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South East Asia
Will Najib Get Voters’ Support in the June 2018 General Election?
The 14th Malaysian General Election will be held any time before June 2018, as recently announced by Prime Minister Najib Razak. Right now, the buzz around the country surrounds netizen’s comments on the General Election through social media platforms. Comments and hot criticism of the government and opposing factions came…
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South East Asia
Singapore COUNTRY REPORT: Professional Ethics Still a Media Imperative
In the internet age, some people brush aside the need for conventional full-time journalists or media organizations to give us our daily news. “That is already passe,” said a former reporter colleague of mine, surprised to hear that Asia Journalist Association (AJA) accept mainly working journalists. “Nowadays, a journalist is…
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World
40 Years of Fake Peace and Illusion Wars
On 9 November 1977, late Egyptian President Sadat (born December 25,1918, assassinated October 6, 1981), startled the world by announcing to his parliament his intention to visit Jerusalem and speak before the Knesset (the unicameral national legislature of Israel), seeking genuine peace. The initiative was prepared by the US political…
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South Asia
All is “Not Well” with Pakistan’s Education Sector
Although the governments, federal as well as provincial, have begun to focus on improving existing educational systems by establishing new higher educational institutions in Pakistan, the situation at the primary and secondary level is dismal. According to official data, around 48 percent of public schools in the country do not…
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South East Asia
Three Hotel Associations Signed an Agreement Allowing Muslim Employees to Wear Scarves
Following the pronouncement of Malaysia as an Islamic state almost three decades ago, many things changed within the national community: from lifestyles, cultures, and right up to an increasing awareness towards Islamic values. Such values included the wearing of traditional headdresses (scarves or long dresses that cover the body from…
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East Asia
Buddhism is a Gender Equal Religion. Or Maybe Not.
Buddhism in the Korean Peninsula Buddhism is one of the main religions in South Korea: in fact, 15.5% of the population is Buddhist. The religion first came to the Korean peninsula from China during the 4th century. Nowadays, there are the different schools of Seon (Korean Zen), Jogye Order, Taego,…
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Culture
Looking and Painting through Windows
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1973, Bilal Bassal is an artist currently living and working in Paris. After studying drawing and painting at Institute of Fine Arts in Lebanon, he settled down in France, where he studied The Art of Engraving and Printing at École supérieure des arts appliqués. In 2000, he…
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Culture
“Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it”: How Artists Describe the World
Back in 2010, when Banksy, an anonymous England-based graffiti artist and film director, visited San Francisco, his work popped up in various neighborhoods. A curator, Brian Greif, had taken off a part of the wall that had Banksy’s graffiti to preserve it; he looked for a museum that accepted the…
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East Asia
Drone delivery makes post services easier in China’s remote regions
By Liu Xuxia from People’s Daily A drone delivering parcels to a remote mountainous village in southwest China’s Guizhou province has caught the eyes of Chinese media. The over-one-meter-wide drone has six propellers, and it is the only drone in this post office used for transporting parcels for villages…
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