• South East Asia

    Samsung Fulfilled its Promises

    SAMSUNG, the largest phone maker in South Korea, is also the third largest in the world. This impressed me and other journalists from 50 countries, when we visited one of its Research and Development (R&D) Centres in 2009. A high ranking official at the press briefing then said, Samsung would…

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  • Islamic Organisation for Food Security established in Kazakhstan

    Member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) established the Islamic Organisation for Food Security on 28 April in Kazakhstan. The new initiative has been created after the 7th Islamic Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development of the OIC in Astana. Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, Assylzhan…

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  • Russia and China to Increase Military Exercises

    Russia and China announced the increase of joint military exercises in 2016. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu met with Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan on April 27. The talks were held at the 5th Moscow International Security Conference, TASS reports. Shoigu said: “We highly appreciate a high level of Russian-Chinese…

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  • East Asia

    Empowering Lives Through Photography

    Thomas Tham Joo Kit is a Malaysian photographer residing in Singapore. A volunteer consultant to 4 NGOs located in Asia, Thomas steps forward to help in building better life for the disadvantaged people. He is involved in infrastructure, social and life skill programs and connecting NGOs to galvanize and share…

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  • Russia and China Increase Military Spending

    Stockholm International Peace Research Institution (SIPRI) published a report about increased military expenditure in 2015. The world’s total military expenditure was $1.7 trillion in 2015. It increased 1 percent from the previous year. The five biggest spenders are the US, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and the UK. According to the…

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  • South East Asia

    Youth lifestyles shape the “halal industry”

    MALAYSIA is doing well in the halal industry as there are more than 5,500 halal certified companies with 92% are small medium entrepreneurs, thus showing the robustness of this sector. In Arabic, halal is defined as permissable to use or engage according to Islamic law. In 2011, the industry created…

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  • South East Asia

    Obituary: Khairul Bashar, AJA member

    Mass Communication expert and noted journalist Prof Khairul Bashar passed away on 26 December (Saturday) night at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was 78. He was suffering from severe lung disease. He left behind his wife, a son and two daughters. His body was taken to his home…

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  • South East Asia

    Another former sex slave dies; 46 victims remain

    Choi Gap-sun, 96, a victim of the Japanese military’s sexual enslavement of women from Korea and other Asian nations, died on Saturday, according to a civic group. With Choi’s death, the number of Korean survivors of sexual slavery during World War II has dropped to 46. Including Choi, nine have…

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  • South East Asia

    Heavy Snow alert in Korea

    Heavy snow alert has been issued on 30 cities and regional districts throughout the nation Thursday morning, including Seoul, Incheon and those in Gyeonggi, North Chungcheong and North Gyeongsang Provinces. Korea Meteorological Administration has issued the alert early this morning on Incheon and southern provinces and later at 7:10 a.m.…

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  • South East Asia

    Geoje International Photo Festival: Photographers community gathers in Geoje Island

    November 27 marked my first visit to Geoje Island, the second largest island in Korea. The reason was quite simple and interesting. My photographs had been selected as part of the first Geoje International Photo Festival and I was also on assignment to cover the festival. The two-day journey to…

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