Category: Media
UNESCO: 55 journalists killed in 2021; 87% of all journalist killings since 2006 still unresolved
PARIS: Fifty-five journalists and media workers were killed around the world in 2021, according to UNESCO data. “The UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists collected fifty-five journalist killings in 2021. Two-thirds […]
The Year of Arabian Nights announced by the Silk Road Literature Anthology
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid CAIRO: Arabian Nights is a literary work inspired the world’s creators, whether they were poets, novelists, painters, or film, theater makers and music composers. It is a world […]
Creator of Squid Game wins Straits Times Asian Award
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: The creator of the Squid Game, a drama series about survival of the fittest in a capitalist eco-system, South Korean Hwang […]
[Hye-tak Seok’s Economic Talk] The metaverse is already breathing with us
Photo caption: Neil Stevenson’s 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash was the first to mention the metaverse, which has even been considered the next version of the Internet. The metaverse […]
Recalling an interview with Yasser Arafat on the anniversary of his death
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: It was around midnight when we got the much-awaited call announcing that the “Chairman” would meet us within a couple of hours at an hotel transformed […]
Shuttered Singapore media website may hit back from overseas
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: An independent socio-political website, at the heart of a recent defamation suit by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has gone […]
Truth to power
By Alin Ferrer-Garganera MANILA: Maria Ressa won the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 8, 2021. This is quite significant for many Filipinos. It is the first time the Nobel Peace […]
A train crosses the rivers Indus, Nile and Volga
By Rahul Aijaz KARACHI: A train leaves the station near the Indus River in Sindh province in Pakistan, goes through the Nile River in Egypt and finally arrives at the Volga […]
Kyrgyzstan launches process of national planning for adaptation to climate change
By Nurzhan Kasmalieva BISHKEK: The Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Technical Control of the Kyrgyz Republic, together with UNDP in the Kyrgyz Republic, launched the process of national climate change […]
Dr. Chungwon Choue re-elected World Taekwondo President
By Seok-Jae Kang GCS International Secretary General, Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: Dr. Chungwon Choue was reelected as World Taekwondo President for the term 2021 to 2025 by electronic […]