Category: Column/Editorial
Salman of Saudi Arabia; A New King, an Old Policy
For the last few months, the dramatic fall in oil prices marked the Arab Gulf States with fear, anger and hostile actions. The unexpected slash of oil prices forced local […]
[Exclusive Report] Environmental Disaster in world’s 4th biggest Thar Desert: Thousands of Gugral trees dry up due to illegal extraction of resin
Like in the past, hundreds of kilograms of gum, illegally extracted from Camphora Mukal, the gum-producing trees, locally known as Gugral, by using poisonous chemical, were being transported in vehicles […]
Psy, Return to Gangnam Style
Every day on our way to my two daughters’ school, I am asked by both of them to play a selection of songs in the car CD player; the Egyptian […]
Extremism haunts Pakistan’s Nobel Laureates
Pakistan’s two citizens – Theoretical Physicist Dr. Abdus Salam and a teen-age girl Malala Yousufzai won Nobel Prize, one in 1979 and the other after 35 years in 2014, but […]
Gangnam style sends Nepali youth into raptures
In what seems to be the first public display of its kind in Nepal, Manang Marsyangdi Club (MMC) players and supporters danced to the tune of “Gangnam Style” at Dashrath […]
Human trafficking persists in post-conflict Nepal
Understanding the historical dimensions of the fight against human trafficking is important for several reasons. Although many scholars working on the issue of human trafficking offer some sort of recognition […]
[AJA Global Report] Algeria’s relations with China and South Korea
Over the past decade Algeria received growing interests by many Asian countries and its relations with China are hot topics of discussion for scholars and journalists. The Algeria-Korea relation will […]
How to solve the divided families between South and North Korea?
According to official statistics produced by the Ministry of Unification, as of 30th June 2014 there were 129,553 South Koreans registered as ‘members of divided families’. This is an official […]
The Tale of the 3 Shipbuilding Nations
The Tale of the 3 Shipbuilding Nations–a meteorological breakthrough 2014 Hwang sunghyuk / Hwang&Company,Ltd. The shipbuilding market, which had remained shrunk since 2008, has seemingly started to be picking up […]
Kim Jong Un trying to cleanse South Korean TV films
It seems that Kim Jong Un is getting serious about ideological threats – at least, this is what a number of reliable and unconnected sources have claimed to be the […]