Category: Media
THF Asia to Sponsor Choi Young Seok Cup Taekwondo Championship
By Seok-Jae Kang, Asia Journalists Association Vice President BANGKOK: THF (Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation) Asia will sponsor the annual Choi Young Seok Cup international taekwondo championships which take place in […]
Three Asian countries among world’s favorite destinations in 2023
Laos capital Vientiane (Hotels.com) LONDON: British newspaper The Telegraph has joined other international publications in lauding Laos, Japan and Sri Lanka as “must-see” tourism destinations in 2023. With the lifting […]
Controversy over Pakistani “journalist” deported from Malaysia
KUALAL LUMPUR: The fate of a Pakistani “journalist” who was deported from Malaysia upon a request from his home country has waded into controversy amid conflicting claims. Syed Fawad Ali […]
Poets from six continents participate in Silk Road Anthology for Africa
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: A total of 145 poets from 45 countries on the six continents will participate in the new edition of the Silk […]
Six out of 10 Netflix subscribers globally watched at least one K-drama in 2022
SEOUL: Six out of 10 Netflix subscribers globally watched at least one Korean title on the streaming platform this year, Netflix said Thursday. “The K-Wave is bigger than ever,” […]
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 – […]
Nurzhan Kasmalieva takes second place in In-depth Reporting Award of Silk Road Global News Awards
BISHKEK: An article by Kyrgyzstan’s Kabar News Agency journalist Nurzhan Kasmalieva took the second place in the In-depth Reporting Award of the Silk Road Global News Awards. A total of […]
‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ second-most searched keyword by South Korean users in 2022: Google
SEOUL: The title of the mega-hit Korean TV series “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” was the second-most popular search keyword on Google among South Koreans this year, the U.S. tech giant said […]
Fourth Asian Literature Festival “In Search of Asia’s Lost Faces” hosted by Asia Culture Center
By Lee Sang-ki, Publisher of THE AsiaN GWANG-JU CITY: “In Search of Asia’s Lost Faces” is the theme of the fourth Asian Literature Festival hosted by Asia Cultural Center in […]
Samsung Electronics appoints first woman president
SEOUL: The Korean woman credited with successfully promoting the image and brand of Samsung’s Galaxy mobile phones has made history at Samsung by becoming the first woman executive to be […]