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Pakistan’s ex-Spy Chief Sentenced

Former chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Faiz Hamid By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The Field General Court Martial (FGCM) has sentenced former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Faiz Hamid to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment, said the Inter-Services Public Relations in a statement on Thursday. The military’s…
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‘We Are With You at All Times,’ Cambodian Senate President Tells Frontline Soldiers

Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen By Sophal Chhay PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen has pledged unwavering support for the country’s forces engaged in fierce clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border, assuring frontline soldiers that the nation’s leadership stands firmly behind them. “I, the five-star general…
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West Asia

BRICS Writers Association Launched in Iran

Hamid Nazarkhah Alisaraei By Alireza BahramiTEHRAN: The BRICS Writers Association in Iran has announced the launch of its activities at the Asre Rowshan magazine meeting at the Iranian Artists’ House. In a speech at the meeting, Alireza Bahrami, a poet and editor-in-chief of ISNA (news agency) and editor-in-chief of Asre…
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East Asia

Regaining Trust on a Laos Train… The Return of a Lost Luggage

The Lao train crew who helped Poet Oh Choong retrieve his lost bag. This photo was taken with the Vientiane-bound train attendants who delivered the news—about an hour after the bag was lost and just as the train arrived in Vang Vieng, saying, “We found your bag.” By Oh Choong,…
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West Asia

Iranian Filmmaker Takes Afghan Refugee Girl to Oscar

By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: An Iranian documentary filmmaker has taken an Afghan girl to the top of the European festival stage and is now leading her to an Oscar. “The Fox Under A Pink Moon” is the latest documentary film by Mehrdad Oskouei, an Iranian documentary filmmaker who has been…
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for Yongsan International Business District: Resurrection After 10 Years of Disaster

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon delivers a commemorative address at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Yongsan International Business District By Lee Sang-kiFormer President of Asia Journalist Association, Publisher of The AsiaN SEOUL: Construction has officially begun on the Yongsan International Business District, reviving what was once Korea’s most ambitious urban development…
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West Asia

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Iranian sculptor Yasmin Sinai By Pooneh NedaiTEHRAN: This is my latest poem while I watched Yasmin Sinai’s latest artwork. Yasmin Sinai is an Iranian famous sculptor living in Emirates. The paper mâché art work of Sinai will be exhibited in Shiraz, Iran, very soon: The word that sprouted from my…
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Dhaka Now World’s Second Most Populous City

world’s second most populous city By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty DHAKA: Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has overtaken Tokyo, Japan, to become the world’s second most populous city. Dhaka was second to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, the ‘World Urbanization Prospects 2025’ issued by the United Nations Department of Economic and…
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South Asia

The Growing Rate of Child Abuse in Pakistan

By Pirah Aijaz KARACHI: Child abuse has become an alarming issue in Pakistan. It includes nine major categories of abuse: child physical abuse, sexual abuse, child pornography, murder or homicide, kidnapping, child marriage, child labour, child beggary and trafficking. In Pakistan, the situation is deteriorating. Innocent children are unsafe. They…
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A Giant of Korean Drama: Lee Soon-jae Passes Away at 91

This file photo, taken in 2021, shows actor Lee Soon-jae. (Yonhap) By Lee Sang-kiFormer President of Asia Journalist Association, Publisher of The AsiaN SEOUL: Legendary Korean actor Lee Soon-jae passed away early on November 25, just nine days after celebrating his 91st birthday. Across more than six decades, Lee built…
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