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Fighting Remilitarization in Japan

Seishi Hinada is a National Executive Committee member of ZENKO (National Assembly for Peace and Democracy). ZENKO emerged in 1970 out of the student movement in the 1960s. He joined ZENKO in 1981 as a university student activist in Hiroshima’s…

The Royal Asiatic Society Korea: Hanok Preservation and Cultural Excursion into Bukchon Hanok Village, Seoul City

June 3rd, 2023. During a pleasant sunny Saturday afternoon in Seoul city, a group of enthusiasts gathered to set foot on a cultural excursion called “A Deep Dive into the History of Hanok Preservation in Bukchon” led by Robert J.…

Saving AEC from Unholy Intruders

It was shocking to observe the pathetic condition of my college recently after three decades. When we left the college, it was one of the brightest technical institutions in eastern India, but it has now turned into an ordinary residential…

Elunio M. Faraon & Jericho S. Faraon: Timeless Art Exhibit Father & Son Featured Artists

by Genevieve Balance Kupang   “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” -Antoine Francois Prevost The Malabon Artists’ 2023 Timeless Art Exhibit, Series Two This second series of The Malabon Artists’ Timeless Art Exhibit features the remarkably gifted…

Europe’s biggest scandal

By Sergei Shevchuk, ukrainian political scientist Under pressure from the Americans, the Ukrainian court in charge of the biggest European cash bribery case did the unusual: it left everyone happy. As a result, Andriy Kicha, legal director of the Burisma…

Celebrating Philippines’ Independence Day through Artvocacy and Enchanting Ingenuity

The Malabon Artists’ Timeless Art Exhibit Art is a miracle, superior to the laws.” – Arthur Llewellyn Jones/Machen Arthur By Genevieve Balance Kupang On June 12, 2023, the Philippines will celebrate its 125th “Araw ng Kasarinlan o Kalayaan” (Day of Independence/Freedom) from…

Conflict, Migration, and Demography in Russia and Its Border Regions

For centuries, Russian authorities have modified their approach to managing the country’s large, diverse population, held together by an ethnic Russian core. The war in Ukraine has again altered the Kremlin’s strategy of managing its complex domestic demographics. Despite the…

The Ancient Patterns of Migration

We live in an era of mass migration. According to the United Nations’ World Migration Report 2022, there were 281 million international migrants in 2020, equaling 3.6 percent of the global population. That’s well over twice the number in 1990…

“Put Yourselves in My Place”: Migrants and their Defenders in Chile Call for a Policy Shift

By Maxine Lowy In a house of a verdant upscale neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, Nancy accompanies a retiree. In Venezuela she was a nurse, until basic materials- alcohol, cotton, syringes, and food to prepare healthy meals for patients- became scarce,…

Philippine civil society fighting the worst effects of poverty in the face of government negligence

Civil society in the spirit of volunteerism united with one purpose, taking positive action to aid the most vulnerable in society through education, healthcare, disaster relief, and community empowerment to access better opportunities in the midst of economic challenges. “I…

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