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Business
As Asian cities sink affecting 600 million people, managed retreat must be tabled
By Crispin Maslog MANILA: Even as Asia’s megacities continue to submerge, officials of one small Philippine city are planning a major US$460 million reclamation project that will damage or sink their beautiful seaside city into the dark blue southern sea. Scientists and environmentalists have called on the local government of Dumaguete…
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Business
Covid-19 upsurge derails Singapore’s normality push
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: Just when things seemed to be looking up, a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases has pushed Singapore off course from the government’s much-heralded plan to move into an endemic phase of living with the presence of the virus as a form…
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Business
Vietnam’s economic hub struggles to curb new Covid-19 outbreak
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri Online Newspaper HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam’s biggest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is experiencing the largest ever Covid-19 outbreak which seems hard to curb despite strict preventive measures by local authorities. Medical staff shortage…
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Politics
India’s Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist killed
By Gunjeet Sra NEW DELHI: On July 16, news broke that India’s Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, 41-year-old Danish Siddiqui was killed in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar city in Afghanistan. At the time of his death, Siddiqui was on a reporting assignment for Reuters and embedded with the Afghan Special…
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East Asia
Edition Delta: German home of outstanding Korean authors
Interviewed by Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President of the Asia Journalists Association The Stuttgart literary publisher Edition Delta was awarded the German Publisher Prize 21 by the Berlin Ministry of Culture at the Münchner Kammerspiele for its transcultural commitment, which also includes a continuous literature series with outstanding Korean authors. In this…
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Business
Korea: Spiteful reviews haunting restaurant owners amid boom of delivery apps
SEOUL: Kim Tae-han (alias), a 27-year-old former restaurant owner in southern Seoul, said one of his most important daily routines was checking reviews of his store on food delivery platforms. Kim, who has now quit his restaurant business, said that one day he had to drive his car to…
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Society
Cheery archival treasure in a world of pandemic fatigue
By Habib Toumi MONASTIR: Here I am in the family home Monastir, a coastal resort in Tunisia, indulging in the customary Mediterranean culture of leisure with sandy beaches, warm sunshine and delicious food. But, this year, there are many more gaps of time than usual due to the pandemic and…
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Culture
Where is the border of light and shadow?
By Pooneh Nedai Where is the border of light and shadow? The borders always move within… I remember some far branch in the sky, Trying to reach light, but shadow slows it down If I find the border, I’ll stay in zero spot, For the sake of truth.
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Society
GCS International signs MoU with World Children Taekwondo Union on promotion of world peace
By Seok-Jae Kang GCS International Secretary-General Vice President of the Asian Journalists Association SEOUL: GCS International signed a cooperation agreement with the World Children Taekwondo Union (World CTU) on the promotion of word peace through the GCS movement and taekwondo at the WT headquarters in Seoul on July 15, 2021.…
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Media
Asia Journalists Association nominates Lee Hyong Kyun Chief Director, appoints 10 registered directors
SEOUL: The Asia Journalists Association (AJA) has nominated Mr. Lee Hyong Kyun as the chief director. Arranged in Korean alphabetical order, Mr. Kang Tae-jin, Mr. GU BONHONG, Buddhist Priest Geum-gok, Mr. Park Nam-soo, Mr.YOO JIN RYONG, Mr. Yoon Seok-ho, Mr. Lee Ki-woo, Mr. Lee Sang-ki, and Mr. Jeong Young-pal were…
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