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Magazine N, February 2017

Magazine N, February 2017

Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban”

Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban”

I am sure as everyone has heard about the recent decision of President Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban”. This atrocious decision, which has been made on last week’s Friday, is to indefinitely suspend the resettlement of Syrian refugees and temporarily ban people from seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the United States. In a campaign statement, […]

SK, Daelim win $3 bil. deal in Turkey

SK, Daelim win $3 bil. deal in Turkey

SK Engineering & Construction (E&C) and Daelim Industrial won a 3.5 trillion ($3 billion) contract to construct the world’s longest suspension bridge in Turkey, the two companies said Tuesday. A four-way consortium, consisting of SK, Daelim and two Turkish builders, Limak and Yapi Merkezi, was selected as a preferred bidder late last month for the […]

Russia’s Kalashnikov to create 1700 jobs in 2017

Russia’s Kalashnikov to create 1700 jobs in 2017

Russia’s famed small arms maker Kalashnikov Concern will increase its staff by at least 30% by creating 1700 new jobs in 2017 amid the surge in export orders, the company’s press service said. “The Kalashnikov Concern will create 1700 new jobs this year and thus will increase its core staff and support staff by at […]

Economic Corridor proves ‘Game Changer’ for Pakistan

Economic Corridor proves ‘Game Changer’ for Pakistan

In April 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping was in Islamabad, where he unveiled a $46 billion infrastructure spending blueprint for Pakistan under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), to serve as a linchpin of Beijing’s drive to open new trade and transport routes across Asia and challenge the U.S. as the dominant regional power. It all […]

DAVID BOWIE “Rest In Paradise” Exhibition

DAVID BOWIE “Rest In Paradise” Exhibition

David Bowie was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, […]

Can Korea say no to US?

Can Korea say no to US?

Oh Young-jin – The Korea Times It appears to be unthinkable for South Korea to give up its decades-old alliance with the United States and choose China in its place. However, a combination of events gives a sense of reality to this unlikely scenario. Recently, a group of opposition lawmakers visited China on a fact-finding […]

Women in political leadership: Bangladesh a unique model

Women in political leadership: Bangladesh a unique model

Bangladesh has become a unique example of women leadership in politics. One may not find such record in other countries in the globe since women were given political rights to vote and stand in elections more than 100 years ago. Bangladesh has been run by two women political leaders: Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia for […]

Hashemi Rafsanjani dies at 82

Hashemi Rafsanjani dies at 82

Iran’s Head of Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has died of a heart failure. Mohammad Hashemi, younger brother to Hashemi, told reporters that Mr. Hashemi had been in a ‘satisfactory condition’ after efforts to resuscitate former president and Revolutionary figure. An update of the same story unofficially said that attempts to save Mr. Hashemi […]

Does PKK use drug addicts to conduct suicide attacks?

Does PKK use drug addicts to conduct suicide attacks?

For the illegal Marxist organizations, a suicide attack is a last effort to stand up for themselves. Especially as a result of the successful operations in Eastern and South-eastern Anatolia against the organization, PKK has changed its strategy and started to go for suicide attacks by employing its urban settlements. In the previous periods there […]

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