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East Asia
“Asia with Mr. Lee” #1: discussing North Korea and its threat
In the first broadcast of “Asia with Mr.Lee,” a segment where Lee Sang Ki, founder of AJA, answers some questions concerning current Asian issues. In the first episode, he talks about the North Korean warning of the missile launch and the lack of interest among most South Koreans as they…
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West Asia
Egypt restores its Museum of Islamic Arts after two years
After two years of closing, Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art will officially be inaugurated in April, Minster of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany announced during a tour of the museum to inspect restoration and rehabilitation works. El-Enany pointed out that the “restoration and the opening of the museum embodies the collaboration efforts…
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Politics
Humans of New York photographer writes an open letter to Donald Trump
In the light of American presidential candidate Donald Trump’s racist remarks and hate speech against Muslims and migrants, photographer Brandon Stanton, of one of the most popular Facebook pages, Humans of New York, has written an open letter criticizing Trump. The letter has gone viral all over the internet as…
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West Asia
The World of Valentina
There is no doubt that I passed the town of Canosa di Canosa di Puglia when I headed to Bisceglle to participate in the Art Festival peoples of the Mediterranean a few years ago, as both towns are the daughters of the Italian south. When I saw the pictures of…
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West Asia
Three Decades of Relations between Seoul and Tehran
These days, a lot of positive news about cooperation between Seoul and Tehran has been released in Iranian media. The relations between Iran and Korea can be reviewed in 3 phases. Before the Islamic revolution in Iran After the division of Korean Peninsula, the northern part was inclined to…
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East Asia
Pakistan’s electric company signs $8 million deal with Korean firms
In order to continuously upgrade its existing network in Karachi, the capital city of southern Sindh province of Pakistan, the K-Electric has entered into an agreement worth $8 Million with LS Network and LS Cable and System Consortium from Korea. As per this agreement, a new Double Circuit 220 KV Transmission…
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Politics
First ‘Ghost protest’ in Seoul
Amnesty International Korea staged an anti-government “ghost rally” using holographic images in Seoul, the first of its kind in Korea. The international human rights group projected holographic images of protesters on a screen at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Wednesday, the eve of President Park Geun-hye’s third anniversay in office.…
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West Asia
Egypt jails Christian students for insulting Islam
Four Coptic Christian school students, ages 15 and 16, have been sentenced on Thursday 25th February by a Minya court to five years in jail on charges of contempt of religion. Minya’s Juvenile Misdemeanor Court sentenced Mueller Atef, Albert Ashraf, and Bassem Amgad to five years in jail, and Clinton…
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West Asia
Iranian media outlets add $0.6m to bounty for killing Salman Rushdie
Iranian state-run media outlets have added $600,000 to a bounty for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie, imposed in 1989 over the publishing of his book “The Satanic Verses”. The leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, that called…
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