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Should We Be Looking Into South East Asia as a Model For Sustainable Development?”

by Liliana Kijek

Vietnam has also made noteworthy improvements to sustainable development strategies in other aspects, like the targets for reducing overall plastic waste by 50% by 2025 and by 75% in 2030 as well as completely banning plastic waste imports by the year 2030”
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The Future of S.E. Asian Politics And The Possible Synergy For S.E. Ohio.

An outline the rising tensions in Southeast Asia over the contested islands that are increasingly raising concerns from most S.E. Asian countries towards mainland China, as well as, how the expansion of BRICS and the B.R.I. may be diminishing U.S. influence in S.E. Asia...
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South East Asian Athletes Poised for Paris

Vietnam National Games, which is similar to Thailand and helps contribute to the selection of athletes for international competition...
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Family Style Holiday Food & Celebrations From Taiwan

Taiwan sells approximately 1.02 billion cups of boba tea every year, and some Taiwanese brands even have oversea branches such as CoCo Fresh Tea, Gong Cha and Tiger Sugar to further the reach of the drink...
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Harmony in Diversity: The Global Appeal of KPOP

The superstar KPOP group BTS was invited to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House in 2022, and spoke out against anti-Asian hate, “It’s not wrong to be different. Equality begins when we open up and embrace all of our differences...

Welcome And On Assignment

I'm currently on assignment. In the coming editions I plan to give you insight into the elements and synergy that creates agency for identity and cultural make-up of the S.E. Asian populace. Invite you to read and reflect on previous articles. See you soon.

NBA’s Decline Or Loss Of Spirit

The spectators in Indiana were uninterested, still, and at times critical of the events taking place. Throughout the 3-point contest and dunk contest, it felt as if the fans were energyless, which subsequently tarnished the feel of the supposed spectacle...

Everyone in my family has had some form of education. “legends” say my maternal uncles were so brilliant in their hay days that they were so popular in their districts and occupied positions in school. When I asked why they could not further their education despite being intelligent, apparently, my grandfather had no money to take them further. They proudly went through secondary cycle education which they so selling firewood to support themselves and pay for their fees. Due to this, my mother and her other siblings vowed to provide their children to attain academic achievement that they could not.