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Culture
Long-running comedy TV show struggles to keep up with viewers’ changing tastes
Seoul: A few years ago, “Gag Concert,” a 20-year old sketch comedy TV show on KBS network every Sunday night, had been regarded as a program whose conclusion triggered the start of Monday blues for local viewers. With an hour of laughs and chuckles, they knew that it was…
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Society
Becoming trilingual is kindergarten play in Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek: A three-language learning system has been introduced in 80 kindergartens in Kyrgyzstan in pilot mode, Under the system, children are immersed in Kyrgyz before lunch and in Russian after it, Nadira Jusupbekova, the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan, said during a media conference, Kabar News Agency…
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East Asia
South Korea Independence Day: Do you know Yoon Hyung Sook?
By Sang-ki Lee AsiaN Reporter, Former Chairman of Korea Journalists Association Yeosu: The name ‘Yeosu’ recalls both the 2012 Yeosu Expo and the Yeosu-Suncheon rebellion of 1948. The two incidents with the interval of approximately 60 years symbolically represent the present and the past of Korea. Yet, there is another…
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South East Asia
Singapore election fever
By Ivan Lim Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: Election fever is in the air in Singapore. The worsening economy – GDP growth forecast down to 0.1 to .1 percent from 2 to.2.5 percent arising from global slowdown — has spurred talk of a snap election. Pundits say the government may…
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South East Asia
Malaysia’s King, Queen offer condolences over teen’s death
Kuala Lumpur: Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have expressed sadness over the passing of Nora Anne Quoirin. The Irish teenager was found dead on Tuesday, having been reported missing on August 4 after she and her family checked in at an eco-resort near…
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East Asia
Moon: South Korea will join hands with Japan if it chooses dialogue, cooperation
Seoul: President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that South Korea will “gladly join hands” with Japan for East Asian prosperity if it chooses dialogue and cooperation to end an escalated trade row rooted in wartime history. In a Liberation Day address marking the end of Japan’s colonial rule of Korea…
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South Asia
Pakistan to host World Tourism Forum in 2020
By Nasir Aijaz Correspondent to AsiaN Islamabad: Pakistan will host the World Tourism Forum in 2020, a recent meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and a delegation of the World Tourism Forum has decided. The World Tourism Forum delegation was led by the president of its executive board –…
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Business
Job additions hit 18-month high in July
Seoul: The number of new jobs in South Korea rose to their highest in 18 months in July on the back of a rise in employment in the health care, food and leisure-related sectors, with the jobless rate up slightly to 3.9 percent, government data showed Wednesday. The number of…
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East Asia
South Korea to actively deal with radioactive water discharge from Fukushima plant
Seoul: South Korea will actively seek ways to deal with Japan’s planned discharge of water contaminated as a result of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown, Seoul’s foreign ministry has said, amid concern storage space will soon run out. The treatment of radioactive water stored in tanks in Fukushima…
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Culture
Kazinform International News Agency marks 99th anniversary
Nur Sultan: Kazinform International News Agency, the first in Kazakhstan to gain an international status, is celebrating its 99th anniversary. Throughout 99 years, the agency has been disseminating news related to the president, government and parliament of Kazakhstan, ministries, public institutions, cultural and sport achievements as well as world news.…
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