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‘World Taekwondo Peace Festival’ Held to Mark Olympic Taekwondo, UN International Day of Peace

By Seok-Jae Kang Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: The World Taekwondo Peace Festival was held in Seoul, Korea on November 22 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Olympic taekwondo and the 40th anniversary of the UN International Day of Peace. The event, which took place at the Seosomun…
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Culture

[Hye-tak Seok’s Economic Talk] The metaverse is already breathing with us

Photo caption: Neil Stevenson’s 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash was the first to mention the metaverse, which has even been considered the next version of the Internet. The metaverse is coming By Hye-tak Seok SEOUL: This is a message from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. He predicted that the next 20…
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Culture

Golden Medal for Silk Road Poet awarded by V Eurasia Literary Festival of Festivals

Margarita Al presents the gold medal of festival ISTANBUL: Egyptian poet, novelist and journalist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Ashraf Dali) has been awarded the V Eurasian Literary Festival of Festivals’ gold medal for his “active support of the creativity of poets and writers of the Eurasian continent within the framework of the…
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Business

Korean organizations deliver humanitarian assistance to social institutions of Kyrgyzstan

By Nurzhan Kasmalieva BISHKEK: Korean organizations have delivered humanitarian aid to social institutions in Kyrgyzstan, both in the capital Bishkek city and in four regions. Last week, Good Neighbors International in the Kyrgyz Republic together with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and alumni of the KOICA club delivered humanitarian aid…
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AJA celebrates AsiaN anniversary amid elation, optimism about future

SEOUL: Asia Journalists Association (AJA) members have exchanged warm congratulations on the anniversary of AsiaN, the association print and online magazine launched in 2011. Holding their 29th meeting via Zoom since July 2020, the participants expressed satisfaction with the progress of their online get-togethers that spanned eight time zones, stretching…
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Society

Korean concert marks 45 years of diplomatic ties with Bahrain

MANAMA: In celebration of 45 years of diplomatic ties between Bahrain and Korea, the all-women chamber ensemble “DASRUM” performed for the first time in the Kingdom, amidst strict adherence to precautionary measures instated by the National Taskforce for Combating Covid-19. The live concert of Korean traditional music is organized jointly…
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Politics

Uzbekistan: President Mirziyoyev takes oath of office for second term

By Dilmurod Jumaboyev Editor-in-chief of Vodiymedia.uz TASHKENT: Shavkat Mirziyoyev, 64, has taken the oath of office for the second term as President of Uzbekistan in a solmen ceremony that took place at the Conference Hall of the Senate in Tashkent. The inauguration of Mirziyoyev, who won the presidential elections in…
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Culture

Istanbul hosts V Eurasian Literary Festival of Festivals

ISTANBUL: The fifth Eurasian literary festival of festivals “LiFFT-2021 will open in Istanbul on November 11 with a press conference on the world event. Invited personalities to attend this mega literary occasion are Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Head of the…
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Business

First trial flight lands at newly-built airport in Uzbek Sokh enclave within Kyrgyzstan

By Dilmurod Jumaboyev, Editor-in-chief of Vodiymedia.uz SOKH: The first trial flight to test the runway of the newly built airport in Uzbek Sokh enclave, located within Kyrgyzstan successfully touched down today. The Uzbek Humo Air aircraft AN-2 took off from the Fergana international airport at around 12:30 pm and landed…
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Culture

A train crosses the rivers Indus, Nile and Volga

By Rahul Aijaz KARACHI: A train leaves the station near the Indus River in Sindh province in Pakistan, goes through the Nile River in Egypt and finally arrives at the Volga in Kazan, Tatarstan in Russia. That’s the long journey we undertook starting in early 2020 to late 2021. It’s also…
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