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Business
Saudi Arabia seeks to attract 55,000 Korean tourists as it boosts worldwide awareness of its tourism opportunities
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is planning to quintuple this year the number of visitors from South Korea to the kingdom. In 2022, around 11,000 South Koreans visited Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi plan is to increase the number to 55,000 in 2023. Direct flights from the capital Riyadh to Seoul are…
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Culture
Chinese-Kyrgyz TV series to be filmed in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan and China are planning to shoot two series “The Far Wind of the Silk Road” and “Bishkek Love”. According to the Ministry of Culture, China is the initiator of the project, Kabar news agency reported. An agreement on the shooting of the series “The Far Wind of the…
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Politics
Xi’an Declaration adopted after Central Asia-China summit
By Kuban Abdymen XI’AN: As a result of the summit of the heads of states “Central Asia – China” in the city of Xi’an, the Xi’an Declaration was adopted. The declaration was signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of…
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Culture
Dreams of a Poet Diplomat
By Alireza Bahram TEHRAN: I saw him at the unveiling ceremony of an artistic cultural treasure in the historical garden of the Italian Embassy Residence. Two days later, I was sitting across from him in one of Tehran’s cafés and listening to his words. Around us, young boys and girls were…
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Culture
Spring and Poetry Festival held in Turkey
By Ashrad Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Journalists Association Istanbul: The first of the “International Spring and Poetry Festival”, organized under the leadership of Maltepe Municipality, was held in Maltepe, a district in Istanbul, on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara. Turkish poets also took part in the festival where…
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Politics
European Union: War in Ukraine is not West versus Rest of the World
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: The War in Ukraine should not be framed as a European issue or as ‘West versus the rest of the world’, a European Union (EU) diplomat has stressed. “Supporting Ukraine and working for peace go hand in hand. In all this, the EU does not ask…
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Culture
Association Alia Mundi: “A Street in Cairo” by eternal traveler poet Ashraf Aboul-Yazid
The cover of the book BELGRADE: The Association for Promoting Cultural Diversity Alia Mundi has just published its latest publication – “A Street in Cairo”, the poetry bookby renowned Egyptian writer, journalist, translator and editor Ashraf Aboul-Yazid. The book was published as a trilingual edition in Serbian, English and Arabic. The…
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Culture
WJC 2023: JAK President calls for urgent preparation to embrace future crises
SEOUL: The World Journalist Conference 2023 (WJC 2023) concluded on Sunday following a week of speeches, debates and visits to cities in South Korea that included Busan and Suwon. In his opening remarks at the launch of WJC2023, Journalists Association of Korea (JAK) President Kim Dong Hoon called on journalists…
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Culture
Social media issues: Another influencer deported from Bali over offensive behavior
BALI: Local community members have called for a deeper understanding of their culture and a greater respect for its belief after another instagrammer was deported for taking nude pictures of herself under a sacred banyan tree. Luiza Kosykh, 40, said that she was not aware the tree was sacred. But…
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Culture
I Won’t Find Another You: Their best love poems face our hard times
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, President, Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: “I Won’t Find Another You” ; a bilingual anthology of best love poems in English and Hindi, has been published recently. I am grateful to editor and poet Thangjam Misna Chanu (Misna Chanu) who gave me the chance to read the English…
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