• Lifestyle

    Buddha was Born in Nepal, not India

    After the visit of Mauriya Emperor Ashoka some 2256 years ago, many came to Lumbini, the Birthplace of Lord Buddha, until it was buried under a dense forest and remained almost unknown for almost 584 years. The inscription carved in Brahmi script in the Ashoka Pillar erected by Emperor Ashoka…

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  • People

    “Don’t Just Run During Games but Look Around While Thinking”

    Hong Myung Bo Coach’s (Photo: Krix Min) Hong Myung Bo Coach’s Leadership, “Important to be Considerate of Players Who Don’t Get Playing Time” Hong Myung Bo, the national team’s captain who determined Korea’s semi-final qualification for the 2002 Korea-Japan world cup with his penalty shoot-out. Now he stands as South…

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  • Many Dimensions of Perversion and Self-Contradiction

    The Top of Civil Service or the Chief Secretary gets a pay packet of Nepalese rupees of 33,000 per month. The Commander in Chief Draws 30,000. But in this vary country, some heads of a commercial bank gets a salary of 1.9 million monthly. Instead of controlling general expenditure, why such…

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  • Column

    Bipolar Perspectives in Asian and American Community Journalism

    As I sit down to write this requested little piece, it dawns on me after half a century in journalism and journalism/mass communication teaching in Asia and the United States, that I have essentially lived in two journalistic worlds—the American and Asian. Translating this into community journalism, one can say…

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  • Politics

    DMZ: Land of Life and Hope

    There are many places on earth where people cannot dwell in, but Korea has a unique piece of land where no man can live in. It’s not because of pollution or lack of drinkable water. It’s because it is a demilitarized zone, the product of the 21st century cold war,…

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  • Lifestyle

    Meditation on Happiness

    The purpose of our life is to achieve happiness; please look at this simple statement, which can be used as powerful tools helping us navigating our daily life’s problems, let us meditate on this purpose in the following few lines: – From time to time, we are facing pivotal decisions…

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  • Politics

    Can China Manage North Korea?

    The recent news about the establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) on the Sino-North Korean border has once again attracted much attention to the relations between the two countries. The remarkable prominence of China in North Korean economy has led to a great deal of speculation pertaining to China’s alleged…

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  • Asian Market-places Compete–S.African Perspective

    Apart from the beautiful and unique tourist attractions and the amazing natural environment, tourists visiting Asia do not only enjoy the scenery, culture and food. Asia is also known as a shopping hub where tourists can stock up on beautiful items of clothing, shoes, jewelry and other crafts to take…

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  • Column

    Singapore’s 2011 Election: Its Political Implications

    The 2011 Singapore  election results was a sobering experience for the ruling People Action Party (PAP), the only Party in power since 1959 and one that Singapore’s populace have grown to equate with government, nationalism and Singapore. This reflection however is not concerned with a critical analysis of why the…

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