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West Asia
Economic relations with Russia overshadowed by renegotiation of gas transit
The dominant topic in Georgia’s foreign economic relations in recent months was the renegotiation of terms for Russia’s gas transit to Armenia. Moscow is using a pipeline running through Georgia north-south to supply Armenia with natural gas, with Tbilisi receiving ten percent of the gas transported through the pipeline as…
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East Asia
Dynamic AJA for “Dynamic Asia” at 2017 AJA General Conference
On the 1st of April the Asia Journalist Association’s General Assembly took place at Inje in South Korea. After a brief introduction made by Ashraf Dali, the President of AJA, all the journalists were invited to describe the media situation in their countries. Some of the critical issues highlighted were…
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East Asia
Blueprint of “Happy Sejong” and Mayor Lee Chun-hee
On March 31st, AJA member reporters paid a visit to the new administrative city, Sejong. As part of an endeavor to relieve Seoul of the burden of being Korea’s economic, administrative, and educational capital all at the same time, Lee Chun-hee (now mayor of Sejong) was behind the Sejong city-founding…
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East Asia
Superintendent of Bureau of Education on the “Future of Korea & Innovative Seoul Education”
On the 30th of March at Seoul Office of Education took place a special lecture (“Future of Korea & Innovative Seoul Education”) by Superintendent of Education, Cho Hee-yeon, on Korean education system. Around thirty Asian journalists attended the workshop to know more about the education system in Korea. During the first…
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West Asia
Big Victory for Georgia’s Westernization Progress: Visa Liberalization
Significantly for the post-Soviet states, including the ones in the South Caucasus region, the EU has conducted ‘Visa Liberalization Dialogues’ with three Eastern Partnership countries, namely Ukraine, Moldova (the country has already obtained the right to visa-free travel in April 2014) and Georgia. Through these dialogues, the EU has taken…
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South East Asia
Lu – Olo pledged to strengthen national unity
The people of Timor – Leste has chosen a new president. Francisco Guterres Lu – Olo was elected to the fourth president of the republic to Timor – Leste with total valid votes of 295.048 (57.1%) and Antonio da Conceicao with a total of 167.794 (32.5%) and the another valid…
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West Asia
Armenian Elections and Regional Implications
On April 2, Armenians will go to the polls to elect a new parliament. Although Armenia has a very poor record of free and fair elections, this particular ballot stands as a milestone for the country; this for several reasons. First, this election marks the start of the transformation to…
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Central Asia
Visit of Mirziyoyev to Kazakhstan may bring big changes to the region
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev has started his two-day state visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan at the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, on March 22. Generally, there is nothing unusual: newly elected president of a country is paying a visit to a neighboring state. However, if to…
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East Asia
Haenyeo: the Amazons of Jeju Island who created a system of gender equality
Haenyeo are female divers living in Jeju Island who dive into the ocean water to gather various shellfish and seaweed among other seafood delicacies, without using any underwater diving equipment. While early records that some men were involved in this work, for at least the past few centuries, it has…
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East Asia
A young and talented artist: Lafic
Rob Kim, also known as Lafic, is a young and talented artist based in Seoul, South Korea. The 22 year-old artist was born in South Korea, but he grew up in Toronto, Canada. His desire to come to Korea and compete in the music and art industry here led him…
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