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The Jedol Day of Korea

The Jedol Day of Korea

Jaecheon Choi (Professor at the Ecological Sciences Department of Ewha Women’s University, Dean of the National Ecology Institute) –  July 17th is Constitution Day. The day was promulgated as a national holiday in 1949 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Republic of Korea as a constitutional republic. July 17th is also the date the […]

Disbanding the Korean Imperial Army

Disbanding the Korean Imperial Army

Min Byung Don (ROK Reserve Army General) – On a rainy morning on August 1st 1907, Commander Yang Sung Hwan and his cavalry, artillery, and infantry officers of the Imperial Guards were summoned to the office of Hasegawa, the Japanese Imperial Army Commander. There, the Minister of the Military, Lee Byung Moo, read the Emperor’s edict. […]

First Soviet McDonald’s opens in 1990

First Soviet McDonald’s opens in 1990

The first McDonalds opened its doors to thousands of people in the date of January 31, 1990. Russian people stand in a long line to taste the Western burger. It was a symbolic date of the late Soviet period.

Chinese Ambassador Liu Xiaoming: China Is Not Trying to ‘Rule the Waves’

Chinese Ambassador Liu Xiaoming: China Is Not Trying to ‘Rule the Waves’

By Baiyang from People’s Daily – On 23 June 2016, the World Post website published an article entitled China Is Not Trying to ‘Rule the Waves’ by Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK. The full text is as follows: “Rule, Britannia! Rule the waves!” This was the patriotic chant of the British Royal Navy when […]

A map of every car bomb explosions in Baghdad since 2003

A map of every car bomb explosions in Baghdad since 2003

A shocking map has appeared on the social media. It is about every car bomb explosions in Baghdad since 2003. Alexander C. Kaufman wrote a piece titled “A Staggering Reminder That Car Bombs Are An Epidemic In aghdad” in the Huffington Post. He mentioned recent terror attacks all around the world. “The death toll is significantly […]

SCO expected to embrace new members in upcoming Tashkent summit

SCO expected to embrace new members in upcoming Tashkent summit

By Zhao Cheng from People’s Daily The heads of state from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries are expected to take India and Pakistan to the next stage in a process of attaining full membership at the Tashkent summit to be held in late June. If so, the SCO will move a step closer in […]

Ukrainian Orthodox Church seeks to cut ties with Russia

Ukrainian Orthodox Church seeks to cut ties with Russia

The Ukrainian parliament has requested that Istanbul-based Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s independence from Russia, the Moscow Times reports. The appeal to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople — the head of the Orthodox Church— was supported by 245 deputies, with 20 deputies voting against. The move is hoped to speed up “changes […]

“Georgia is a new destination of globetrotters”

“Georgia is a new destination of globetrotters”

Georgia as a country of an ancient civilization locates in the middle of Caucasus region. The natural beauties and historical heritages are very attractive for global tourism. Edita Badasyan, the reporter from Georgia, made an interview with Daria Kholodilina, from Brand Development Department at Georgian National Tourism Administration. Ms. Kholodilina points out the importance of […]

Confucian thought as a way of life

Confucian thought as a way of life

South Korea has character and it shows. A recent visit for the Journalists World Forum for Peace was a great opportunity to see this nation. Battling with nuclear and missile tensions, it yet marches ahead – with beauty and grace. The nation’s civilisational history dates before Christ and the maturity is reflected in myriad ways. […]

Demonstration against the Kadyrov Bridge in Russia

Demonstration against the Kadyrov Bridge in Russia

Hundreds of demonstrators in St. Petersburg protested a proposal to name a new bridge after the previous Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov. Protesters claimed that the name of Kadyrov cannot be given to bridge since he had no connection to St. Petersburg. Recently St. Petersburg city commission agreed on the proposal to name an unnamed city […]

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