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2014 Manhae Grand Prize Awardees Determined
Ashraf Dali, the president of the Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Middle East chapter was determined as one of the awardees of the Manhae Grand Prize 2014 in the field of arts and literature. The judging committee for the Manhae Grand Prize met in June 30th to select not only Ashraf…
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[AJA Global Report] 510 thousand Hong Kong people participated in a demonstration
Latest Hong Kong News Roundup Massive crowds sang “Do you hear the people sing?” as they unfurled banners and posters proclaiming “Universal suffrage Go! Screening No!” in what could be the biggest July 1 handover anniversary protest march since 2003. Organizers Civil Human Rights Front claimed 510 thousand people turned…
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[AJA Global Report] Russia and Korea: 150 years together
This year 130 years turned since establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and Korea and 150 years – since voluntary settlement of Korean to Russia. Russia is multinational country (more than 200 nations are living together), but even though contribution of “Koryo saram” (self-designation of Russian Koreans) is remarkable; they won…
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[Asia Round-up] Life without Google: search engine alternatives
Google processes 100bn search requests a month, or about 3.3bn per day. It’s become such a dominant force in web search that its name has become a verb: people don’t “look up something online,” they “google it.” But there are other commercial alternatives out there, even beyond Yahoo and Microsoft’s…
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2014 AJA Global Reporter Program Commences
The Asia Journalist Association (AJA) and The AsiaN recently commenced the annual AJA Global Reporter program. The internship program gives international students in South Korea the opportunity to discover the world of journalism, share, discuss, and write pressing and relevant issues about the participating countries as well as have an…
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New Delhi: Genesis of Tectonic Shift in Politics
The feeble rumblings of an impending fundamental tectonic shift in Indian politics were heard in New Delhi in a series of public meetings. They were addressed by non-political civil society organizations for the past three years. Essentially, the discourse of these public meetings emanated from sheer rampant corruption in public…
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