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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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Here and there, Hell on Earth and peace in space

By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: We start from the Earth where there are continents, seas, countries. There are borders between countries and people. Everything is organized in such a way that these borders are maintained and that no one, country or person, crosses the defined borders. On Earth, there…
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Politics

Upshot of the July 11, 2020 General Election in Singapore

By Ivan Lim, Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: In 2020, politics in Singapore threw up some surprises. Despite misgivings, the government went ahead, in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic, to hold a general election in which conventional door-to-door campaigning and open-air party rallies had to be replaced by…
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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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Business

Read to save ground water

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid ACCRA: Dr. Wale Okediran, Secretary General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) gave the opening address at Kole Gono Community Library, Accra, Ghana, celebrating the Water World Day on March 22. The event was attended by the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, and the UNESCO Country…
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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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Society

One hundred years after his death, Russian Poet Nikolai Gumilev resumes his travels

By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Ashraf Dali) Asia Journalist Association President CAIRO: Nikolai Gumilev (April 15, 1886 – August 26, 1921) was an influential Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a cofounder of the Acheist Movement in Russian poetry. He was the husband of the well-known Russian poetess…
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Society

Contact-free smart libraries rise in pandemic era

By YONHAP News Agency SEOUL: On her way home from work, Lim Kyung-nan, a mother of two living in Anyang, occasionally borrows books from a smart library, an unmanned book-rental machine, usually installed at subway stations. “I usually can’t go to community libraries since I leave my work in the late…
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Society

World Hangung Association signs MOU with Korean Senior Citizens Association

By Seok-Jae Kang Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: The World Hangung Association (WHA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korean Senior Citizens Association (KSCA) in a ceremony at the latter’s headquarters in Seoul, Korea on March 4. The MOU was inked between Hu Kwang, president of the…
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Society

World Taekwondo President awarded Honorary Doctorate from Dankook University in Korea

By Seok-Jae Kang Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue received an honorary doctorate in science from Dankook University in Yongin, Korea on March 7 in recognition of his dedication to the global promotion of taekwondo and peace through sport, which is closely aligned with the…
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