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West Asia
Climate change: Appreciating Ban-Ki moon’s warning as he calls for protecting Earth
Ban-Ki moon warning against complacency, calling for action to protect Earth By Habib Toumi Bahrain: Ban-Ki moon’s stern warning that there is only one earth and as such, people have no alternative but to protect it and preserve it should be taken very seriously. In his keynote speech at the…
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Politics
Beginning of Spring and Hope for Peace
By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: “It’s the first of March, 2022 and the beginning of spring in Europe, but also elsewhere. It is the beginning of the most beautiful time of the year for us humans, but also for insects, birds and other organisms – May peace come to all…
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Politics
Climate action, carbon neutral initiatives no longer an option but a must, Ban Ki-moon warns
SEOUL: Climate action and carbon neutral initiatives “are no longer an option but a must” for the world to ensure sustainable living, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said. “It is not a matter of choice, as it has become a must for future survival,” Ban-Ki moon said in…
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Column
New week and escape from war
By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: It’s the start of a new week. A week where we wake up normally, start with our usual rituals, get ready for our routines. We start by getting out of our cozy beds, slowly and lazily stretching out and articulating with some funny, crazy…
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East Asia
Lee O-young: We must inform the world about the proud fusion culture of the Korean Peninsula
Lee Sang-ki:This is an interview conducted in April 2007 with Lee O-young, Korea’s leading scholar and of the most intelligent people of his time who has passed away after a battle with cancer. The interview was conducted while he was at the Hankyoreh. He returned to Christianity after losing his…
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Society
Korea’s first Culture Minister Lee O-young who made Koreans fall deeper in love with their culture dies at 89
SEOUL: Former Culture Minister Lee O-young, one of South Korea’s most revered literary critics and novelists, died of cancer Saturday at the age of 89. Lee, born in 1933 in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, served as the country’s first cultural minister in 1990-1991 under the Roh Tae-woo administration, Yonhap news…
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Column
Peaceful life for the next generations
By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: We are in the 21st century right now. The last world war was 75 years ago. The old wounds of the Second World War have not yet completely healed. War always means misery, loss of lives, destruction and regression for all parties involved. The world…
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Culture
World Poetry Movement: OUR EARTH, OUR HOME
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid CAIRO: As long as the world does not find a clear path, and does not make a decision based on fair and balanced arguments to solve its current serious problems, the tensions to which we are subjected every day will continue to affect our confidence…
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Column
Thank you for the AsiaN 10th anniversary forum
By Sang-ki Lee, AsiaN founder and publisher Former president of the Korea Journalists Association SEOUL: AsiaN, the print and online expression of the Asia Journalist Association (AJA), held the ‘Next Leadership Toward Active ESG’ forum at the National Assembly Library in the Korean capital to commemorate the 10th anniversary of…
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IT-Science
UN: Number of wildfires to keep rising ominously and governments are not prepared
NAIROBI: The number of wildfires will rise by 50% by 2100 and governments are not prepared, experts have warned. According to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal, climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global…
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