• Culture

    Dolce Classic organizes Composer Jang Dong-In invitational concert in Seoul

    By Seok-jae Kang Vice President, Asia Journalists Association SEOUL: Dolce Classic organized the Composer Jang Dong-in Invitational Concert at the Yun Bong Gil Memorial Hall in southern Seoul, Korea on March 12, 2024. Under the theme “Bloom, Spring”, the 10th Dolce invitational concert featured a total of 27 gagok pieces,…

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    Poet Yang Geum-Hee – The Green Panther of Jeju Island

    Preview of the poetry collection ‘Nests of Birds’, authored by South Korean poetess Yang Geum-Hee, a lover of nature and a conservationist By Nasir Aijaz, AsiaN Representative SINDH:  Sometimes it happens that you develop good friendly relations with a person whom you have never met. This has become possible mainly…

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    ‘Smarphoto’ Gains Popularity in Korea

    By Seok-jae Kang, Vice President, Asia Journalists Association SEOUL: A new genre of photography, Smarphoto, is gaining popularity among Koreans, especially smartphone beginners and senior photography enthusiasts. Smarphoto, a coined term combining smartphone and photography, was created by Korean video specialist Park Kyung-sam in 2012. “Smartphones have become an essential…

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    Miracle of music from Africa to Iran, from Iran to India

    By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: More than half a century ago, a man in the south of Iran sang a local song. This song referred to the people who came to Iran from the African island of Zanzibar several centuries ago. A few years later, an Iranian pop singer sang this…

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  • Entertainment

    Miracle in Africa

    By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Football has no shortage of dramatic stories; But what happened in the last few weeks in the African Cup was rare. Ivory Coast fired its head coach after a heavy defeat in the last match of the group stage. The officials of the football federation of…

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    4-party MOU signed to promote health, happiness, peace for disadvantaged people

    By Seok-jae Kang Vice President, Asia Journalists Association KOLKATA, India – A four-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed to promote health, happiness and peace for the mankind, especially the disadvantaged people, including refugees, orphans, the disabled and the elderly in a ceremony in Kolkata, India on February 8, 2024.…

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    Football and its wonders

    By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Football stories continue in the Asian Cup and the African Cup, because miracles are the nature of football. A few days ago, I wrote about the dramatic football stories for Asian and Middle Eastern countries, in the Asian Cup and the African Cup. These stories continued…

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    United States, Pakistan sign agreement to protect Pakistan’s cultural heritage

    By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome and Pakistan Secretary of National Heritage and Culture Ms. Humaira Ahmed signed an agreement on cultural property protection in Islamabad on January 30, 2024. The agreement establishes import restrictions on certain types of archaeological and ethnological materials…

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    “Asre Rowshan” shines in Iran

    TEHRAN: Alireza Bahrami, a member of the Asian Journalists Association (AJA) since 2019, is an active and well-known journalist in Iran, especially in the field of culture and art. He has had many media activities and was one of the founders of Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) in 2000. ISNA…

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    Kyrgyzstan’s Days of Culture held in Qatar

    DOHA: Kyrgyzstan’s tapestry of culture, traditions, local customs, and artistic movements that define the country’s rich heritage were shared with enthusiastic crowds in Qatar. The Days of Culture of Kyrgyzstan were held in the capital city Doha and in Lusail where people have thronged to watch the football matches of…

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