Home » Archives by category » All » Asia (Page 16)

Korean Society of Dowsers holds board meeting & workshop on Jeju Island

Korean Society of Dowsers holds board meeting & workshop on Jeju Island

By Seok-jae Kang Vice President, Asia Journalists Association JEJU ISLAND: The newly established Korean Society of Dowsers (KSD) organized its 2023 board meeting and workshop on Jeju Island on November 14-16, 2023. The KSD board meeting was held in the afternoon on November 14 at the KSD’s Jeju headquarters in a hybrid format, drawing a […]

Kyrgyzstan neutral in international conflicts: President Zhaparov

Kyrgyzstan neutral in international conflicts: President Zhaparov

TOKYO: Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Zhaparov said his country remains neutral in conflicts occurring in the world. Any conflicts should be peacefully resolved by diplomatic means under the Charter of the United Nations, Zhaparov said in statements to NHK, Japan’s only public broadcaster, in Tokyo during his first official visit to Japan. He stressed that Kyrgyzstan’s […]

Pot full of copper coins discovered in ancient Indus Valley Civilization site in Sindh province of Pakistan

Pot full of copper coins discovered in ancient Indus Valley Civilization site in Sindh province of Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: A pot full of copper coins was discovered from a stupa (a dome-shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine) at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mohen-jo-Daro during conservation work in Pakistan’s Sindh province. Mohenjo Daro, or “Mound of the Dead” is an ancient Indus Valley Civilization city […]

Pakistan Security forces kill 7 terrorists

Pakistan Security forces kill 7 terrorists

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Security forces killed seven terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Tank district, the military’s wing said on Wednesday Nov 15, 2023. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement, said that on the night between November 14 and15, the security forces conducted the […]

Turning misfortune into triumph: Lee Kuan Yew’s enduring legacy

Turning misfortune into triumph: Lee Kuan Yew’s enduring legacy

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: In September, Singapore marked the 100th anniversary of Mr Lee Kuan Yew (born 16 September 1923) in full-throated praise for an iron-willed Prime Minister who turned a frightful misfortune into a dazzling success story of nation-building. A British colony given self-government in 1959, Singapore was […]

Kazakhstan warns of possible drought in Central Asia

Kazakhstan warns of possible drought in Central Asia

By Kuban Abdymen KOSTANAY: The shortage of water resources in Central Asia may lead to a decrease in crop yields, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said. Speaking at the forum of interregional cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia in Kostanay, Tokayev warned that problems such as drought, as well as floods in the Central Asian region, could […]

2023 Board Meeting & Workshop of Korean Society of Dowsers on Jeju Island on Nov. 14-16

2023 Board Meeting & Workshop of Korean Society of Dowsers on Jeju Island on Nov. 14-16

By Seok-jae Kang Vice President, Asia Journalists Association JEJU: The 2023 board of directors meeting and workshop of the Korean Society of Dowers (KSD) will be held on Jeju Island on November 14-16, 2023. The KSD board meeting will take place at 3:30 p.m. on November 14 at the KSD’s Jeju headquarters in a hybrid […]

Illegal Afghan weapons being sold in Pakistan, says Interim Prime Minister

Illegal Afghan weapons being sold in Pakistan, says Interim Prime Minister

  By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative   ISLAMABAD: Interim Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar has said that illegal Afghan weapons are being sold in the black market inside Pakistan. “One hundred and fifty thousand Afghan army that existed before the departure of US and allied forces from Afghanistan disappeared all of sudden,” he said […]

Former Kyung Hee University Prof. Suh Joo-Hwan appointed President of GCS Korea

Former Kyung Hee University Prof. Suh Joo-Hwan appointed President of GCS Korea

By Seok-jae Kang Vice President, Asia Journalists Association SEOUL: Former Kyung Hee University Prof. Suh Joo-hwan has been appointed as president of the GCS International Korea Chapter at the chapter’s general meeting at Seoul Garden Hotel in Seoul, Korea on November 3, 2023. Ex-Prof. Suh, who served as dean of the College of Art and […]

Honoring the most famous Italian writer who traveled to Iran

Honoring the most famous Italian writer who traveled to Iran

By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Italo Calvino’s 100th birthday celebration was held in the Iranian capital Tehran. This famous Italian writer traveled to Iran about 50 years ago and stayed for two months. In the 23rd week of honoring the Italian language in the world, the Italian Embassy in Tehran organized a series of events dedicated […]

Search in Site