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East Asia
China Lays Claims to Leadership of the Buddhist World
With an impressive display of Chinese Buddhist culture and hospitality, China laid claims to giving leadership to the Buddhist world, by hosting over 600 international delegates for the 27th General Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) at the historic city of Baoji in northwestern China from October 16-18.…
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East Asia
A Tale of the Three Shipbuilding Nations – A long long tunnel
The global shipbuilding market, which has stayed caught in a trap of overcapacity, is still struggling to exit from the long and dark tunnel. According to Clarkson Research, the global NB orders contracted this year to September totals 1,388 ships (92.02 mil dwt, 30.80 mil cgt, $352 million), declining 32%…
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South Asia
Conquering Paranoid Schizophrenia through Painting & Meditation
Lila Raj Khatiwada, graduated in mass communication and worked as a reporter in Kathmandu for almost a decade experienced Paranoid Schizophrenia for more than a decade. He encountered the first psychological attack during a film shoot in 1999. Two years earlier, he had begun Vipassana Meditation as taught by SN…
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West Asia
International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva: Under the Sun of Damascus
“112 Movies, 28 Countries are available for audience in the 9th Edition of the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva from the 4th of April 2014 in a festive and friendly atmosphere. During the 10 days, Switzerland and neighboring France will travel to the heart of Orient”, announced Mr. Tahar…
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East Asia
Psy, Return to Gangnam Style
Every day on our way to my two daughters’ school, I am asked by both of them to play a selection of songs in the car CD player; the Egyptian version of “Gangnam Style” is one of those songs. It is no surprise to have an Egyptian touch of the…
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East Asia
Korea-Saudi Businesses and Government Discuss Cooperation
1st Korea-Saudi Business Forum, “Saudi: Good Business Environment for Korean Business” “Saudi Arabia is an attractive country for investments. Service, manufacturing, R&D among other industries are showing signs of potential for growth.” In the 1st Korea-Saudi Business Forum held last October 30th in Grand Intercontinental Hotel at Seoul’s Samseong-dong, Abdullatif…
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South Asia
Extremism haunts Pakistan’s Nobel Laureates
Pakistan’s two citizens – Theoretical Physicist Dr. Abdus Salam and a teen-age girl Malala Yousufzai won Nobel Prize, one in 1979 and the other after 35 years in 2014, but despite being the symbol of honor for their country, they faced the same unfortunate situation of being away from motherland…
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South Asia
Gangnam style sends Nepali youth into raptures
In what seems to be the first public display of its kind in Nepal, Manang Marsyangdi Club (MMC) players and supporters danced to the tune of “Gangnam Style” at Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu some two years back. They chose the music and dance style of South Korean rapper Psy to celebrate…
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South Asia
Human trafficking persists in post-conflict Nepal
Understanding the historical dimensions of the fight against human trafficking is important for several reasons. Although many scholars working on the issue of human trafficking offer some sort of recognition of the history of the problem, the most typical approach is to see modern forms of trafficking as an outgrowth…
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East Asia
Hyosung, the one that brings the smiles back to Vietnamese citizens ‘Smile Searchers’
Korean Companies for Asia (1) In Dong Nai, a province near Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, a lot of people that are sick do not receive medical attention. In most cases, a simple cough medicine requires a day’s labor for them or that there is no money to commute going…
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