• Business

    As Asian cities sink affecting 600 million people, managed retreat must be tabled

    By Crispin Maslog MANILA: Even as Asia’s megacities continue to submerge, officials of one small Philippine city are planning a major US$460 million reclamation project that will damage or sink their beautiful seaside city into the dark blue southern sea. Scientists and environmentalists have called on the local government of Dumaguete…

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  • Business

    Vietnam’s economic hub struggles to curb new Covid-19 outbreak

        By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri Online Newspaper HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam’s biggest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is experiencing the largest ever Covid-19 outbreak which seems hard to curb despite strict preventive measures by local authorities. Medical staff shortage…

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  • Society

    In Jeju, the fantasy of turning all traffic lights green in an emergency is real

    JEJU, South Korea: The telecom advertisement shows an emergency vehicle rushing a pregnant woman to a hospital, and thanks to a smart transport system, all the traffic lights are green. Such a system is not a dream of the future; it currently exists on the southern resort island of Jeju.…

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  • Society

    Kyrgyzstan faces third wave of COVID-19; Cabinet says situation under control

    By Nurzhan Kasmalieva  BISHKEK: Health authorities in Kyrgyzstan have announced that the third wave of COVID-19 has begun in the country as the epidemiological situation has deteriorated sharply lately. The statistics show that the daily number of new cases is more than 1,000 per day. Minister of Health and Social Development…

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  • GCS International successfully holds virtual meetings

    By Seok-Jae Kang GCS International Secretary-General Vice President of the Asian Journalists Association  SEOUL: GCS International held virtual meetings with its national chapters on June 22, drawing a total of 84 representatives from 57 countries. Dr. Chungwon Choue, president of GCS International, hosted a virtual meeting with 33 leaders from…

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  • IT-Science

    World celebrates World Oceans Day today

      By the United Nations The Ocean: Life and livelihoods The ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth. The ocean produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen, it is home to most of…

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  • IT-Science

    ECO-VILLAGES: A new yet prominent approach towards an ecologically sustainable environment

      By Suchismita Ghoshal  ABSTRACT :  Despite  today’s widespread reference to sustainability, initiatives are still quite limited. Ecovillages are communities that carry out an embodiment of sustainable practices and focus on inspiring society as models for alternative lifestyles. The goal of this paper is to analyze the meanings associated with…

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  • Society

    COVID-19 developments, reports top AJA virtual meeting

    SEOUL: The latest COVID-19 national developments and vaccination drives topped the agenda of the Asia Journalists Association (AJA) meeting. Held virtually, the meeting brought together members from Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, Germany and Bahrain. The Korean team was reinforced by Dahye Min, Asia N Reporter, whose…

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  • Business

    Golden Rice’s unfulfilled promise

    By Crispin Maslog MANILA: Golden Rice, announced two decades ago as the answer to Vitamin A deficiency, is nowhere near production. In 2000, a Time magazine cover announced the sprouting of “Golden Rice”, promising to enhance nutrition for millions of poverty-stricken rice-eating Asians. The magazine showed the father of Golden…

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  • Business

    Chungcheongnam-do, one of the richest provinces in South Korea

    By Dr. Hassan Hamida Kiel, Germany CHUNGCHEONGNAM-DO: During the Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula, the Chungcheongnam-do was known as “Chusei-nan” Province and since 1910. The name has changed when it became from after one of the eight provinces of South Korea, and this immediately after the division of the…

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