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  • - Abderrahim Elallam
  • - Abdur Rahman Khan
  • - Ahmed El-Aked
  • - Amro Amin
  • - Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov
  • - Andrey Olfert
  • - Anil Giri
  • - Anuradha Koirala
  • - Ashraf Dali
  • - Bishnu Gautam
  • - Bishnu Nisthuri
  • - Bülent Keneş
  • - Chhay Sophal
  • - Christine LeClaire
  • - Crispin Maslog
  • - David Leffler
  • - Desi Tzoneva
  • - Doria J. Garms-Sotelo
  • - Dr. Sulaiman Ibrahim Al-Askari
  • - Essam Azouz
  • - Farooq Moin
  • - Fatima-Al-Zahraa M. Hassan
  • - Grigol Vashadze
  • - Hany Tolba
  • - Hooman Peimani
  • - Ivan Lim
  • - Jawad Sadiq
  • - Jhoon Rhee
  • - Kalinga Seneviratne
  • - K. F. Seetoh
  • - Kishor Shrestha
  • - M. Fethullah Gülen
  • - Mahmoud Kassen
  • - Matrika Poudel
  • - Meidyana Rayana
  • - Metin Findikci
  • - Najwa Zahhar
  • - Nantoo Banerjee
  • - Nasir Aijaz
  • - Omar Razzaz
  • - Pramod Mathur
  • - Radwa Ashraf
  • - Rahul Aijaz
  • - Ramid Huseynov
  • - Rasha Abdellah
  • - Raziv Bhandari
  • - Saida Zoghbi
  • - Sara Rai
  • - Shafiqul Bashar
  • - Shirin Ebadi
  • - Sisca Yunisa
  • - Souad Mohammed Al Sabah
  • - Sudhanya Ghosh
  • - Uwalaka Temple U.B
  • - Victor R Savage
  • - Wu Qu
  • Abderrahim Elallam

    Morroco, President of Moroccan Writers Union, Consultant & Arab Affairs in North Africa of The AsiaN

  • Abdur Rahman Khan

    Bangladesh, Contributor for The Holiday, General secretary of AJA Bangladesh chapter

  • Ahmed El-Aked

    Morocco, Writer & Researcher at Ministry of Equipment

  • Amro Amin

    Egypt, Painter, Cartoonist, Storyboards-writer for ads, TV actor

  • Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov

    Russia, Attended Kim Il-sung University, PhD in Korean History, Professor at Kookmin University

  • Andrey Olfert

    Russia, Voice of Russia

  • Anil Giri

    Nepal, Senior Sub-editor and Foreign Affairs Correspondent in The Kathmandu Post

  • Anuradha Koirala

    Nepal, Chairpreson of Maiti Nepal, CNN hero of the year 2010

  • Ashraf Dali

    Egypt, Editor of Al-Arabi Magazine in Kuwait, Chief of The AsiaN's Middle East Bureau

  • Bishnu Gautam

    Nepal, Reporter of The Rising Nepal

  • Bishnu Nisthuri

    Nepal, Founder member of AJA Nepal

  • Bülent Keneş

    Editor-in-chief, Today's Zaman Newspaper

  • Chhay Sophal

    Cambodia News Editor-in-Chief

  • Christine LeClaire

    USA, President of Service En-novate, LLC

  • Crispin Maslog

    Philippines, Senior Consultant for the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication

  • David Leffler

    USA, Executive Director at the Center for Advanced Military Science(CAMS)

  • Desi Tzoneva

    South Africa, Journalist

  • Doria J. Garms-Sotelo

    USA, The AsiaN Intern Reporter, Masters of Education in TESOL at Grand Canyon University

  • Dr. Sulaiman Ibrahim Al-Askari

    Kuwait, Editor-in-chief of Al-Arabi magazine

  • Essam Azouz

    Egypt, Cartoonist, essam.azouz@facebook.com

  • Farooq Moin

    Pakistan, Chief Editor of Pakistan Press International(PPI)

  • Fatima-Al-Zahraa M. Hassan

    Egypt, Director at Nile TV

  • Grigol Vashadze

    Foreign Minister of Georgia

  • Hany Tolba

    Egypt, Cartoonist

  • Hooman Peimani

    Singapore, Head of the Energy Security Division, Principal Fellow in the Energy Studies Institute

  • Ivan Lim

    Singapore, President of Asia Journalist Association

  • Jawad Sadiq

    Morocco, Researcher, President of Moroccan Malaysian Co-operration Society

  • Jhoon Rhee

    Korea, President of International 10021 Club

  • Kalinga Seneviratne

    Sri Lanka, Reporter for Asian Media & Information Centre (AMIC) in Singapore

  • K. F. Seetoh

    Singapore, Food Photojournalist

  • Kishor Shrestha

    Nepal, Board Director of the Press Council Nepal

  • M. Fethullah Gülen

    Muslim scholar in the Sunni tradition, honorary chairman of the Istanbul-based Journalists and Writers Foundation

  • Mahmoud Kassen

    Egypt, Cinema Critic

  • Matrika Poudel

    Nepal, Desk coordinator at News24 TV

  • Meidyana Rayana

    Indonesia, Intern Reporter, Graduate Student of Political Science and Economics at Korea University

  • Metin Findikci

    Turkey, Poet & Translator or Kitap & Artshop Publishing Houses, Arab Communities in Europe of The AsiaN

  • Najwa Zahhar

    Jordan, Syrian Writer & Organizer of cultural activities, Head of Society Affairs Dept. at The AsiaN

  • Nantoo Banerjee

    India, Consulting Editor and Weekly Columnist at the India Press Agency

  • Nasir Aijaz

    Pakistan, Pakistan Press International Editor, Contributor for The AsiaN

  • Omar Razzaz

    Jordan, Ex-Director, Social Insurance Authority

  • Pramod Mathur

    India, SPOTFILMS CEO, FORMEDIA Chairman

  • Radwa Ashraf

    Egypt, Managing Editor of the AsiaN's Middle East Bureau

  • Rahul Aijaz

    Pakistan, Photographer

  • Ramid Huseynov

    Azerbaijan, Journalist

  • Rasha Abdellah

    UAE, Journalist, Professor Assistant in psychology at Ajman University

  • Raziv Bhandari

    Nepal, Dept.of e-Business at Gyeonggi College of Science and Technology

  • Saida Zoghbi

    Tunisia, Editor & Presenter of Tunisian Radio & Television, Consultant of AV Media Content at The AsiaN

  • Sara Rai

    Nepal, Manager at KISSA(Korea International Students Support Association)

  • Shafiqul Bashar

    Bangladesh, President of AJA Bangladesh Chapter

  • Shirin Ebadi

    Iran, Lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 2003

  • Sisca Yunisa

    Indonesia, Post production Coordinator in Binus TV that is based in Binus University in Jakarta

  • Souad Mohammed Al Sabah

    Kuwait, Member of Kuwaiti Royal Family, Poet, Founder of the Suad alSabah Publishing

  • Sudhanya Ghosh

    India, Intern Reporter, Bachelor of Law at University of Calcutta

  • Uwalaka Temple U.B

    Nigeria, The AsiaN Intern Reporter, MBA at SolBridge International School of Business, Korea

  • Victor R Savage

    Singapore, Professor of National University of Singapore

  • Wu Qu

    China, Graduate of the Department of Mass Media and Journalism at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea

Savar tragedy opens eyes to labour issues in Bangladesh’s RMG industry

Savar tragedy opens eyes to labour issues in Bangladesh’s RMG industry

Shafiqul Bashar

Bangladesh, President of AJA Bangladesh Chapter

Bangladesh army soldiers and others gather at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure’s collapse last month, in Savar, near Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The Islamic pra

15 May 2013

Wrong person suffers five years in jail because of namesake with real culprit

DHAKA — A man, who was illegally imprisoned in a murder case as the accused was his namesake, was freed on Tuesday (14 August) on a court’s order after spending five years in jail. The jail authorities released him from the Bangladesh High Court premises in D

Shafiqul Bashar | news@theasian.asia | 16 Aug 2012

Bangladesh PM refuses to take in any more Rohingya

DHAKA, 29 July: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government cannot afford to allow in any more Rohingyas fleeing persecution in the neighbouring Myanmar. She said her country is already overpopulated and it is not Bangladesh’s responsibility to help all

Shafiqul Bashar | news@theasian.asia | 30 Jul 2012

High Security Prison In Bangladesh To Confine Militants

DHAKA, 14 July– Bangladesh has set up a high security prison near its capital Dhaka where top criminals including the Islamist militants and extremists will be confined. The prison, to be known as ‘Kashimpur High Security Central Jail’ was formally inaugurated

Shafiqul Bashar | news@theasian.asia | 14 Jul 2012

Five million drug addicts in Bangladesh

DHAKA– While Bangladesh has been facing a worst form of drug menace, a senior official of the government disclosed that the number of drug addicts in the country would be around five million at this moment.   Khandaker Mohammed Ali, Director General (DG) of Narcot

Shafiqul Bashar | news@theasian.asia | 1 Jul 2012

Bangladesh fears fresh militancy with unrest in Myanmar

DHAKA, June 16 – The outbreak of sectarian violence in neighbouring Myanmar’s bordering Rakhine state apparently exposed frontier south-eastern region of Bangladesh to threats of militancy afresh, security officials and public representatives said. A report

Shafiqul Bashar | news@theasian.asia | 19 Jun 2012

Dhaka: UNHCR must solve root cause of Myanmar refugee

DHAKA, June 13 — Bangladesh Wednesday (June 13) denied the idea of harboring Myanmar refugees into Bangladesh further as Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni is scheduled to hold dialogue with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) next week.     The foreign mini

Shafiqul Bashar | news@theasian.asia | 14 Jun 2012

Bangladesh helps Myanmar solve sectarian violence

Bangladesh helps Myanmar solve sectarian violence

Shafiqul Bashar

Bangladesh, President of AJA Bangladesh Chapter

Bangladeshi Border Guard (BGB) soldiers keep watch at a wharf in Taknaf, Bangladesh, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> DHAKAㅡ Bangladesh is in close consultations with Myanmar to check the influx of Rohingya refugees following the sectarian violence in Rakhine

13 Jun 2012

Bangladesh Scenario for Counter Terrorism

Bangladesh Scenario for Counter Terrorism

Shafiqul Bashar

Bangladesh, President of AJA Bangladesh Chapter

Bangladesh denounces terrorism in all its forms and manifestation. Bangladeshi media has already shown its strong commitment against terrorism. Much of it was done through investigative reporting which helped to create awareness among the policymakers and to shape public

22 Nov 2011

TopN - Today's Asia

'Friends of Syria' meeting: US, allies to increase support to Syrian rebels

Bangladesh Scenario for Counter Terrorism
Andrei Lankov

Kaesong: A 'hot potato' for N. Korea

Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov

Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov

Russia, Attended Kim Il-sung University, PhD in Korean History, Leningrad State University, Professor at Australian National University(1996), Professor at Kookmin University, Contributor for The AsiaN

So far, the Kaesong industrial zone, the largest intra-Korean economic project, has survived three nuclear tests, a number of long-range missile launches and a few armed clashes on the Korean peninsula. All these have killed other under ...

Ashraf Dali

Tehran celebrates publishing of Ashraf Aboul-Yazid's poems in Persian

Ashraf Dali

Ashraf Dali

Egypt, Editor of Al-Arabi Magazine in Kuwait, Chief of The AsiaN's Middle East Bureau

Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid celebrated the publishing of his poems in Persian during Tehran International Book Fair. The ceremony started by reciting poems in Arabic, by the poet, and their equivalent in Persian, by ...

Bishnu Gautam

350 climbers including handless Nepali reach atop Mt. Everest, 4 dead

Bishnu Gautam

Bishnu Gautam

Nepal, Reporter of The Rising Nepal

Kathmandu - Nearly 350 climbers reached atop Mt. Everest by May 20 this year. A total of 94 climbers, including Sudarshan Gautam, a handless (not having both hands) Nepali, reached atop Mount Everest on Monday, thanks to the favourable ...

Nasir Aijaz

NGOs hide identity for fear of militants in restive Balochistan Province

Nasir Aijaz

Nasir Aijaz

Pakistan, Pakistan Press International Editor, Contributor for The AsiaN

Quetta, Balochistan - A grave situation prevails in restive Balochistan province of Pakistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, where the civil society organizations have removed boards and name plates from their office buildings, their s ...

Pramod Mathur

Can India's government empower its people?

Pramod Mathur

Pramod Mathur

India, SPOTFILMS CEO, FORMEDIA Chairman

Commercial forestry: A legacy of British rule The Indian politician and the bureaucrat have struggled for the past 65 years to shed the legacy and the mechanisms of British rule and empower the people but have failed...why? As is ...

Radwa Ashraf

[Book Review] The Bamboo Stick: Dispersion between two worlds

Radwa Ashraf

Radwa Ashraf

Egypt, Managing Editor of the AsiaN's Middle East Bureau, Graduate Student of Mass Communication and Journalism at Ahram Canadian University

The Bamboo Stick: Dispersion between two worlds "The Bamboo Stick" is a novel by Kuwaiti writer Saud Al-Sanousi, which recently won the Booker prize for Arabic novels. It shows the story of Eissa or José, whose mother is Filipino while h ...

Ivan Lim

Common Sense Approach to Conflicts in East Asia

Ivan Lim

Ivan Lim

Singapore, President of Asia Journalist Association

Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor's Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea's nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and de ...

Ashraf Dali - The Road to Shamawes

For the first time Emad comes near Viola’s villa where she instructed the guards to let him into a room on the ground floor. A guard told her Emad was not alone, which she didn’t object to. Emad and his uncle entered a room which ...

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