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Culture
Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ clinches best screenplay at Oscars
Seoul: Bong Joon-ho’s sensational family satire “Parasite” has won best original screenplay at this year’s Oscars, becoming the first Korean-made film ever to clinch an Oscar. At the 92nd Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (U.S. local time), South Korea’s “Parasite” co-written by Bong…
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Society
Nations should join forces in fight against virus: Rand adviser
By Wu Lejun People’s Daily Washington: Senior policy researcher and Tang Chair in China Policy Studies at the RAND Corporation, Dr. Jennifer Bouey, said that the coronavirus outbreak was a “battle between humans and viruses, not between people, not between countries.” The fight against coronavirus pandemics highlight the importance…
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Society
Panic amid Wuhan virus crisis
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: Early today I received a call from a former newspaper colleague in his 60s, rattling off on the phone without the usual ‘good morning’. “Ivan, something strange is happening in Singapore, the likes of which I have not seen for…
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Culture
‘Parasite’ has collected 55 awards at 57 film festivals
Seoul: Bong Joon-ho’s sensational black comedy “Parasite,” nominated in six categories, including best picture, at the upcoming Oscars, has been invited to 57 film festivals and award events across the world, and collected 55 trophies, its production company CJ ENM said Friday. In May last year, the film about…
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East Asia
Bahrain praises China for leadership on curbing coronavirus
By Anwar Alabdulla Manama: The government and the people of the Kingdom of Bahrain wish to praise the massive and enlightened response of the Chinese government and its health community in its efforts to combat the corona virus epidemic. The Chinese government has responded rapidly and transparently to this unpredictable…
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East Asia
Fight the virus, not the Chinese
By Ikenna Emewu People’s Daily Online Beijing: The covonavirus (nCOV-2019) is fast spreading, now reaching over 20 countries. The fear coronavirus spreads is far bigger than the deaths and infections put together. But a worse viral load is, somewhere in some other dimension, causing worse damage to humanity – that…
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Politics
Military draft notice sent to disgraced K-pop star Seungri
Seoul: Seungri, a former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, has been sent a notification of his mandatory military service, while he has been on trial on charges of gambling and arranging prostitution, the military manpower agency said Tuesday. Last month, the prosecution indicted the scandal-ridden celebrity without physical detention…
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East Asia
World’s tallest building in Dubai lights up in support for Wuhan, Chinese communities
Dubai: Burj Khalifa, the world tallest building at 828 meters, and other iconic landmarks across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were lit up in the colors of the Chinese national flag in solidarity with the Beijing over the outbreak of the new coronavirus. The initiative is part of the…
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Politics
Three planes to carry Indonesians home from Wuhan
Batam, Riau Islands: The Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) is preparing three planes to carry Indonesians who have just arrived at Hang Nadim Airport in Batam Island from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where they will be flown to Raden Sadjad Airport in Natuna Islands where they will be…
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Central Asia
Forged passports put Kyrgyzstan on U.S. immigration visa restriction list
Bishkek: The U.S. embassy in Kyrgyzstan said that the decision to impose “immigrant and diversity visa restrictions that suspend the entry of Kyrgyz immigrants” was to protect the security and welfare of the United States. However, the U.S. Government “continues to issue nonimmigrant visas for other purposes, such as tourism,…
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