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East Asia
The process of impeachment in Philippines and Indonesia
The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye last Friday, removing her from office after a 92-day leadership crisis, triggering a presidential election in the weeks to come. However, another case of impeachment has occurred: President Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines. The first impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo…
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West Asia
#TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia Social Media Campaign
There has been a social media campaign that started on March 15 with the hashtag #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia. This hashtag is referring to the people of Somalia that are currently experiencing a life-threatening famine and now this social media campaign is raising awareness to the issue. According to the UN humanitarian office,…
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World
[AsiaNNews] Inarguration gangwon film commisssion
The inaugural ceremony of the Gangwon Film Commission was held on Thursday, March 16th.
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East Asia
“Man is what he eats”: An overview of the Korean food culture
The interest with Korean food is increasing very quickly all over the world. The Instagram pages of famous channels related to food such as, “Bon Appétit Magazine,” are pushing a lot in order to sponsor Korean dishes. However, what surprised me most is the attention that Italian people are putting…
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East Asia
China’s THAAD strategy
Lee Seong-hyon / The Korea Times South Korea should buckle up for a long, arduous ride against China’s tidy incremental economic pressure to backpedal on THAAD. China will continue to ratchet up its “economic card” as the primary means to inject pain into South Korea’s economic bloodstream because it proved…
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East Asia
Harvard Univ. hires former UN chief Ban Ki-moon
Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who withdrew from Korea’s presidential race, has a new pulpit ― Harvard University. Heading to the U.S. on Mar. 24, Ban, 72, will not teach regularly, but will hold occasional seminars as a visiting professor, according to Yonhap News Agency. The tenure, which the…
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Central Asia
Russia’s S-400 in Turkey not to be integrated into NATO system
S-400 missile system that Ankara plans to buy from Russia will not be integrated into NATO missile defense system, the Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık said. “The Russian S-400 system will not be integrated into NATO missile defense system,” Sputnik cited Işık as saying. On Wednesday, Turkish Defense Minister said…
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East Asia
Inauguration of Gangwon Film Commission
The inaugural ceremony of the Gangwon Film Commission was held on Thursday, March 16th. Gangwon province was last of 11 South Korean regions to organize and network a film association. Actress and director, Bang Eun-jin, who directed pieces such as <Princess Aurora 오로라 공주> and <Going Home 집으로 가는길> was…
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South Asia
Indian diaspora in Korea
By Rajiv Kumar – The Korea Times India’s diaspora population, which became the largest in the world last year, has played a vital role in the emergence of India as a global economic power. For example, in the Western world, Indians have achieved remarkable success in their business lives which,…
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Central Asia
Putin against restoring monarchic rule in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has a cold attitude towards the ideas of restoring monarchic rule in Russia, the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on recent statements by Crimea’s head Sergey Aksyonov. “Monarchy in an individual region of Russia is ruled out,” he said, when asked if it might be…
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