Frankfurt am Main, May 12 – European experts and South Korean peace activists have voiced their support for the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula at the ‘Pan-European Peace Forum’ held in Frankfurt, Germany. Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), a Seoul-based peace NGO as in consultative status with the UN Economic and […]
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Publics Globally Want Unbiased News Coverage but Are Divided on Whether Their News Media Deliver
Publics around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of 38 countries. Yet, when asked how their news media are doing on reporting different political issues fairly, people are far more mixed in their sentiments, with many […]
Left unification only after PM’s India visit
Kathmandu, March 28 : Senior leaders of the left alliance have concluded that merger of the CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoist Centre will not be possible before Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s India visit, which is likely to begin on April 6. PM Oli, who is also the UML chairman, senior UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, […]
Kim, Xi portray strong ties after NKorean leader’s visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping (second from right), and his wife Peng Liyuan (right), and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (second from left) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (left) pose for a photo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Photo: China’s Xinhua News Agency via AP […]
Armed Police Forced mobilized for border security in Darchula
DARCHULA: A 15-member team of Armed Police Force has been dispatched from the APF border security battalion in Darchula in order to secure the northern border since it was reported that the Indian side constructed makeshift bridges over the Mahakali river unilaterally. Without consensus from the Nepali side, the Indian side is reported to have […]
Civil Society in 71 Countries Urges International Law for Peace and Justice for Religious Freedom
While the global society has been sending an interest and encouragement to the historic decision of the North Korea-US dialogue following the ‘Peace Olympics’ held in South Korea, a Korea-based international peace NGO held an event commemorating “The 2nd Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)” on March 14. In […]
Rajbiraj Airport runway black-topping expedited
Rajbiraj, March 18 : Black-topping of Rajbiraj Airport has started gaining momentum after the government gave the final deadline for completing work by the next month. Earlier, the contractors Kancha Ram Construction and Rautahat Construction had started black-topping of the airport on 23 November 2016 and were supposed to complete it by 15 December 2017. […]
Two injured in US-Bangla air crash return home
KATHMANDU: Two among those injured in the March 12 fatal crash involving the US-Bangla passenger airplane at Tribhuvan International Airport returned home from Dhapasi-based Grande International Hospital on Sunday. Dayaram Tamrakar of Kapan, Kathmandu, and Kishor Tripathi of Balkot, Bhaktapur, who were among those 71 on board the ill-fated airliner got discharged from the Dhapasi-based […]
Nanda Kishor Pun re-elected vice-prez unopposed
Kathmandu – Incumbent Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun was today re-elected to the post unopposed, as no other candidate filed nomination. The election of the VP was slated for March 23 but the Election Commission declared Pun’s victory, as he was the lone candidate for the post. EC Spokesperson Navaraj Dhakal said the office of the […]
South Korean Citizens Condemn Government and Religion’s Silence on Human Rights Violation
The South Korean government has been actively engaged in the reconciliation process with North Korea, but not even a single official statement from the government on 1,000 victims from the forcible change of religion against individuals in minor religious denominations has not been delivered. Human Rights Association for Victims of Coercive Conversion Programs (HAC), hosted […]