• Culture

    Korean Ambassador to Egypt dances to Nubian rhythms

    Ambassador Hong Jin-wook By Aya Medhat Korean Culture Promotion Ambassador at the Korean embassy CAIRO: South Korean Ambassador to Egypt Hong Jin-wook has continued to show his love and support for Egypt, this time in the Nubian way, during his recent visit to Aswan. The ambassador fell in love with…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan plunges into constitutional crisis

    Opposition members review their options (Twitter) By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s political crisis took a new turn on Sunday when the judiciary stepped in after the President Arif Alvi approved dissolution of parliament for holding the elections afresh on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Chief…

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  • Politics

    Korea: Yoon nominates ex-PM Han as prime minister

    SEOUL: President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday nominated former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo as the first prime minister of his incoming government. Han is the first person to be named to the Cabinet of the Yoon administration, which will launch on May 10, YONHAP news agency reports. Yoon said in explaining…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan’s National Assembly dissolved at PM’s request

    By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi, has approved the advice of the Prime Minister to dissolve the National Assembly under the Article 58 (1) read with Article 48(1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, says a brief official announcement…

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  • Politics

    War, destruction, death, peace… and then?

    By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: Worn out and worried, abandoned and fearful people. Serious faces of the soldiers who feed themselves from sources of their own euphoria until the next raid. Commanders who push the soldiers into the front line to burn and smolder – some stay and burn…

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  • Business

    Kyrgyzstan’s nature, culture wows Dubai EXPO 2020 visitors

    BISHKEK: EXPO 2020 in Dubai will end soon, on March 31. Kyrgyzstan participated in the EXPO by opening its pavilion on 115 squаre meters among other 200 countries participating in it. To date, more than 20 million people have visited EXPO 2020. According to data of standist of the Kyrgyz…

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  • Politics

    War: Displacement, suffering and misery

    By Dr. Hassan Humeida   Kiel, Germany: There is no good news here on Earth right now. Every day there is only frustrating and sad news instead. These are as a result of the raging war with all its atrocities: fear, anxiety, flight, misery, death and destruction. The supply for…

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  • Culture

    Human rights for all people at all times, even during wars

    By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: Citation-I: “The many receiving countries are doing their best to receive and take in the war refugees without any narrow ethnic or religious leanings – Title of the article: Standing together during the arduous challenges of war, written by Hassan Humeida” Citation-II: “Here, only…

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  • Business

    African World Poetry Movement coordinators: Our Earth, Our Responsibility

      By The AsiaN Editor CAIRO: An online meeting was attended by six African national coordinators of World Poetry Movement drew a plan map for the movement in the continent. The meeting, on March 10, had an agenda to give an induction of the coordinators on the work and programs…

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  • Society

    When a woman feels good, the Universe smiles – Kyrgyzstan President

    BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov has congratulated the women of his country on International Women’s Day, stressing that the special day came with the first breath of a gentle spring breeze. “On the fragile shoulders of a woman, not only home comfort and family well-beinga re kept, but also peace…

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