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Society
In Jeju, the fantasy of turning all traffic lights green in an emergency is real
JEJU, South Korea: The telecom advertisement shows an emergency vehicle rushing a pregnant woman to a hospital, and thanks to a smart transport system, all the traffic lights are green. Such a system is not a dream of the future; it currently exists on the southern resort island of Jeju.…
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Column
AsiaN group chat room … “I will convey empathy and emotion with better content”
By Sang-ki Lee AsiaN Publisher, former President of Korea Journalists Association SEOUL: Today marks the fourth year since the creation of the AsiaN group chat room. What began on July 12, 2017, as 40 group chat rooms of twelve people each has undergone several changes and adjustments, ultimately becoming three…
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Politics
Journalists struggling with job insecurity amidst government’s “technological illiteracy”
By Ziinine A. Britshi Malaysia World News KUALA LUMPUR: In 2020, a college in Kuala Lumpur launched a new course called “Digital Journalism”. Unfortunately, this course had failed to attract many students and the lecturer who proposed and created the new course was advised to leave though he was teaching…
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Culture
Run-ins with Lee Kuan Yew cut short young activist’s career
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: On Sept. 27, 1957, a bright 26-year-old activist, Arun Mahadeva, Maha for short, was invited to meet Lee Kuan Yew,34, a United Kingdom-trained lawyer and up-and-coming politician who was soon to become Singapore’s Prime Minister. At the meeting in…
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Politics
Uzbekistan president signs law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations
TASHKENT: President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a new edition of the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations. The law aims at strengthening the guarantees of freedom of conscience and legal mechanisms to ensure the right of every person to profess any religion or not to profess…
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South Asia
Pakistan opens separate schools for transgenders
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Punjab province will open separate schools for transgender community in selected cities and the first ever such school will start functioning from Wednesday July 7 in Multan, a historic and one of the biggest cities of the province, situated in its southern…
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Culture
Poet George Wallace: I still dream in Korean!
Interview by Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President of Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: Eminent American poet George Wallace was born in March 22, 1949 into a New York family with associations to both popular entertainment and high culture. He attended Syracuse University 1967–71, met Allen Ginsberg, and studied with W. D. Sondgrass. In the…
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Business
Dubai Economy recognizes Samsung with the “Dubai Quality Global Award” for Business Excellence in Customer Service
DUBAI: Dubai Economy has honored Samsung Gulf Electronics with the coveted Dubai Quality Global Awards 2021 at the annual Business Excellence Awards that recognized the brand for maintaining the highest professional standards in organizational practices and performance. Samsung Gulf Electronics was announced the category winner in the 2020 cycle of…
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Society
Asia’s dilemma – back to school now or not?
By: Crispin Maslog MANILA: Calls to resume classes in Asia increasing even as vaccination against COVID-19 lags, posing health risks. ‘Close open, close open,’ goes a lesson on the first day at kindergarten as the barely six-year-old child closes and opens his hand and learns his first lessons in anatomy and…
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Society
Kyrgyzstan faces third wave of COVID-19; Cabinet says situation under control
By Nurzhan Kasmalieva BISHKEK: Health authorities in Kyrgyzstan have announced that the third wave of COVID-19 has begun in the country as the epidemiological situation has deteriorated sharply lately. The statistics show that the daily number of new cases is more than 1,000 per day. Minister of Health and Social Development…
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