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Senior N.Korean Diplomat Defected to S.Korea

Cuban medical contingent nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in Japan Cuban medical contingent nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in Japan Tokyo, Jan 21 (Prensa Latina) The rector of the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies of Japan, Matsuda Takeshi, presented his nomination to the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for Cubas Henry Reeve medical contingent, diplomatic sources reported on Thursday. According to the Cuban Embassy in Japan, the academic made the proposal through the online platform of the Norwegian N...

Lin Zhipeng of his newly republished photo book, Flowers and Fruits. Bringing together images from the past 15 years, the book’s simple title belies its compellingly human pages, which document a sprawl of ecstatic, messy, beautiful, and at times lonely moments of the lives of the photographer’s friends. While Zhipeng is now a profilic photographer, it wasn’t always his ambition in life to become an image-maker. Born in Guangdong, China in 1979, he studied financial English at Guangdong ...

While the coronavirus rages in Japan, the new standardized university entrance exam will be held this coming weekend for the first time. Examinees in ･･･

The leader of a South Korean religious sect, Lee Man-hee has been found not guilty of breaking virus control laws.Lee, who heads the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was however found guilty of embezzlement and given a suspended sentence, the BBC ...

Korea to hold Hindi language proficiency test biannually Posted : 2021-01-08 14:32 Updated : 2021-01-08 15:03 Indian Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" speaks as other participants listen, Jan. 6, during an online symposium titled "Hindi in Korea: Current State and Future Directions," to mark World Hindi Day which fell Jan. 10. Hosted by the Indian Cultural Centre, the symposium was held in cooperation with the Center for Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Critical Foreign ...

Japanese officials reach out to Kurdish immigrant community from Turkey    2021/01/01 18:21 Ethnic Kurds living in Japan accompany a local police patrol in the city of Kawaguchi. (Photo: Vakkas Colak). ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - A police station in a city outside Tokyo has reached out to the local Kurdish community from Turkey by publishing newspapers for free in the Turkish language. Japan has a small community of around 2,500 Kurds, most of them since the 1990s when hundreds of Kur...

Dec 28, 2020 Nagoya – Nearly 60 years ago, a largely forgotten, cross-continental peace march brought together two of the greatest tragedies of World War II: the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Holocaust. As detailed in Ran Zwigenberg’s “Hiroshima: The Origins of Global Memory Culture,” in January 1962, a procession of young student activists, peace activists and Buddhist monks, set off from Hiroshima on a march all the way to Auschwitz, the site of one of the...

Posted on December 26th, 2020 KAMALIKA PIERIS There are three aspects to a local discussion on China, the role of China in Sri Lanka, the role of China in the world and the role of China in Marxism. Let us start with the last item. The latest development in Marxism is ‘Socialism with Chinese Characteristics,’ said analysts.     China is now projecting its brand of Communism as a possible model for other countries and western economies should take a look at it. Ch...

Japan calls on Germany to send warship to East Asia Tokyo is building alliances with like-minded nations around the world as it seeks to counter Chinas aggressive expansionist policies in the Indo-Pacific region. A German frigate at the port of Wilhelmshaven in the state of Lower Saxony The Japanese government has called on Germany to send a warship to East Asia in the year ahead as Tokyo looks to bolster international support for its vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.    Japanese...