• Culture

    Bong joon-ho wins Oscar

    By Ivan Lim Former AJA President Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: Bong Joon-ho’s historic feats in winning Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture for his Korean-language socio-drama Parasite has given surrealistically a feel of paradise.! A tale of two families – the Kims and the Parks. They are…

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  • Culture

    ‘Parasite’ wins four Oscar trophies including best picture

    Seoul: Bong Joon-ho’s sensational black comedy “Parasite” has bagged four Oscar titles, including best picture and best director, to become the first non-English language film to achieve such a feat. At the 92nd Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (U.S. local time), Bong’s seventh…

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  • East Asia

    The Soul of Quince

      By: Pooneh Nedai Editor in chief of Shokaran magazine- Iran What is the fate of quince tree From earth’s core to heaven? From bits of this land to world’s atmosphere? To be beautiful, Fruits watch sunlight, wind and rain What is the fate of beauty? Earth’s music is still…

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  • Culture

    Jeju island: Rocks, Wind and Haenyo

    Jeju City: Jeju-do, Korea’s largest island, has long been the country’s favorite domestic holiday destination thanks to its beautiful beaches, lush countryside, and seaside hotels designed for rest and relaxation. Also thanks to caves, museums, markets and amazing food, the island is full of tourists. It is well known for…

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  • Culture

    Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ clinches best screenplay at Oscars

    Seoul: Bong Joon-ho’s sensational family satire “Parasite” has won best original screenplay at this year’s Oscars, becoming the first Korean-made film ever to clinch an Oscar. At the 92nd Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (U.S. local time), South Korea’s “Parasite” co-written by Bong…

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  • Society

    Nations should join forces in fight against virus: Rand adviser

      By Wu Lejun People’s Daily Washington: Senior policy researcher and Tang Chair in China Policy Studies at the RAND Corporation, Dr. Jennifer Bouey, said that the coronavirus outbreak was a “battle between humans and viruses, not between people, not between countries.” The fight against coronavirus pandemics highlight the importance…

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  • Society

    Panic amid Wuhan virus crisis

    By Ivan Lim Former AJA President Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: Early today I received a call from a former newspaper colleague in his 60s, rattling off on the phone without the usual ‘good morning’. “Ivan, something strange is happening in Singapore, the likes of which I have not seen for…

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  • Culture

    ‘Parasite’ has collected 55 awards at 57 film festivals

      Seoul: Bong Joon-ho’s sensational black comedy “Parasite,” nominated in six categories, including best picture, at the upcoming Oscars, has been invited to 57 film festivals and award events across the world, and collected 55 trophies, its production company CJ ENM said Friday. In May last year, the film about…

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  • East Asia

    Bahrain praises China for leadership on curbing coronavirus

    By Anwar Alabdulla Manama: The government and the people of the Kingdom of Bahrain wish to praise the massive and enlightened response of the Chinese government and its health community in its efforts to combat the corona virus epidemic. The Chinese government has responded rapidly and transparently to this unpredictable…

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  • East Asia

    Fight the virus, not the Chinese

    By Ikenna Emewu People’s Daily Online Beijing: The covonavirus (nCOV-2019) is fast spreading, now reaching over 20 countries. The fear coronavirus spreads is far bigger than the deaths and infections put together. But a worse viral load is, somewhere in some other dimension, causing worse damage to humanity – that…

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