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Central Asia
Russian army will receive 5th-generation T-50 fighter jets in 2018
The deliveries of the fifth-generation T-50 (PAK FA) fighter jet to the Russian Armed Forces may start after 2018, Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Yuri Borisov said on Thursday. “Most likely, this will be already the next state armament program, i.e. 2018-2025,” he said in response to a question about…
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East Asia
“New Asia, New Dynamics” motto of the Magazine N
This year, The AsiaN’s Magazine N embarks on the New Year with the phrase, “New Asia, New Dynamics” and truly, it is the start of a whole new platform upon which Magazine N aspires to convey the ideas of reporters and columnists around Asia. Not only has there been shifts…
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East Asia
The first Salon Gallery project “Consumption”.
Gallery FIFTY FIFTY will be presenting a joint gallery project with three artists, Yenata, Lafic and Kir Cood. These three artists are making a name for themselves really fast and it has started to attract a following especially, in the hip-hop subculture scene. Under the theme of “Consumption”, the exhibition…
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East Asia
China’s ban shifting hallyu to Southeast Asia
Kim Jae-heun – The Korea Times China’s recent restrictions on K-pop and K-dramas are shifting the Korean wave, or hallyu, to Southeast Asia, officials said Thursday. China has cancelled a series of concerts and the airing of Korean TV dramas and shows after the Korean government decided to deploy a…
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East Asia
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South Asia
CPEC a dawn of hope for Pakistan and region
Nazir Siyal – KARACHI Pakistan’s Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday will inaugurate the first phase of completed section of M-9 Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway at Nooriabad on Feb 03, 2017. Frontier Works Organization (FWO), carrying this project converting existing Super Highway into 6 lanes Motorway with the total cost…
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Politics
Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban”
I am sure as everyone has heard about the recent decision of President Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban”. This atrocious decision, which has been made on last week’s Friday, is to indefinitely suspend the resettlement of Syrian refugees and temporarily ban people from seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the United…
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Business
SK, Daelim win $3 bil. deal in Turkey
SK Engineering & Construction (E&C) and Daelim Industrial won a 3.5 trillion ($3 billion) contract to construct the world’s longest suspension bridge in Turkey, the two companies said Tuesday. A four-way consortium, consisting of SK, Daelim and two Turkish builders, Limak and Yapi Merkezi, was selected as a preferred bidder…
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East Asia
True Story of a Little Girl and a Soldier: Ayla
In 1950, Sergeant Suleyman was one of the thousands of Turkish soldiers who went to South Korea to fight the enemy. Suleyman and Ali, a fellow soldier from Iskenderun, had volunteered to help the people of South Korea and to fight in a war that was taking place in a…
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Column
A bit of (realistic) pessimism
The election of Donald Trump who, in spite of his hard-living tendencies, has been talking about meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for hamburgers, led to an increase in talks about a deal between Pyongyang and Washington. Nonetheless, as somebody who has dealt with North Korea for some 30 years,…
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