Federation
By Seok-Jae Kang Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: GCS International will deliver taekwondo equipment and/or funds for the war-ridden Ukraine Taekwondo Federation. In this regard, Kim Sang-jin, vice president of the GCS Global Peace Corps under the auspices of GCS International, handed over a taekwondo development fund board to GCS International President Dr. Chungwon […]
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Speech by Ki Yon Kil, President & CEO of the Seoul Tourism Organization, at the World Journalists COnference (WJC2022): “Good afternoon. I’m Ki Yon Kil, the President & CEO of the Seoul Tourism Organization. I would like to extend my sincerest congratulations of the “10th World Journalists Conference.” The World Journalists Conference not only promotes Korea […]
Why a cultural boycott of Russia may not be the solution
By Rahul Aijaz KARACHI: 2022 has brought about an explosion of a conflict that has been boiling for many years – the Russia-Ukraine War, or as it should rather be phrased ‘the Russian invasion of Ukraine’. But it would be unfair for me to delve into the political circumstances that led to this or analyze the […]
Poetry, music in the ancient city of Babylon
Alireza during his participation in the festival By Alireza Bahrami BABYLON: Coinciding with World Poetry Day and surrounding days, the Babylon International Poetry and Music Festival was held in the ancient region of the Hanging Gardens and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. During this edition of the festival, Alireza Bahrami and Hamidreza Shekarsari from Iran […]
Trouvaille, a travel anthology of travels, vistas and editorial
Authors By Sreetanwi Chakraborty, Editor, Trouvaille New Delhi: The onslaught of the worldwide pandemic has clearly revealed a strong yet suspicious binary: One, what the world was before the pandemic, and two, what the world is after the pandemic. Across the serrated passages of time, the gongs and the old church bells, cityscapes, waves of […]
Contact-free smart libraries rise in pandemic era
By YONHAP News Agency SEOUL: On her way home from work, Lim Kyung-nan, a mother of two living in Anyang, occasionally borrows books from a smart library, an unmanned book-rental machine, usually installed at subway stations. “I usually can’t go to community libraries since I leave my work in the late evening,” Lim said. “Besides, the […]
World Hangung Association signs MOU with Korean Senior Citizens Association
By Seok-Jae Kang Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: The World Hangung Association (WHA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korean Senior Citizens Association (KSCA) in a ceremony at the latter’s headquarters in Seoul, Korea on March 4. The MOU was inked between Hu Kwang, president of the WHA, and Kim Ho-il, president […]
World Taekwondo President awarded Honorary Doctorate from Dankook University in Korea
By Seok-Jae Kang Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue received an honorary doctorate in science from Dankook University in Yongin, Korea on March 7 in recognition of his dedication to the global promotion of taekwondo and peace through sport, which is closely aligned with the university’s tenet of truth and […]
Ashraf Aboul-Yazid: My novels are the cherished daughters of my travel literature
CAIRO: Ashraf Aboul-Yazid combines being a novelist, a poet, a journalist, a travel writer and an author of children’s literature with distinction in all these fields. He has worked in cultural journalism for more than three decades. He was chosen as the Cultural Personality of the Year in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation in […]
MY PEOPLE – Odlar Yurdu: Azerbaijani People’s Ensemble
By Eldar Akhadov Russian poet and writer Susha: Between the two shores of the sea – north and south, left and right or right and left, whoever likes to stand, there is a land, aimed to the east – in the sea, like a giant bird’s beak, which can only be seen from space. The […]