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IT-Science
Lee Kun-hee, the leader who transformed Samsung, changed how the world communicates
By Habib Toumi SEOUL: One of the greatest merits of Lee Kun-hee was that as a true leader with great inspirations and impressive aspirations, he would not leave the world with the tragic thought that he “could have”, “should have” or “might have” done more to make Samsung a global…
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IT-Science
Samsung Innovation Museum in Suwon shows how technology has altered the way we get news
By Habib Toumi SUWON: People fascinated by mass communication and the development of electronic devices and tools from the early days to our modern world have a great opportunity to monitor and admire this progress at the Samsung Innovation Museum. Here, one of the three exhibitions in the impeccable…
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World
Alireza Bahrami’s poem in the war zone of Qarabagh
By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Alireza Bahrami, an Iranian poet and journalist, wrote a poem about the situation of children in the war after the outbreak of the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The translation of this poem has been published by Armenian and Azeri Iranian poets as well as anti-war activists…
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Society
Central Vietnam ravaged by Typhoon Molave
By Lan Phong Head of World News, Dantri Online Newspaper, Vietnam HANOI: Thousands of houses have been damaged, and trees uprooted as Typhoon Molave hit the area of 500 kilometres along the central coastal region of Vietnam on Wednesday afternoon. The storm, said to be the strongest in 20 years in…
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Business
Lee Kun-hee’s spirit of innovation should thrive long after the Chairman is gone
By Habib Toumi Bahrain: I visited South Korea for the first time in March 2019, a guest of the Journalists Association of Korea (JAK) and the Asia Journalists Association (AJA) and a speaker at the World Journalists Conference. I have heard and read a lot about South Korea, so it…
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Society
Handling fake news in Georgia
By Khatuna Chapichadze Georgian Technical University San Diego State University Professor TBILISI: One of the biggest international media forums, the World Journalists Conference (WJC), organized by the Journalists Association of Korea (JAK), and held annually in a number of interesting cities and other remarkable places of Korea, was held online…
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People
Brunei mourns death of Sultan’s son
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Prince Abdul Azim, the son of the Sultan of Brunei was buried hours after he died in keeping with the Islamic tradition of not delaying funerals. He was 38. The country’s state broadcaster Radio Television Brunei announced his death on Saturday. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah’s son, Prince…
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Business
“Change everything, except your wife and children”: Builder of global tech giant Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, dies at 78
SEOUL: Lee Kun-hee, the business leader who had transformed Samsung Group into one of the world’s major tech giants from a small trading firm, died at a hospital in Seoul on Sunday at 78, leaving a thorny succession challenge for his children. The chairman of the flagship Samsung Electronics…
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Politics
North Korea, Iran, Syria remain on US State Sponsor of Terrorism list
WASHINGTON: Three countries now remain on the US State Sponsor of Terrorism list following the delisting of Sudan. According to the State Department website, the three countries are Syria (listed in 1979), Iran (1984) and North Korea (2017). Sudan was put on the list in 1993 after it was accused of…
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Entertainment
Asian Football Confederation President: China will deliver wonderful Asian Cup in 2023
BEIJING: Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa extended his congratulations on the establishment of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup China 2023. “I must thank everyone for their outstanding work so far in preparing for what we all…
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