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Culture
India asks Oxford museum to return ‘stolen’ cultural asset
By Peter Jaegeul Song Staff Reporter at Asia N London: The Indian government has officially requested that the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford return a 15th century bronze idol that was apparently stolen from a temple in India during the 1960s. The Indian high commission in London stated that a formal…
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Society
South Korea: Pressure, challenges facing disease detectives battling coronavirus on front lines
By Kim Seung-yeon YONHAP Seoul: Disease detectives, like coronavirus investigator Park Young-joon, see many similarities between what they and criminal detectives do. Both are deployed as soon as new cases occur, talk to affected people and investigate scenes. But one of the biggest differences may be the time pressure that…
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Culture
BTS’ new album tops record-high 91 iTunes charts
Seoul: K-pop super band BTS wrote iTunes chart history Saturday with its new album, “Map of the Soul: 7,” topping the iTunes album charts in 91 countries and regions, the band’s management agency said. As of Saturday morning (Korean time), “Map of the Soul: 7” landed atop the iTunes “top…
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Politics
Parliamentary election taking place in Iran
By Peter Jaegeul Song Staff Reporter Seoul: The election for Iran’s parliament (Majlis) began on Friday morning across Iran. According to the National Election Commission of Iran’s Interior Ministry, the term of senator is four years, and 290 senators (including five seats allocated to minority sects) will be selected in…
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Politics
Chinese-run projects in Bangladesh to be implemented
Peter Jaegeul Song, Staff Reporter at Asia N Dhaka: Bangladeshi and Chinese officials announced last Sunday that the novel coronavirus outbreak will not disrupt Chinese-run infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian country. In a joint press briefing with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Kalam Abdul Momen in the capital Dhaka, Chinese…
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Politics
What kind of future awaits Modinomics 2020?
By Peter Jaegeul Song Staff Reporter at Asia N Seoul: Narendra Modi began his second term as prime minister with a series of enormous reforms. In a rapid process, he did not hesitate to embark on tackling the long-pending issues, including ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370…
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Society
Let science build strong power against epidemic
By He Yin Beijing: In the era of globalization, human beings are living in a global village where they share the same welfare and responsibilities. The threat posed by any infectious disease is against the entire human race, regardless of nationality, region, ethnicity or group. This is a new challenge…
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Society
Development of novel coronavirus drugs achieves initial progress
By Qiu Chaoyi People’s Daily Beijing: Initial progress has been achieved in drug development of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of China’s State Council has said According to Wu Yuanbin, an official in charge of technology in social development with the Ministry of Science and…
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Culture
‘Parasite’ gets post-Oscar boost
Seoul: Lee Kyung-sook, an 84-year-old Seoul citizen, visited a multiplex theater in the posh southern district of Gangnam on Wednesday afternoon with her daughter and grandson. Wearing a mask to protect herself from the novel coronavirus, she said she was so proud of the homegrown movie “Parasite”‘s triumph in at…
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East Asia
Asian leaders look to 2020 with more hope than worry
Manama: Leaders of six Asian countries have expressed optimism that 2020 will be more positive than 2019, pledging policies that would be about hope, stability and success. Indonesia President Jokowi: 2020 is the year of challenges and opportunities By Eddy Suprapto Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo thanked his people for…
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