War-zone Correspondent Lee Sin-seok: “Reaching the World’s Most Disadvantaged”
Peace was at the heart of World War II reconciliation, but countless regions across the world, particularly Asia, remain war-torn and devastated by ongoing conflict. For 15 years, war-zone correspondent Lee Sin-seok has traveled far and wide to reach refugees—those who have experienced the worst of such wars—to share in their pain and understand […]
Dubai vs Gwadar: The New World Economy War
Major industrial infrastructure investments launched by the UAE government are expected to push expenditure. According to a report published by the Dubai-based Arabic Language Al-Bayan newspaper, the Dubai economy will remain the least vulnerable to future economic crises due to current investments made in the build-up to Expo 2020. Current real estate and tourism […]
Press Watch – Singapore:
Singapore’s leader Lee Kuan Yew, who dominated the political scene from 1959, when he first came to power, till his death on March 23rd, 2015, corralled the press as an instrument to help realise his own nation-building agenda. Retired newsman Yeo Toon Joo, who spent 12 years (1963-1975) in an English major daily, The Straits […]
“Do not be afraid or hesitant in joining”: Interview With Dog Cat Tribe Volunteers
In the previous article we explored the different cats of Asia. In the following pages, Magazine N presents to you the lives of cats living in South Korea. What are these felines to Koreans? In recent decades, cat-lovers have become so prevalent that they are often called by the endearment “nyangi” (which is a shortened […]
“Big Brother is Watching You”: a Dystopian Journey through the Rating System for the Chinese Citizens
Launched on Britain’s Channel 4 in 2011 and then acquired by Netflix in 2015, Black Mirror is a tv series created by Charlie Brooker. The episodes are standalone works about the interaction between people and technology and about future behaviors. Among the episodes, Nosedive is one of the most interesting: augmented reality and a social-media […]
The Diplomat’s Wife who stole Middle Eastern Treasures
Egyptian researcher of Egypt’s Heritage Taskforce Monica Hanna has uncovered the worst case of illegal pirating by Australian citizen Joan Howard, wife of Keith Howard who served as the Australian diplomat for the United Nations in 1967. In her open letter to H.E. Neil Hawkins (Ambassador of Australia to Egypt) Monica Hanna wrote about Joan […]
The Kurdish Mother; Life of Hardships
In January 2016, I stayed in Midyat (located 100 km west of Cizre) for a week in order to approach Cizre. Cizre is in the southern region of Turkey, on the border between Syria and Iraq. This is also where an armed conflict between the Turkey government and the Kurdish insurgent groups is occurring. Recently, […]
Nazarbayev: businessmen should help people in need
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called on the country’s businessmen to build socially important facilities in their native cities and regions. Speaking at the 25th session of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan, Nazarbayev said that there are a lot of rich people in Kazakhstan and they can do many good things for their home areas. “After they […]
Could ISIS leaders rename the terrorist group to Islamic State of Uzbekistan?
When a group of terrorists surely supported by major players of the world politics that wanted to use this terrorist group to achieve own gains both in political and economic field, was named as “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” the Islamic world did not understand this naming well or to be true did not pay […]
Kazakhstan’s KazMunaiGas places $2.75B Eurobonds
The Kazakh National Oil and Gas Company KazMunaiGas (KMG) successfully placed 5, 10 and 30-year Eurobond issuances with a total volume of $2.75 billion, the company said in a message April 20. The placement was completed under the $10.5 billion Global Medium Term Notes Program, established by KMG and its finance subsidiary, KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub […]
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