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Korean wins prestigious King Faisal Prize award for lifetime work
RIYADH: A Korean who taught Arabic language and Islamic sciences at the Universities of Myeongji and Hankook for Foreign Studies was awarded one of the world’s most prestigious prizes – The King Faisal Prize. He is the first Korean to receive a King Faisal Prize award, Professor Choi Young Kil-Hamed…
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World Poetry Movement national coordinators to meet virtually
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: World Poetry Movement (WPM) in Africa called all poets and country national coordinators in the continent to attend WPM Africa’s Virtual Continental Congress on January 21 – 22. The WPM Coordinating Committee appointed four continental directors and 106 leaders and national committees…
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Society
2,155 babies born on first day of New Year in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT: 2,155 babies were born ON the first day of the new year in Uzbekistan, local media reported, quoting the health ministry. The figure is lower than 2021 when 2,316 were born, but higher than the number in 2018 (1,961), 2019 (1,708), 2020 (1,974) and 2021 (1644). The babies born…
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Business
Bahrain’s New Year Eve celebrations: Fireworks, shows amid renewed hope
MANAMA: Bahrain welcomed in the new year amid renewed optimism shared by the thousands of people who braved the cold evening temperatures to gather in various places and treat their eyes and senses to a dazzling fireworks display. At Avenues Park, large crowds joined in the glow of the new…
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Politics
South Korea’s ex-President Lee granted special presidential pardon
SEOUL: President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday granted wide-ranging special pardons to former President Lee Myung-bak and a series of high-profile politicians and former officials convicted of corruption and other irregularities during the previous administrations. Former South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo, a close confidant of former President Moon Jae-in,…
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Sri Lanka’s ousted president Rajapaksa leaves for US
former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left for the United States of America. According to local reports, he boarded a plane for Dubai on the first leg of his travel to the US. He reportedly left Sri Lanka via the VIP Terminal at the…
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Culture
From Kazakhstan to Egypt: The Medal of International Elitist Union of Public Diplomacy
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: The Kazakh writer and translator, Bakhit Rustamov, combines being a writer outside the local borders and a practitioner of popular diplomacy – acting an important role in friendship between the peoples of the world. I met him personally for the first time…
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Messi of Arabia: A Bisht for the Best
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: Football doesn’t only give its lessons from playing on the field, but also other lessons, revealed by the sport sociology that are not less important in playing outside the green rectangle. The most important sporting event, in parallel with the Olympic…
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Malaysian King has not taken salary since start of COVID-19
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah has not taken a salary since COVID-19 hit the country because he is concerned with the economic situation that has taken its toll on people’s livelihood, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. “I want to inform you that His Majesty has rejected taking salary since the…
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Society
Korean age to be eliminated as South Korea set to unify age counting system
SEOUL: Korea’s National Assembly on Thursday passed a set of bills requiring the use of international age counting system in all judicial and administrative areas, rather than the unique “Korean age” counting system. Under the revisions to the Civil Act and the General Act on Public Administration that are slated…
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