President of Indonesia Joko Widodo wins AJA Award
Asia Journalist Association (AJA) held “AJA Award” and a dialogue program with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) under the title of “Game-Changing Revolution with Young People” on May 17. AJA and Ajou University co-hosted the dialogue program. The total of more than 500 audiences participated, including Governor of Gyeonggi Province Nam Kyung-pil, Mayor-Council of Suwon City […]
The ticking Korean bomb
The ISIS and terrorist attacks in Europe grab regular headlines while a quiet bomb ticks in northeast Asia. The threat is not misplaced, considering nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles are at the command of a 33-year old authoritarian leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un. Korea is the last divided nation on the planet. Unification may […]
South Korea to construct terminal at Tashkent airport
South Korea will construct a new terminal of Tashkent International Airport (Tashkent-4) by the end of 2019. Representatives of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have presented official results of a feasibility study for the terminal’s construction in Tashkent, said the press service of the Uzbek Embassy in Kyrgyzstan. Preparation of the feasibility study was […]
Communists seek to expand free land program in Russia
Sergey Obukhov, Russian Communist Party MP has proposed applying the recently approved state program of free handover of land not only to the Russian Far East, but also to much larger territories in Siberia, Russia Today (RT) reports. He said, “If the government bill on free land handover has been signed into law, we suggest […]
LG to produce electric car for Iran
LG Group will produce the electric car for the Iranian market. LG and the Iranian government recently signed an agreement for the development. The agreement only lays out the issues in broad strokes and is to be followed a proper contract later, the Chosun Ilbo reports. An LG Corp. staffer said, “We stayed in Iran […]
Russian export to ASEAN market will rise to 10% by 2020
Pyotr Fradkov, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian Export Center said that the center forecasts Russian export to ASEAN countries will grow from 1.5% to 10% by 2020. “Now we have 1.5% on the market but I believe 10% will be a decent share. It’s fairly achievable by 2020,” he said in an interview with […]
Russia Celebrates the Victory Day
Russia has marked the Victory Day on May 9 which is the anniversary of victory against Nazi Germany in 1945. Moscow and other regions of Russia celebrated the day with military parades. 10,000 military personnel, 135 armored vehicles, and 71 aircraft took part in the events. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has joined the celebration by […]
Russia Gives Free Land in Country’s Far East
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a law giving Russians free land in the Far East regions of the country. According to law, Russian citizens will able to apply for up to hectare of land in the regions of Kamchatka, Sakha-Yakutia, Khabarovsk, Amur, Primorye, Magadan, Sakhalin, the Jewish Autonomous Region,and Chukotka. The Moscow Times reports […]
Russia and China to hold computer-assisted military drills
Russia and China will hold the first computer-assisted missile defense exercise in May 2016, TASS reports. The press office of Russian Defense Ministry said, “The Russian and Chinese defense ministers decided to hold the first Air and Space Security 2016 joint computer-assisted command and staff exercise in May 2016 on the premises of the Central […]
Islamic Organisation for Food Security established in Kazakhstan
Member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) established the Islamic Organisation for Food Security on 28 April in Kazakhstan. The new initiative has been created after the 7th Islamic Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development of the OIC in Astana. Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, Assylzhan Mamytbekov talked at the conference: […]
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