• East Asia

    [Transnational] Witnesses of the Incheon Asian Games

    Returning to the Forgotten values of sports Maria Mejia·Colombia·Graduate student of Global Sport Management at SNU The 17th edition of the Asian Games represented for Korea not only the third opportunity to host the games, but also set questions within the sport world towards the readiness of a city to…

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  • West Asia

    “Today is the Day to Work in Iraq”

    Interview with Iraqi Ambassador Khalil Al-Mosawi The Iraqi envoy to Korea, Ambassador Khalil Ismail Abdul Sahib Al-Mosawi, in an interview with the Magazine N expresses his hopes to change the perceptions about Iraq, and how his oil and water-rich country is ripe for investments. “Iraq has been the cradle of…

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  • South Asia

    Thatta: the city of vibrant and fascinating faces

    I felt like Hunter S. Thompson. No, more like Raoul Duke (or Rahul Duke, you might say). Only I was not high on acid. I found myself in the middle of a very small city known as Thatta in Sindh, Pakistan, which boasted of academic excellence in Sindh a couple…

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  • East Asia

    China’s Asian Bank May Herald A New World Order

    Since the 2008 economic meltdown, Europeans and the Americans have been asking the Chinese to contribute more to the Bretton Wood institutions. But, in turn, the Chinese have been demanding reforms to the hegemonic system of management and voting rights in these institutions that favour the Americans and the Europeans.…

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  • South East Asia

    Polio cases surge in Pakistan

    Pakistan is heading for one of its worst years for polio in recent times. According to figures from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), 166 cases of polio have been verified this year, compared to 28 at the same time last year, says a report released by United Nations Integrated…

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  • East Asia

    SINGAPORE ART FAIR SET TO KICK OFF THIS WEEK

    Salsali Private Museum (UAE), XVA Gallery (UAE), Ward Gallery (Dubai, Cairo, & KSA) and Lahd Gallery (UK & USA) participate from the GCC region For its first edition, SINGAPORE ART FAIR presents the best of ME.NA.SA. artistic creations and confirms the participation of 59 top-leading galleries featuring more than 230…

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  • South East Asia

    Rampant bribery in Philippine judicial system

    The Supreme Court’s almost unanimous decision on Sandiganbayan Justice Gregory Ong is both laudable and frustrating. Ong was found guilty of accepting payoffs to favor alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles in another case in 2010. Laudable, because the high tribunal did not spare the rod on a spoiled…

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  • West Asia

    Democracy and social justice for peace

    These days, peace is endangered in the world. Many good people, public institutions and international organizations are working to establish peace in the world, but the question we should ask is: what is “peace”? In other words, the question is: “Does peace mean no war?” The answer is “NO.” This…

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  • South Asia

    Nearly 300,000 Nepalese women trafficked to Indian brothels

    Trafficking of women and girls and supplying them in the sex markets of India and other countries is still one of the big social problems in Nepal. In the past, the innocent Nepalese girls and women used to be sold only in the brothels of Mumbai, India. But in recent…

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  • South Asia

    ‘Without Being Mad it’s Impossible to Paint!’

    Kiran Manandhar is a simple man but a great artist/painter. Born in Kathmandu (1957), Manandhar has obtained Master in Fine Arts from faculty of visual arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India during 1981. He had to struggle hard to achieve his passion of art because his father was against of…

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