Category: Asia
Kyrgyzstan purchases record number of cars
By Kuban Andymen BISHKEK: In the first three months of 2024, vehicle registration fees in Kyrgyzstan reached 438.7 million soms (about $5 million). This is significantly higher than last year’s […]
Arab Summit in Bahrain: Exceptional in its place, timing and agenda
MANAMA: The Arab Summit to be held on Thursday in Bahrain will be exceptional in its place, timing and agenda, a senior Bahraini official has said. The 33rd Arab Summit […]
Special Korean Zhenped in Incheon – KIWU
By Kuban Andymen INCHEON – BISHKEK: Before gaining independence in Kyrgyzstan, the only Women’s Pedagogical Institute named after Mayakovsky successfully operated in the country, briefly known as Zhenped. The institute […]
Incheon, City of International Peace, grand ambitions
By Habib Toumi INCHEON: Incheon Metropolitan City is set to become an international meeting point for people from across the world, its vice mayor has said. “Featuring the world’s best […]
Korea’s Miracle OK Language School answers foreign workers’ prayers
By Habib Toumi Pocheon City, South Korea: In small groups of six and eight, the students sat avidly around a white table, taking in every word uttered by their teacher […]
Kyung-In Women’s University: Dedication to excellence is palpable
By Habib Toumi KYUNG-IN, KOREA: University campuses are usually noisily loud. The mobiles, the music, the brouhaha when sharing jokes, the uproar in the neighborhood … However, the campus of […]
DMZ: The zone where the 1950-1953 Korean War never ended
By Habib Toumi SEOUL: As she was looking into North Korea from the Dora Observatory at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Khadija was enveloped by an eerie feeling that mixed dramatic […]
Korean Folklore Village: The pull of history keeps traditions alive
By Habib Toumi SEOUL: Around 40 kilometers south of the skyscrapers and high-tech facilities that define the ultramodern Korean capital Seoul, a folk village displays more than 600 years of […]
Seoul to upgrade ties with Asean
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: THE Asean bloc is back in the limelight as South Korea aims to activate President Yoon Suk-yeol’s Korea-Asean Solidarity ( […]
Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project delayed due to international pressure – Iranian Envoy
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH: Consul General of Islamic Republic of Iran Mr. Hassan Nourian says that the international pressure was the main cause behind delay in […]