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East Asia
Seoul-born Marilyn becomes first Korean-American woman elected to Congress in its 230-year history
By Habib Toumi SEATTLE: Marilyn Strickland, the former mayor of Tacoma, Washington State, and CEO of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, has become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress in its 230-year history The Seoul-born woman, a Democrat, emerged from a 19-person primary election to win the open…
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Tower fire in South Korea sends 93 to hospital; no deaths reported
ULSAN: Firefighters have brought a fire at a high-rise apartment building in the southeastern city of Ulsan under complete control on Friday after nearly 16 hours of battling the flames, officials said. The blaze broke out at around 11:07 p.m. Thursday at the 33-storey Samhwan Art Nouveau commercial and…
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Journalists Association of Korea pledges greater efforts towards trusted media status
SEOUL: The Journalists Association of Korea (JAK) has celebrated its 56th anniversary by pledging to strengthen its supports of reporters, boost their aptitudes and consolidate their professional standards. The association has also pledged to assist its members overcome the difficulties caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony, attended by…
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FDA approves JointStem, an arthritis-specialized stem cell therapy
By The AsiaN Editor SEOUL: JointStem, the world’s first self-fat-derived mid-leaf cell treatment for severe degenerative arthritis, has passed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s commercial clinical 2b/3a review, Nature Cell Co has announced. This provides a meaningful opportunity to open the era of treating U.S. patients with Korean stem…
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Confronting racism amid COVID-19 pandemic is ethical duty
People’s Daily Beijing: A civilized society must have its bottom line, and that is why there is no time to delay uprooting racism from the earth. In the global fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), every one should take on their responsibilities as the exacerbating pandemic has already put…
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Coronavirus Letter To Humanity
Manila: In an ode, Letter To Humanity, that has been widely circulated on social media, Vivienne R Reich eloquently scolds humanity for its “non-stop wars, non-stop greed” and for stubbornly refusing to be humble enough to listen to the earth’s whispers, speeches and screams. Powerfully capturing the profound dilemma and…
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Bahrain, U.S. confronting COVID-19 together: U.S. ambassador
Manama: U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain has expressed confidence that the cooperation and trust developed between Bahrainis and Americans over 100 years will help them through the current challenges of COVID-19 together. In an OpEd, Justin Siberell said that Americans and Bahrainis have been working together to combat epidemics for more…
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Post-Corona politics, economics, social culture – What will change?
By Peter Jaegeul Song, Staff Reporter at Asia N Seoul: The danger and threat of the COVID-19 virus, or coronavirus, is still ongoing. This is because the number of confirmed people in Korea has been on a steady rise, as well as the spread of virus-caused damage and risks in…
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Music, poetry and paintings – Italians, Chinese inspire one another amid traumatic pandemic
By Shan Jie BOLOGNA: While Italy is at its darkest moment in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, many warm-hearted stories often occur, cheering up people here who have been singing on balconies and painting rainbows to look for hope. Elisa Lanari cried when she read an email sent to her workplace,…
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Policy makers and Nature
By: Pooneh Nedai Editor in chief Shokaran magazine/IRAN Tehran: I am thinking why new virus and disease affect human life these days. We have faced increasing fear of Corona virus in recent days. While humans try to control earth and sky, building industries and making an artificial world, nature shouts…
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