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West Asia
Bahrain’s Prime Minister dies at 84
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Bahrain’s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa died on Wednesday morning, the Royal Court announced. Prince Khalifa passed away at Mayo Clinic in the United States, the court added. He will be buried after his body is flown back to Bahrain and the funeral…
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East Asia
AJA compliments Biden, looks forward to a safer world, greater opportunities
SEOUL: Asia Journalists Association (President Ashraf Dali) has welcomed the election of Joe Biden as the46th president of the United States and said it looked forward to the implementation of his vision based on unity, respect and hope. Biden who was finally elected as the president of the U.S. after…
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IT-Science
History in the making: UN Secretary-General welcomes launch of Asia-N, highlights its plurality of views
SEOUL: Nine years ago, then Secretary General of the United Nations Ban-ki Moon welcomed the launch of the Asia-N, the magazine and online news site of the Asia Journalists Association (AJA), as a new commitment to upholding the highest standards of journalism and giving voice to a plurality of views…
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Politics
Japan Crown Prince Fumihito formally declared first in line to throne
TOKYO: Crown Prince Fumihito was on Sunday formally declared first in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne at a ceremony that had been postponed for seven months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Emperor Naruhito, dressed in a traditional dark orange robe, proclaimed his younger brother as crown prince to the…
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East Asia
Seoul-born Marilyn becomes first Korean-American woman elected to Congress in its 230-year history
By Habib Toumi SEATTLE: Marilyn Strickland, the former mayor of Tacoma, Washington State, and CEO of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, has become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress in its 230-year history The Seoul-born woman, a Democrat, emerged from a 19-person primary election to win the open…
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West Asia
As US Election Night becomes Election Week, media impatience, jabs abound in Middle East
BAHRAIN: The Middle East, like the rest of the globe, has been closely following the drama of the U.S. presidential election with heightened interest, unsure how it will play out and when the final results will be announced. The region has been largely in the dark over how the Middle…
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Society
Airlines woo passengers with flights to … nowhere!
SEOUL: Lee Joo-mi, 25, didn’t have high expectations when she arrived at Incheon International Airport on Oct. 23. All she had signed up for was a flight from Incheon … to Incheon. The coronavirus pandemic forced the graduate student to return home early from her university in Leicester, Britain. What…
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Politics
Cambodian Premier Hun Sen placed in quarantine for COVID-19
By Chhay Sophal Thisiscn, Cambodia PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and some of his government officials on Wednesday went into quarantine and tested for COVID-19 after they had come in contact with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto who was tested positive for the virus after meeting the premier…
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Politics
Gyeonggi-do’s Basic Income Model and Suwon City, Korea
By Khatuna Chapichadze Georgian Technical University San Diego State University Professor TBILISI: After the coronavirus outbreak in Korea, quite contested, however, very interesting idea of providing the universal basic income (UBI) for citizens, became popularly debated in the country. In consistence with his A New Gyeonggi Province, A Fair Society Provincial…
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Column
Contemplation on the inside story of ‘France Terror’
By Peter Jaegeul Song Asia N Reporter SEOUL: Living in Europe from the early 2000s for about ten years during my teenage years, I had an opportunity to experience the diversity of Europe. In particular, I had witnessed how prosperity through coexistence positively influenced European citizens. At the time, I…
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