Call for Submissions: Poetry Planetariat # 9

Dozens of people in need express gratitude for my compassion – Koffa

Interview by CAJ journalists MONROVIA: Hon. Cllr. Jonathan Fonati Koffa, the Deputy Speaker of Liberia’s Parliament, is not just a politician...

Malaysia: Three-year jail term for selling, buying rainbow Swatch

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has warned that anyone buying or selling LGBTQ-themed Swatch watches could face prison terms of up to three...

Two Asians win U.S. Award for Global Anti-Racism Champions

WASHINGTON: Two Asian nationals, a Bangladeshi and a Nepalese, were among the six laureates worldwide hailed for winning the first...

Bishkek hosts Second Kyrgyz-Korean Business Forum

By Nurzhan Kasmalieva BISHKEK: Bishkek hosted the Second Kyrgyz-Korean business forum in the field of textile and light industry, organized...

Korean iconic poet Ko Un celebrates his 90th birthday

By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Jourbnalists Association SEOUL: When Dr. Sangwha, professor, poet, translator and wife of my dear friend,...

70 years after it was created … Is DMZ a geographical wound across Korea or a fortress to preserve status-quo?

By Habib Toumi SEOUL: Seventy years after the bloodshed ended with the division of the Korean Peninsula along the 38th...

Ukrainian diplomat in Seoul recalled for assaulting Korean police officer

A Korean police officer on duty (Yonhap) SEOU: A Ukrainian diplomat stationed in Seoul has been summoned back home over...

Climate in Asia: Land and ocean warming, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, sea ice loss

GENEVA: The global climate system is complex. In order to help understand such complexity, the WMO State of the Climate...

Central Asian diplomats, US Special Representative for Afghanistan meet in Astana

By Kuban Abdymen ASTANA: Special US Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West made a visit to Astana to participate in a...