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East Asia
New AJA Board Appointees for a New AJA
During the 2107 AJA general conference, new Executive Board members were appointed under the guidance of AJA chairman, Ashraf Dali, founder Lee Sang-ki, and vice chairman Kang Seok-jae (former Korea Herald reporter): Vice President Chuluunbaatar Dolgor was appointed as senior vice president (along with Neelima Mathur) , while Nasir Ahmed Memon Aijaz…
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West Asia
Nowruz, the Persian New Year
The Persian New year through Iranian Solar calendar is the first day of spring will begin on 21st March 2017. “Nowruz literally “New Day” is the name of the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year, which is celebrated worldwide by the Iranian peoples, along with some…
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East Asia
Cooperation is the only correct choice for China and the US
The first question raised by a US reporter at a press conference following the annual session of China’s national legislature was about the possibility of high-level talks between China and the US and China’s confidence in bilateral ties. This, along with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s China visit in…
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West Asia
Economic relations with Russia overshadowed by renegotiation of gas transit
The dominant topic in Georgia’s foreign economic relations in recent months was the renegotiation of terms for Russia’s gas transit to Armenia. Moscow is using a pipeline running through Georgia north-south to supply Armenia with natural gas, with Tbilisi receiving ten percent of the gas transported through the pipeline as…
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East Asia
Dynamic AJA for “Dynamic Asia” at 2017 AJA General Conference
On the 1st of April the Asia Journalist Association’s General Assembly took place at Inje in South Korea. After a brief introduction made by Ashraf Dali, the President of AJA, all the journalists were invited to describe the media situation in their countries. Some of the critical issues highlighted were…
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East Asia
Blueprint of “Happy Sejong” and Mayor Lee Chun-hee
On March 31st, AJA member reporters paid a visit to the new administrative city, Sejong. As part of an endeavor to relieve Seoul of the burden of being Korea’s economic, administrative, and educational capital all at the same time, Lee Chun-hee (now mayor of Sejong) was behind the Sejong city-founding…
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East Asia
Superintendent of Bureau of Education on the “Future of Korea & Innovative Seoul Education”
On the 30th of March at Seoul Office of Education took place a special lecture (“Future of Korea & Innovative Seoul Education”) by Superintendent of Education, Cho Hee-yeon, on Korean education system. Around thirty Asian journalists attended the workshop to know more about the education system in Korea. During the first…
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West Asia
Big Victory for Georgia’s Westernization Progress: Visa Liberalization
Significantly for the post-Soviet states, including the ones in the South Caucasus region, the EU has conducted ‘Visa Liberalization Dialogues’ with three Eastern Partnership countries, namely Ukraine, Moldova (the country has already obtained the right to visa-free travel in April 2014) and Georgia. Through these dialogues, the EU has taken…
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South East Asia
Lu – Olo pledged to strengthen national unity
The people of Timor – Leste has chosen a new president. Francisco Guterres Lu – Olo was elected to the fourth president of the republic to Timor – Leste with total valid votes of 295.048 (57.1%) and Antonio da Conceicao with a total of 167.794 (32.5%) and the another valid…
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Politics
Pope Francis: Possible message for Pyeongchang Olympics
The Catholic church’s brand refresh Growing up in Italy affects people in many ways: the idea of beauty, love for food, the guilty feeling of wasting it, the importance of art and culture, and much more. There is also an Italian saying that led my life: where three people can…
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