The Non-Aligned Movement under the chairmanship of Uganda held its 19th Summit in Kampala, Uganda on January 19-20, 2024 on "Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence". The summit was attended by 121 member countries as well as some other countries and international organizations such as U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The summit resulted in four documents, including the Non-Aligned Movement Political Declaration that encouraged the peace realization in Palestine.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula seem to never end. This week, relations between North and South Korea heated up again. The cause is the military activities carried out by both countries.
Today, on January 17, 2024, the Indonesian public service Broadcasting Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) made a new history. RRI officially conducted the first broadcast from the new aspiring Indonesian national capital, known domestically as the Capital City of Nusantara or the IKN.
Taiwanese presidential candidate from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Lai Ching-te won the Taiwanese general election on Saturday (14/01/2024). Lai defeated his rival Hu Yu-ih from the Chinese Nationalist Party or Kuomintang with more than 900,000 votes. Lai will be inaugurated along with his vice president Hsiao Bi-khim on May 20.
Tomorrow, January 13, 2024, Taiwan will elect a new president. The candidates competing are Lai Ching-te from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Hou You-yi from the Kuomintang Party (KMT), and Ko Wen-je from the Taiwan People's Party (TPP).
The third session of the 2024 presidential candidate debates was held on Sunday (7/1/2024) under the themes of defense, security, international relations, and geopolitics. On this occasion, the three presidential candidates showed their expertise in delivering ideas and argued with each other on every question asked by their rivals on the stage.
At least 84 people were killed and 284 injured as of Thursday (4/1) after two explosions hit Kerman City in south-eastern Iran as crowds were on pilgrimage to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of General Qassem Soleimani. The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in a US drone attack in front of Baghdad airport, Iraq on January 3, 2020.
The new year should be welcomed with high optimism. For Indonesia, this was specifically conveyed by the Indonesian vice president, Ma'ruf Amin after opening the Indonesian Stock Exchange on Tuesday (2/1/2024). Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said, after experiencing improvements in 2023, 2024 will be an optimistic year that is expected to be full of blessings. The optimism expressed by the vice president is, indeed, in the context of Indonesia's economic growth.
The 2024 New Year is welcomed with joy by all people around the world. Hopes and resolutions are conveyed as an expression of people's optimism for the new year, which is expected to be better than the previous year. New year welcoming parties are celebrated in almost all communities in the world, even in the remotest and smallest units of society, namely the family.
The editorial team of VOI wishes you a happy new year 2024!
2023 that we just left behind was full of turning points and stagnating developments. A year where the world was struggling against challenges that pushed millions into poverty, hunger, and danger. While prolonged conflicts were still ongoing, the new ones broke. They took lots of lives, destroyed houses, and caused many to flee.