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Society
Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan cast as contrasting figures in dramatic events unfolding in Hong Kong
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President Singapore: Two iconic Hongkong martial artistes, the late Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan have been cast as contrasting faces of the civil disobedience movement that is roiling Hong Kong in the past four months. Organisers of the anti-government movement have attributed their flash-mob street…
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Culture
Uzbekistan to host Raks Sehri Annual International Festival
Tashkent: Uzbekistan. In a country that its people see as a place where different nationalities, traditions and culture co-exist peaceful and live harmoniously, where its rich historical and architectural heritage gets along fine with modern buildings and high technology, the Raks Sehri (Magic of Dance) Annual International Festival stands as…
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Culture
The new phase of cultural relations between Iran and Korea
By Pooneh Nedai Editor in chief of Shokaran magazine and publisher of Amrood Tehran: Iran and Korea have a long historical relation that goes back to more than 1500 years through the silk road and the time of merchants exchanging goods. A piece of precious glass related to Persia found…
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Culture
In a first for the country, Saudi Arabia to host The Wizard of Oz in October
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will for the first time host The Wizard of Oz, “the greatest family musical of all time”. The production, a spectacular celebration of the iconic 1939 MGM film, will be held on October 2-12 at the King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) and will include…
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Society
Kyrgyzstan celebrates Komuz Day with great fanfare, impressive displays
Osh: Kyrgyzstan celebrated with great fanfare Komuz Day, a special cultural event that brought together around 500 komuzists to play Komuz, the Kyrgyz national three-stringed musical instrument. During the event organized by the Department of Culture of Osh city, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan and located in the south…
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Culture
Malaysia moves towards greater control over vaping, electronic cigarettes
Kuching: Malaysia is working on introducing a new bill on the use of tobacco, vape, electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) and shisha that will be debated at to the parliament by March 2020 Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the ministry is now in final phase of study to formulate the bill,…
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Society
Malaysia warns against threats by fake news, cybercrimes to society
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister has stressed that social media should be used responsibly and warned that fake news churned out by some people could disrupt society. “There are some people who are willing to become ‘paid writers’, there is even the term “fakery”, not bakery, a place to…
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Society
Colombo Declaration sets mimum marriage age at 18 in South Asia
Colombo: The minimum age for marriage should be 18 years, parliamentarians from South Asia have agreed. The lawmakers from India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Afghanistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka who attended a two-day forum on Child Rights in South Asia have also agreed that the general law of the country…
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Culture
World’s largest underwater theme park opens in Bahrain
By Habib Toumi Manama: The world’s largest underwater theme park, Dive Bahrain, was officially opened on Friday. The initial phase of the project has been completed recently by submerging a 70-meter long decommissioned and specially prepared Boeing 747, 20-22 meters below the water North of Bahrain, to become the first…
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South Asia
Indian Sikhs to get Pakistan visa under religious tourism policy
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior has decided to add a religious tourism category to the online visa system for Sikh pilgrims looking to apply for visas to visit Kartarpur. A meeting of the Ministry of Interior decided that two separate categories of visa applications would…
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