Retracing Martyr Jeon with 700,000 Migrant Workers
Jeon Tae-il, a martyr for Labor, planted the seeds of the Korea labor movement. On November 13 1970, a 22-year-old youth, Jeon Tae-il shouted out “Observe the Labor Standards Act. We are not machines!” in protest against long hours, more than 15 hours a day, and the low minimum wage. After this, he poured gasoline […]
Terms of Happiness
Do you want to be happy? Here is the way. If you live with an honest heart, your mind will become beautiful. A person with a beautiful mind will be loved by others and thus inevitably become happy. There is also a way that leads to unhappiness. That is to tell lies. The person who […]
Message from the UN Secretary General
It gives me pleasure to convey greeting to the Asia Journalist Association on the launch of AsiaN. This new on-line news service begins work at a time when Asia has emerged as one of the new leaders of the global economy. The region’s prosperity and investment around the world continue to lift missions of people […]
The Future of Asian culture
At the turn of the 21st century, the world began to turn its primary attention away from quantitative growth and to focus on culture, which is conducive to improving the quality of life. Asia accounts for 30 percent of the world’s land mass and is home to 52 percent of the global population. With its […]
Buddha was Born in Nepal, not India
After the visit of Mauriya Emperor Ashoka some 2256 years ago, many came to Lumbini, the Birthplace of Lord Buddha, until it was buried under a dense forest and remained almost unknown for almost 584 years. The inscription carved in Brahmi script in the Ashoka Pillar erected by Emperor Ashoka in 249 BC reads that […]
“Don’t Just Run During Games but Look Around While Thinking”
Hong Myung Bo Coach’s (Photo: Krix Min) Hong Myung Bo Coach’s Leadership, “Important to be Considerate of Players Who Don’t Get Playing Time” Hong Myung Bo, the national team’s captain who determined Korea’s semi-final qualification for the 2002 Korea-Japan world cup with his penalty shoot-out. Now he stands as South Korea’s Olympic team head coach […]
Many Dimensions of Perversion and Self-Contradiction
The Top of Civil Service or the Chief Secretary gets a pay packet of Nepalese rupees of 33,000 per month. The Commander in Chief Draws 30,000. But in this vary country, some heads of a commercial bank gets a salary of 1.9 million monthly. Instead of controlling general expenditure, why such things are being done? There […]
Bipolar Perspectives in Asian and American Community Journalism
As I sit down to write this requested little piece, it dawns on me after half a century in journalism and journalism/mass communication teaching in Asia and the United States, that I have essentially lived in two journalistic worlds—the American and Asian. Translating this into community journalism, one can say that I have been exposed […]
DMZ: Land of Life and Hope
There are many places on earth where people cannot dwell in, but Korea has a unique piece of land where no man can live in. It’s not because of pollution or lack of drinkable water. It’s because it is a demilitarized zone, the product of the 21st century cold war, a place where no civilian […]
Meditation on Happiness
The purpose of our life is to achieve happiness; please look at this simple statement, which can be used as powerful tools helping us navigating our daily life’s problems, let us meditate on this purpose in the following few lines: – From time to time, we are facing pivotal decisions that can affect the entire […]
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