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Politics
Beginning of Spring and Hope for Peace
By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: “It’s the first of March, 2022 and the beginning of spring in Europe, but also elsewhere. It is the beginning of the most beautiful time of the year for us humans, but also for insects, birds and other organisms – May peace come to all…
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Politics
Climate action, carbon neutral initiatives no longer an option but a must, Ban Ki-moon warns
SEOUL: Climate action and carbon neutral initiatives “are no longer an option but a must” for the world to ensure sustainable living, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said. “It is not a matter of choice, as it has become a must for future survival,” Ban-Ki moon said in…
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East Asia
Lee O-young: We must inform the world about the proud fusion culture of the Korean Peninsula
Lee Sang-ki:This is an interview conducted in April 2007 with Lee O-young, Korea’s leading scholar and of the most intelligent people of his time who has passed away after a battle with cancer. The interview was conducted while he was at the Hankyoreh. He returned to Christianity after losing his…
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Society
Korea’s first Culture Minister Lee O-young who made Koreans fall deeper in love with their culture dies at 89
SEOUL: Former Culture Minister Lee O-young, one of South Korea’s most revered literary critics and novelists, died of cancer Saturday at the age of 89. Lee, born in 1933 in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, served as the country’s first cultural minister in 1990-1991 under the Roh Tae-woo administration, Yonhap news…
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IT-Science
UN: Number of wildfires to keep rising ominously and governments are not prepared
NAIROBI: The number of wildfires will rise by 50% by 2100 and governments are not prepared, experts have warned. According to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal, climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global…
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Business
THE AsiaN 10th anniversary ESG forum on February 22
SEOUL: A forum commemorating the 10th anniversary of the founding of AsiaN, the trilingual publication of the Asia Journalists Association (AJA) will highlight the significance of the next leadership in an increasingly active environmental, social governance (ESG). The forum will bring together illustrious political and business figures as well…
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Culture
MY PEOPLE – Odlar Yurdu: Azerbaijani People’s Ensemble
By Eldar Akhadov Russian poet and writer Susha: Between the two shores of the sea – north and south, left and right or right and left, whoever likes to stand, there is a land, aimed to the east – in the sea, like a giant bird’s beak, which can only…
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Culture
Exhibition dedicated to Russian Poet and Traveler Nikolay Gumilev opens in Cairo
During the opening ceremony By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President of Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: Three months ago in Istanbul, amidst of the activities of the Eurasian Literary Festival, I had a real opportunity to approach a distinguished poet and an active cultural figure, describing her as an organic intellectual, who carries…
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Culture
Persian, Arab harmony at Dubai Expo
By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: The National Orchestra of Iran will perform at the Dubai Expo. This concert will be held on the evenings of October 6 and 7 under the titles of “Iranian National Day Celebrations” and “The Great Music Concert”. Salar Aghili’s concert will be accompanied by another Iranian singer,…
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Business
Fighting climate change: Kyrgyzstan declares 2022 Year of Protection of Mountain Ecosystems and Climate Resilience
BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan is taking the fight against climate change to much higher levels by declaring 2022 the Year of Protection of Mountain Ecosystems and Climate Resilience. President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov signed the declaration decree in order to increase climate resilience, preserve natural heritage and celebrate the International Year of…
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