Facebook is the General Trend for Asian Journalists
Survey by AJA and AsiaN The journalists of Asia use Facebook the most compared to other social network services. 56% of them use Facebook and then Twitter (30%) and Blog (14%) followed. The AsiaN in association with the Asia Journalist Association conducted a survey on 20~30 November in celebration of its launch and 50 newspaper, […]
<2011 Top News> Turkey ‘Cihan’ Issues
Here are 2011’s top news stories according to the Cihan News Agency of Turkey. 1. Arab Spring 2. Great earthquake in Japan 3. Kemal Burkay’s return to Turkey Kurdish politician, social activist and poet Kemal Burkay returned to Turkey after 31 years of exile in Sweden. 4. President of Turkey Abdullah Gul cried when […]
Lee Kun-hee of Samsung, the most influential business figure
Survey by AsiaN and AJA, 50 Asian journalists answered Journalists of Asia think that Samsung is the most influential company in Asia. The AsiaN in association with the Asia Journalist Association conducted a survey on 20~30 November in celebration of its launch and 50 newspaper, TV, and online journalists of 33 different nationalities participated. The […]
Hu Jintao the most influential figure in Asia
Survey by AsiaN and AJA Hu Jintao 50% but Obama 32%… Ban Ki-moon and Putin 6% The survey reveals that 5 out of 10 Asian journalists think Hu Jintao of China is the most influential figure in Asia. This is 18% higher than Obama of the USA(32%). The AsiaN in association with the Asia Journalist […]
S.Korea Court Rules against Ban on SNS in Elections
The Constitutional Court of Korea ruled on Thursday that banning social networking services(SNS) in election campaigns was in limited violation of the constitution. In March last year Rep. Chung Dong-young of the Democratic Party and a group of civilians filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court saying that the scope of “the like” in clause 1 of […]
President Lee’s Online New Year Message
The Blue House of Korea sent a new year’s message to government officials, journalists, artists, sportspeople, and many other celebrities in the name of President Lee Myung-bak and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok on 29th, three days before 2012. President Lee said, “It is a difficult time for middle class people and a more difficult […]
Korea’s “Democracy Godfather” Dies
<Photo> The portrait of Kim Geun-tae is entering into the mortuary of the Seoul Nationl University Hospital on 30. Kim Geun-tae, a leader of Korean democratic movement died Friday from a brain disease. He was 64. He was dubbed the “Godfather” of the country’s democratization. He served as leader of Korea’s former ruling Uri […]
<2011 Top News> ‘The Korea Times’ Top 10 News in World
<The Korea Times> chose ‘the Arab Spring’ as the top news of 2011 in World. news@theasian.asia
<2011 Top News> ‘The Korea Times’ Top 10 News in Korea
<The Korea Times> chose ‘the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’ as the top news of 2011 in Korea. news@theasian.asia
<2011 Top News>The Al Jazeera’s top 10
<The Al Jazeera> chose ‘Arab Spring’ as the top stories of 2011. Here are 2011: A Year in review. 1. The Arab Awakening 2. Japan: Reeling from triple disasters 3. Bin Laden: US kills al-Qaeda leader 4. Horn of Africa: A devastating drought 5. Europe’s year of austerity 6. Occupy Wall Street: ‘We are the […]
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