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Culture
A University that touches the hearts: Empowering women through professional education
By Nasir Aijaz INCHEON: A sweet fragrance from the fresh verdure prevailed all around. With some multi-story tall buildings on either sides, a vast area in front of them was well-planted with flowers of different kinds and colors, saplings and trees, separated in blocks by pavements, and some statues erected…
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West Asia
Full text of the Arab League summit’s Bahrain Declaration
MANAMA: The 22 Arab countries agreed on a joint plan for the year that advocates for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza and a two-state solution The Bahrain Declaration includes a lengthy section on the continuing war in Gaza, in which it calls for an immediate ceasefire, the deployment…
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Politics
Kyrgyzstan purchases record number of cars
By Kuban Andymen BISHKEK: In the first three months of 2024, vehicle registration fees in Kyrgyzstan reached 438.7 million soms (about $5 million). This is significantly higher than last year’s figures for the same period when 238.7 million soms were collected, representing an increase of 84%, , statistics from the…
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Culture
Role of artificial intelligence in newsroom management spotlighted at Kazan workshop
KAZAN: A “New Tools for Newsrooms: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Technologies” workshop was held by the Union of News Agencies of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (UNA) in cooperation with the Russian agency “Sputnik” and the “Tatmedia” news agency in Tatarstan. The workshop held within the…
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Politics
Asia Reporters: “Incheon is ideal venue for achieving APEC’s three major goals”
By Lee Joo-hyung INCHEON: The host city for the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will be decided next month, in June. While Incheon Metropolitan City, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province have announced their intention to host this summit in Korea, each local government is busy with last-minute…
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Culture
Bahrain Summit logo: Perfect representation of outstanding local assets
MANAMA: The “Bahrain Summit” logo is a perfect representation of some of Bahrain’s outstanding symbols. It embodies the Bahraini identity whose roots are connected to its deep Arab dimension. The golden logo circle features the emblem of the Arab League with underneath the inscription, in red, “The Thirty-Third Ordinary Summit…
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Politics
Arab Summit in Bahrain: Exceptional in its place, timing and agenda
MANAMA: The Arab Summit to be held on Thursday in Bahrain will be exceptional in its place, timing and agenda, a senior Bahraini official has said. The 33rd Arab Summit will be held over one day and will bring the leaders of the 22 Arab countries members of the Arab…
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Society
WJC2024 conference: Should journalists welcome Artificial Intelligence, fear it, or both?
By Habib Toumi SEOUL: The second conference of the World Journalists Conference (WJC2024) in the Korean capital Seoul piqued my interest. It was a far cry from the first one that addressed “The Role of the Media in War Journalism and World Peace”, but failed to include any speaker from the…
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Society
Special Korean Zhenped in Incheon – KIWU
By Kuban Andymen INCHEON – BISHKEK: Before gaining independence in Kyrgyzstan, the only Women’s Pedagogical Institute named after Mayakovsky successfully operated in the country, briefly known as Zhenped. The institute graduated many female pedagogical specialists, and no one was particularly surprised by this. At that time, all educational institutions were…
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Politics
Incheon, City of International Peace, grand ambitions
By Habib Toumi INCHEON: Incheon Metropolitan City is set to become an international meeting point for people from across the world, its vice mayor has said. “Featuring the world’s best hub, Incheon International Airport, Incheon Part that serves as a logistics hub for Northeast Asia, , Incheon is South Korea’s…
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