Shortlist Announced for IPAF 2012
Six shortlisted authors for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) 2012 were announced on 11 January at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt and they are Jabbour Douaihy, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere, Rabee Jaber, Nasser Iraq, Bashir Mufri and Habib Selmi. This year’s shortlist includes a number of different themes, ranging from exile and questions […]
Women Writing a New History of Korean Politics
Women are writing a new history of party politics in Korea. Ms Han Myung-sook, Former Prime Minister of Korea won the election on 15th for party chairperson of the Democratic United Party, the biggest opposition party in Korea. She was the Prime Minister under the Roh Moo-hyun administration and received the most votes of the […]
Park Jong-chul “Scent of Jasmine 25 Years ago”
On 14 January 1987, a 22-year-old young man who was taken to the Namyoung Police Department and interrogated died.His name was Park Jong-chul, the third year linguist of Seoul National University. The police announced his death as natural since he suddenly died surprised by a thump. However, with a doctor’s testimony, it was disclosed that he died of […]
‘CES 2012’ Opens on Jan.10
Mooly Eden, Corporate vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group of Intel Corp., demonstrates a two-screen Ultrabook laptop during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the United States, Jan. 9, 2010. The world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show runs from Jan. 10 through 13. <Photo: Xinhua/Yang Lei> […]
Copper King released but how about his human rights?
Korea Taxpayers Association, “National Tax Service has tried unreasonable imposition counting on anti-haves sentiment” Violations of human rights of a taxpayer… Billion wons of consulting tax agents Reckless media reports on a pending case of evasion in favour of the NTS It is claimed that the National Tax Service frequently wages tax investigations for political […]
Media Moguls’ New Year Message
The CEOs of the Korean media companies forecast that both crises and opportunities will come and go in 2012 due to a radically changing media environment. General election in April, presidential election in December, appearance of Kim Jong-un, global economic recession, unpredictable development of SNS and a wide variety of platform will all help transform […]
<1003rd Wednesday> I wish to forgive you
I am prepared to forgive you. I have come here to mark the 1000th Wednesday Demonstration on 14 December 2011. Since then I have been sitting here for 22 days. I’m not lonely even in the pitch-black darkness of midwinter. Someone has put a scarf around my neck. Someone has put a pair of […]
What Makes Nepal Identify Lumbini’s Nationality
Maya Devi Mandir in Lumbini, Nepal dedicated to Queen Maya, Buddha’s mother <Source: AsiaN> 2012 as ‘Visit Lumbini Year’ The Nepali people have launched an aggressive campaign to promote the fact that Buddha was born in Nepal, not India. Nepal’s Ambassador to Korea Kamal Prasad Koirala wrote a letter on 19 December 2011 to […]
Apple Products up to ‘35%’ Off
Apple Red Friday If you live in China, Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore or the Philippines, it will be a good idea to go to the Apple Store on Friday, 6 January. Apple informed customers in several Asian countries regarding this Friday’s one-day shopping event in celebration of the New Year of Dragon. Called […]
Senegalese Megastar Youssou N’Dour to Run for Presidency
Senegalese music star Youssou N’Dour(52) announced his candidacy for President of Senegal in the upcoming presidential election. He is not just a singer in Senegal, he is a super star. <Time> magazine named him as one of its 100 Most Important people, quoting his humanitarian work, music talent and contributions to the cultures. For decades, […]
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