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Lebanese painter looks for lost Utopia
*Editor’s note: This is the third installment of six-part stories about six Arab women artists devoting themselves to creating different style of art and innovating their methods of expression for “revolutionary” change. Artist Fatima Alhajj stands in the heart of a triangle whose three academic sides are the universities of Beirut, Moscow and Paris, where she specialized…
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Tasting Taiwanese cuisine
I was lucky to be invited a few days ago to a cuisine table set by Taiwanese twin-brother chefs. Regrettably it was just a try-a-sample occasion, not for eating our bellyful. The hard-to-miss brief feast was arranged at a Chinese restaurant in downtown Seoul. It was a special event prepared…
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Imprisonment of 33 opposition leaders heightens tension in Bangladesh
DHAKA – In a quickly developed political tension in Bangladesh, thirty-three key leaders of the 18-party opposition alliances were sent to Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday promting another spell of violence and unrest in the country. The Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka rejected their bail petitions in an arson attack…
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Park Geun-hye’s chance and crisis
All eyes in the political sector have been fixed on the recent development surrounding the strife-ridden Unified Progressive Party (UPP). Many of the party members are those who fought against the previous dictatorial governments in the 1970s and 1980s. It seems the members especially the mainstreamers belonging to NL (National…
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AJA教师节聚会的深刻印象
大家好，我是王璇。又和大家见面了。 昨天（5月15日）是韩国一年一度的教师节，亚洲记者协会（AJA）在韩国首尔新闻中心举办了庆典晚宴，向一年以来为韩国教育事业孜孜不倦地付出辛勤劳动的教职工作人员表达深刻的谢意。 与会成员包括了来自世界各地的著名记者、资深教授、知名艺术家、音乐人，以及来自世界各地留学生等社会各界代表。 大家齐聚一堂，观赏艺术表演，外国学生代表分享了求学经历，讲述了发生在不同国家令人感动的师生情谊。中国学生代表还当众宣读了写给多年来为培育中国留学生付出努力的韩国老教授的一封信。 如果您想知道更多的信息，欢迎您点击我们的网站详细浏览。 我们的地址是：www.theasian.asia. 今天就到这里谢谢您的收看，我们下次再见。
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Wipe out polio, now
Wild viruses and wildfires have two things in common. If neglected, they can spread out of control. If handled properly, they can be stamped out for good. Today, the flame of polio is near extinction ― but sparks in three countries threaten to ignite a global blaze. Now is the…
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Caste system in India to fade away by itself
In 1945, just a year earlier than I was born, English author, George Orwell wrote an allegorical novella called “Animal Farm”. The lines that became most famous and are quoted by many were, “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”. His connotation was in a…
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Protest continues over death of journalist couple in Bangladesh
Bangladesh journalists to march towards PMs office DHAKA – Journalists community in Bangladesh have announced a fresh spell of protest program including a march towards Prime Minister’s office on June 26 demanding arrest of the killers of journalist couple Meherun Rinu and Sagar Sarwar. Both television journalists were murdered in…
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Teacher’s Day gathering leaves deep impression
On the evening of May 15, about 50 people from various sectors in society including journalists, professors, artists, musicians, and international students came together at the Seoul Press Center to take part in the Asia Journalist Association (AJA)’s annual Teacher’s Day gathering in honor of our beloved and respected teachers.…
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Nepali plane crash claims 15 dead and six injured
KATHMANDU, Nepal–Thirteen passengers and two crew members died Monday morning when a Dornier 9N AIG-D228 plane of Agni Air crashed in Jomsom Airport in western mountains of Nepal. The ill-fated plane was flying to Jomsom from tourist city Pokhara taking 16 Indian pilgrims, two Danish tourists and three crew members.…
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