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Journalism Beyond Borders: Koo Bon-hong Reflects on AJA’s Mission and Challenges
Successful and smooth handover of responsibilities By Koo Bon-hongFormer AJA Chairman SEOUL: I have completed my term as Chairman of the Asia Journalist Association and returned as an ordinary member. My tenure began in October 2022 and lasted three years and six months. The Asia Journalist Association is an association…
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Asia Journalists Association Elects Former Vice Minister of Education Lee Gi-woo as 7th Chairman … “Connecting Asia Through APC”
(From left) Vice President Kang Seok-jae, Chairman Koo Bon-hong, Director Bae Ki-seon, Director Oh Ji-cheol, Director Kim Geun-sang, New Chairman Lee Gi-woo, and Founding President Lee Sang-ki of the Asia Journalists Association <Photo by Director Ko Myeong-jin> By Lee Sang-kiFormer President of Asia Journalist AssociationPublisher of The AsiaN SEOUL: The…
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Singapore, New Zealand Sign Accord on Trade in Essential Supplies
By Ivan LimFormer AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: This is the complementary basis of the Singapore-New Zealand deal to safeguard their economies from the disruptions to the energy and food-related supply chains caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran. The Agreement on Trade in Essential Supplies (AOTES), signed on…
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Pakistan’s Women Being Killed for So-called Honor
Protest against so-called Honor killing – file photo By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The statistics are a grim testament to the failure of the Pakistani state and its justice system, making it perhaps one of the most dangerous countries for women in the world. According to the Human…
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No Middle Ground: Bahrain’s King Stresses Nation Stands Above All, Condemns Betrayal
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa By Habib Toumi MANAMA: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said that “the Iranian treacherous aggression against Bahrain that targeted its security, stability, and the safety of its people has stripped away illusion and exposed those who traded conscience for allegiance to the enemy.”…
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Asean, EU Leaders Step Up Call for Peaceful Resolution of Middle East Conflict
AI-generated image of the meeting attended by 51 nations (The Journalistic.uk) By Ivan LimSINGAPORE: Pope Leo XIV, the first American head of the Vatican City in Rome, has led in condemning the US war on Iran on moral grounds, eliciting a stern rebuff from President Donald Trump. But the pontiff,…
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The Map and the Mandate: India’s Gender Reform Meets Its Federal Fault Lines
India has passed a landmark law for women’s representation but by tying it to delimitation it has turned a social reform into a high-stakes political contest over who holds power in the world’s largest democracy. By Gunjeet Sra NEW DELHI: In September 2023, India appeared to close a chapter that…
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Lebanon Burns and the Questions the World Will Not Answer
By Ghena Halik BEIRUT: The numbers are stark: 357 killed, 1,232 wounded. But numbers, however large, conceal as much as they reveal. They flatten lives into data points, obscuring the people behind them -children, parents, professionals, neighbors – whose futures ended in a matter of minutes. Last week, Lebanon experienced…
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Australia And Singapore “Good Neighbours” in Good and Bad Times
By Ivan Lim SINGAPORE: Australia and Singapore, in a show of “friends in need are friends in deed” have inked a bilateral agreement to keep fuel supplies and essential goods flowing between them in the wake of the disruption in supply chains created by United States-Iran conflict, now entering its…
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Nature Cell Advances JointStem U.S. Strategy with FDA Accelerated Approval Path and Nasdaq Roadmap
Dr. Ra Jeong-chan, Chairman of Naturecell, stated, “With the designation of JointStem as a Breakthrough Therapy, we have secured a foundation for close consultation with the FDA.” He added, “Based on advice from top FDA experts, we will validate our accelerated approval strategy at the meeting in May.” Dr. Ra…
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