• East Asia

    Park’s candid remarks feared to irritate NK leadership

    Soon after North Korea’s third nuclear test, Ms. Park Geun-hye, president-elect of South Korea, met current President Lee Myung-bak. As one should expect, South Korea’s future leader found harsh words for the North Korean government and its nuclear brinkmanship. Among other things, the president-elect remarked that, ‘One should know that…

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  • East Asia

    What do journalists really do?

    LOS ANGELES ― It’s uncertain whether Asia will come to entertain many Western journalists that tried harder to understand their region, their ways and their history than Barry Wain. The other day the former editor of the once Hong Kong-based Asian Wall Street Journal (also deceased) died at 69, but…

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  • Desirable attitude foreign students should have here

    Being a guest in Korea During my childhood, whenever I went to my friend’s house, my mother always reminded me to be polite and behave properly at his home while being attentive to whatever his parents teach me, even if I didn’t like it. My mom made it clear that visiting a…

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  • A Culture-Oriented Country Needs to Embrace Larger Identities

    Looking at the conflicts – small and big alike – which engulf the world today reveals that they, without exception, are provoked by ideological, sectarian, ethnic and linguistic differences, as well as the widening gap between the identities living in one particular country. After careful examination we find out that…

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  • South East Asia

    Press Freedom in Digital Era – Promises & Perils

    *Editor’s Note: Ivan Lim, President of Asia Journalist Association, gave keynote speech at the 13th ICT Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 9. The conference was hosted by the Computer Association of Nepal and the Internet Society of Nepal in an attempt to promote “E-democracy in Nepal.” Participants include experts from Nepali parliaments,…

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  • West Asia

    Mental Disorder inside Acre Wood

      Winnie-the-Pooh has become as synonymous with Disney as Mickey Mouse. The Bear of Very Little Brain enjoyed a renaissance in popularity in the 1990s, and has parlayed his endearing befuddlement into a multi-million dollar franchise. “Pooh” and his animal companions from the Hundred Acre Wood are icons of a…

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  • East Asia

    Why Nuclear Test Now?

    *Editor’s note: North Korea’s third nuclear test must pose the first challenge for the Obama administration’s second term foreign policy. Not to mention the newly elected leadership of South Korea, China and Japan. Foreign policy expert Andrew Natsios, an executive professor at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and…

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  • South Asia

    AJA President Stresses Press Freedom in the Digital Age

    Ivan Lim Addresses ICT Conference in Kathmandu KATHMANDU — Asia Journalist Association President Ivan Lim on February 9 said that governments around the world seek to control the information flow on Internet by applying different measures. While addressing the 13th International CAN Information and Communication technology Conference in Kathmandu, Lim said, “Generally, autocratic…

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  • West Asia

    Azzam’s Paintings Reveal Syrian Horrors

    Tammam Azzam uses iconic paintings to depict the Syrian revolution Ever since the Syrian revolution started in March 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Commission counted over 60,000 people has been killed so far. The photographers also made a record of these events with their powerful photographs, it’s used as…

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  • East Asia

    ‘The AsiaN’ Makes Its Debut on Turkish Mag

    ▶Link The AsiaN, the Internet news portal covering diverse Asian issues, made its debut on a recent issue of Turkish bi-monthly magazine Cihan Dergi published by Cihan News Agency. The title of the article by Alpago Sinasi, correspondent for Cihan News Agency in Korea says “through The AsianN network, we…

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