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Damsels banned in driver’s cabin in western Nepal
Kathmandu – Damsels sitting in the driver’s cabin divert the concentration of the man in charge of the steering wheel and lead to road accidents. The bus entrepreneurs in western hill of Nepal have arrived at this conclusion and asked the staff of its long route buses to not allow…
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South Asia
[Book Review] The world is a map of books given to knowledge lovers
The world is a map of books given to minds that love knowledge. Here we have some of the new publications in the Arabic world, and internationally, as electronic drops from the ink of knowledge all over the world. New Releases in Arab world: • “The Queue” novel by doctor…
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East Asia
Can North Korea learn from Coca-Cola?
*Editor’s note: As North Korea’s ‘bellicose rhetoric’ against the U.S. and S. Korea became a daily ritual, a Beijing-based American columnist Evan Osnos pointed out that the discrepancy between North Korea’s threats and action has been caused by its failure in communication. For that reason, he argues, N. Korea is losing…
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West Asia
Bassem Youssef: Egypt’s iconic satirist
All around the world, there are many satirical programs, whether it’s political or not, with real or made-up events. But in the Arab world, it differs. Political satirical programs are rare. They almost don’t exist. In Tunisia, for example, there was a short program where they show puppets which look…
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East Asia
NK’s effort to block defectors pays off
Where have all the NK refugees gone? In late February, I was travelling in an area which should be frequently visited by any serious North Korean watcher – the parts of China in the vicinity of the North Korean border, the Yanbian autonomous region in particular. In the past many…
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South Asia
Nepali election hangs in the balance
KATHMANDU – Nepal’s Interim Election Council of Ministers led by Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi has appointed Chief Commissioner and four others in the Election Commission that has remained without any commissioners for the past few months. President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav appointed the commissioners at the recommendation of the government…
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East Asia
Abderrahim El Allam earns fame for winning Manhae Prize
The announcement of Abderrahim El Allam’s being chosen for the Manhae Prize 2013 winner has attracted all the media attention both in his home country Morocco and the whole Arabic region. The news has been covered by major newspapers including Al massae which has the largest circulation in Morocco. Several reports quoted The AsiaN‘s…
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East Asia
Chinese Non-action
Despite sanction, China remains staunch NK supporter On the 9th of March, the Chinese foreign minister, Yang Jiechi held a news conference in Beijing. Predictably, one of the questions was about North Korea – after all, China just recently supported another tough resolution of the UN Security Council which condemns…
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Society
Tutu calls for the eradication of nuclear weapons
*Editor’s note: Desmond Tutu, South African social rights activist, Archbishop Emeritus and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate once said “eliminating nuclear weapons is the democratic wish of the world’s people.” He reiterated the statement again at the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons recently held in Oslo. He stressed that no…
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East Asia
The duplicity of North Korea’s sentiment toward Japan
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly escalated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…
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