• East Asia

    Candidates, don’t bore us!

    As she may be our next president, it is germane to now ask: Has Park Geun-hye had charisma-bypass surgery? If you have not noticed, it is election season. Hence, we members of the foreign press corps are privileged to meet the candidates at press conferences. What normally happens at these…

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  • South Asia

    Freedom of speech in different climate

    Freedom of speech has spread its wings with the advent of social media. Thoughts, blogs and tweets now flood cyberspace. The Arab Spring gave the world hope and a sea of change while social media had a big part to play in it. But sometimes, social media can stir up…

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  • South East Asia

    [Indonesia Report] Ukrainian arrested for taking part in gathering of Free Papua Movement

    Indonesian Police in Manokwari district, Papua Province, detained a Ukrainian citizen when he joined a gathering held in time for the anniversary of Free Papua Movement (OPM), a separatist group, on Saturday (December 1). Detiknews.com reported that an Ukrainian national named Artem Shapirenko, 36, was arrested due to visa expiration. “Shapirenko overstayed in Indonesia for 4…

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  • East Asia

    Designing good education system is a quest for all governments

    Education system is an important part of a country’s development. How to provide a proper education system fitting to young generation needs is hard to design. Indonesian government recently drafted a new curriculum for primary school and has gotten  various feed-backs from its people. Indonesian Ministry of Education drafted a reform on…

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  • East Asia

    The AsiaN and Al-Arabi magazine sign MOU to strengthen cooperation

    The prominent establishments in the field of media, culture, and journalism Al-Arabi magazine & The AsiaN Next News Network, have agreed to extend their cooperation by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) of Cooperation and Partnership. The MOU was signed by Dr. Suleiman Ibrahim Al-Askary, Editor-in-chief of Al-Arabi Magazine, Al-Arabi Scientific Magazine…

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  • Economic growth leads China to worry about “Icarus paradox”

    From wretched and mocked place to a great country; from the docile dragon of Asia to big brother of Asia; from a mocked country, mocked people, undermined and even forgotten super power to an incredible economic growing country. A place where about six hundred million people migrated from abject poverty…

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  • West Asia

    New Middle East’s new problems

    BERLIN ― When hostilities flared in Gaza last month, it seemed like the same old story was repeating itself. The world again witnessed a bloody and senseless surge of violence between Israel and Hamas, in which the main victims were innocent civilians maimed and killed on both sides. This time,…

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  • The best, oldest K-pop

    When Kim Ki-duk, winning director of this year’s Venice Film Festival Golden Lion award, sang “Arirang” instead of giving a thank-you speech, he showed what the song means to most Koreans. “I just wanted to tell the world that this song is ours by singing it on the international stage…

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  • Time to ask lawmakers stop playing games with ‘fiscal cliff’

    Washington’s Democratic and Republican leaders seem strangely lacking in fright as they are a mere three weeks away from plunging America off the much-feared Fiscal Cliff. And we’ve finally figured out why. They figure they are merely heading toward a Fiscal Bungee Jump. They seem to believe that, yes, they’ll…

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  • World

    Personal branding ― how to be more successful

    Over the past 14 years of mentoring students, the number one question I have been asked has been in relation to how to position oneself when going for job interviews. The general misconception is that it would be a human resources management (HRM) exercise, which it is from the potential…

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