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India-Pakistan Joint Interview Pt. 2 “A Generation That Has Dreamed of Peace, Not War — Breaking the Cycle of Hatred”
As the founding president of Asia Journalist Association and publisher of THE AsiaN, I have built a long-standing friendship with journalists from India and Pakistan. I have also seen them form bonds that transcend national boundaries by meeting journalists from both countries in one place. However, the recent conflict between…
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Interview
India-Pakistan Joint Interview Pt. 1 “Border Tensions Persist After Ceasefire — Time to End the ‘War of Words'”
As the founding president of Asia Journalist Association and publisher of THE AsiaN, I have built a long-standing friendship with journalists from India and Pakistan. I have also seen them form bonds that transcend national boundaries by meeting journalists from both countries in one place. However, the recent conflict between…
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Politics
Obituary: Uzbek Ambassador Vitali Fen – “I respect your sense of responsibility and passion for putting your all into it until the very end”
By Choi Young-ha, Former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Uzbekistan SEOUL: Vitali! He is a descendant of Pyeon Galsong (片碣頌) of the Zhejiang Pyeon clan (浙江片氏), who spent 25 years, one-third of his 77-year life, in Seoul. He was a career diplomat who connected Korea and Uzbekistan, a historical…
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Culture
A look at Kim Ryang’s ‘Film Youth, Dong-ho’ and Lim Yu-ri’s ‘Echo’
By Jeon Chan-il * CANNES: “Film Youth, Dong-ho” is a well-made ‘creative documentary’ that penetrates the human side of former Busan Film Festival Chairman Kim Dong-ho. Twenty-six-year-old director Yuri Lim’s “Echo”, attracted attention for its rare director’s challenge and vision even though it failed to win an award. Although it is…
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Culture
Introducing the Seoul National University International Student Association ‘SISA’
By Choi Ha-young, student reporter at Seoul National University (Languages Department) SEOUL: If you look around the Seoul National University campus, which is full of spring energy, you can see that a variety of members are together. Among them, there are a significant number of foreign students, ranging from undergraduate…
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Culture
The Eurasian Cultural Spaces: An Interview
Sameh Hussein & Nermin Amer CAIRO: On January 24, the days of the E began in Urasian Peoples’ Assembly and the VI Eurasian Literary Festival LIffTEgypt, which are held by the International Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly and the Foundation for the Promotion of Literary Projects of…
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Ana Stjelja interviews World Poets
CAIRO: Canadian publishing house the Ukiyoto Publishing has just published a book titled “Modern Talks on Poetry: interviews with world poets” by Dr Ana Stjelja. The book features 25 interviews with renowned poets of all generations from all over the world. The book Modern Talks on Poetry was created as…
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Culture
A Poet is born a Politician: Interview with Fernando Rendón
By ASHRAF ABOUL-YAZID Asia Journalists Association President CAIRO: I was about to interview the man who for more than three decades continued to sing for freedom, beauty and poetry, which made him an iconic poet of our time. This is Fernando Rendón; the renowned Colombian poet and founder and director…
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