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West Asia
#TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia Social Media Campaign
There has been a social media campaign that started on March 15 with the hashtag #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia. This hashtag is referring to the people of Somalia that are currently experiencing a life-threatening famine and now this social media campaign is raising awareness to the issue. According to the UN humanitarian office,…
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World
[AsiaNNews] Inarguration gangwon film commisssion
The inaugural ceremony of the Gangwon Film Commission was held on Thursday, March 16th.
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East Asia
The “Real Asia Pivot”: Trump Will Do What Obama Only Talked About
Former President Obama should be given credit for recognizing this and for attempting, however weakly and ineffectively, to transition American attention further east. Ironically, due to his Administration’s failures, it is likely to be the successor to America’s self-purported “First Pacific President,” the ever-pugnacious but unabashedly pro-American Donald Trump, who…
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Politics
East Timor will choose a new president
The people of East Timor will choose their new president on March 20, 2017. The current president of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak (TMR) has announced the electoral campaign will begin on March 3 until March 18, 2017. TMR said he will not be campaigning again for the presidential election…
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South East Asia
Ashraf Aboul-Yazid signs “the Memory of Silence” in Mumbai Poetry Festival
In Mumbai, 22nd and 23rd April 2017, a Paperwall Media and Publishing Initiative hosts its Mumbai Poetry Festival in the New Library Hall, in Mumbai- a city of dreams. PMP has been a part of the publishing industry for the past 25 years. It began in 1992 with Abhidha, a journal…
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Society
Feminism as a Platform for Communication
Feminism has come to mean many things over the years. Sometimes it is used as an excuse to be angry. Other times, it is used to further the divide between the liberals and the conservatives. And while everyone has their own claim to the word, the original intent of Feminism…
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East Asia
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East Asia
Flavor Master Certificate (FMC): Professor David Kamen Interview
1. In Korea, there are more people are interested in different flavors in their coffees rather than just as a habit. How do you think about the changes in consumer behavior? We are noticing all around the world that bigger bolder flavors and flavor combinations are becoming more popular. Here…
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East Asia
China, US forge interconnected ties 45 years after signing of Shanghai Communiqué
By Zhang Mengxu from People’s Daily China and the US have forged a closer relationship with interwoven destinies 45 years after they signed the Shanghai Communiqué on February 28, 1972, a document ended 23 years of diplomatic estrangement between the two countries. Forty-five years ago, then US President Richard Nixon…
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East Asia
China advocates ‘BRICS+’ model of open cooperation
By Zhao Cheng (赵成)from People’s Daily BRICS members should launch more outreach dialogue to benefit more parties with their cooperation, foster a “BRICS+” model of open cooperation, and set up a more broad-based South-South cooperation platform for the common development of emerging market economies and developing countries, State Councilor Yang…
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