• Central Asia

    Azerbaijani, Turkish and Turkmen energy ministers to meet early 2017

    Meeting of energy ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan is planned for early 2017, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Cavusoglu made the remarks during a joint briefing with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku Dec. 3. “Azerbaijan and Turkey also intend to develop cooperation within trilateral formats with…

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  • South Asia

    National projects full swing under CPEC objectives

    By Sameer Nazir – KARACHI Frontier Works organization (FWO) is committed to make prosperous country and its best resources utilizations under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) objectives, which is now turned into reality for world of opportunities in the region. Director General FWO Major General Mohammed Afzal has emphasized on the…

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  • East Asia

    Ruling party wants Park’s resignation in April

    Jun Ji-hye – The Korea Times Lawmakers of the ruling Saenuri Party unanimously agreed Thursday to push for President Park Geun-hye’s voluntary resignation by the end of April and an early presidential election in June. The move overshadowed the opposition bloc’s attempt to impeach the scandal-ridden President. The opposition parties initially…

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  • East Asia

    Jackie Chan: ‘The days when no one listened to Chinese people have gone’

    On Nov. 12, Jackie Chan received an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, becoming the first Chinese actor to win the award. The 62-year-old movie star shared his story in an interview with People’s Daily. When he was 22, Jackie Chan went…

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  • Central Asia

    Russia and Armenia sign combined forces agreement

    Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Armenian counterpart Vigen Sargsyan signed an agreement on establishing combined forces. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said the group would include Russia’s military base in Armenia, as well as units of the Armenian armed forces, Sputnik reports. The Defense ministers also signed a…

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  • East Asia

    S.Korean president to follow parliamentary decision to step down

    South Korean President Park Geun-hye said that she will follow any parliamentary decision on her fate, including a shortened presidency. She made the comments during her third televised address to the nation since a scandal involving herself and her longtime confidante emerged in October. “If ruling and opposition parties find…

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  • Central Asia

    Two main gas pipelines connected in Kazakhstan

    Kazakh national gas transportation operator KazTransGas built a booster compressor station at the connection TIP-02 between the main gas pipeline “Bukhara gas-bearing region-Tashkent-Bishkek-Almaty” and “Kazakhstan-China”, the company said in a message Nov. 29, Trend reports. The new booster compressor station located in Zhambyl region will allow to have gas pumping…

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  • East Asia

    Internship Announcement of Asia Journalist Association

    Asia Journalist Association (AJA) publishes a monthly journal in South Korea as “MagazineN” in addition to the existing on-line media, THE AsiaN (http://theasian.asia/) serving in English, Arabic and Korean. Job Description: Asia Journalist Association is seeking undergraduates, recent graduates or graduate students to intern with its newsroom team based in…

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  • East Asia

    What to Expect from the New American President Trump’s Foreign Policy

    by Greg R. Lawson – Contributing Analyst, Wikistrat In light of the surprising election of Donald J. Trump to become the 45th President of the United States, leaders around the world are scrambling to determine what this means for their own national interests. On one hand, this is an entirely…

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  • Central Asia

    Hydropower Plant Discussions in Central Asia

    Akmaral SABATAR, The MagazineN, Kyrgyzstan The Rogun Hydropower Plant (HPP) is being constructed on the Vakhsh River in the Pamir Mountain, Tajikistan. The dam will be the world’s tallest one and will provide the country a stable energy supply. Emomali Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan, joined the opening ceremonies of…

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