Cultural Diplomacy

A live television programme linking the capital cities of Vietnam, Laos and France was broadcast on July 31 to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s 120th birthday and the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of him as "a hero of national liberation and a great man of culture."

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations is organising a unique dance festival for the first time that will witness the performances by renowned foreign artists who have mastered various Indian dance forms.

The time has come for South Korea to improve its diplomacy in the Middle East. Experts say more and more people in the Middle East believe that Korea merely views the region as a market for builders and exporters.

July 29, 2010

"Once one starts listing the examples of Japanese culture infiltrating the United States, it's pretty hard to stop," wrote Entrepreneur.com's Laura Tiffany in 2008... Of the ten bestselling graphic novels in US bookstores in November that year, six were Japanese...

A "groundbreaking" new exhibition of rare artifacts from Saudi Arabia's ancient past -- some which have never been shown abroad -- has opened in the Louvre, Paris. The world-famous museum is hosting Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...

A group of young American religious scholars and teaching assistants from Egypt 's oldest and renowned Azhar University engaged in a two week interactive project in an effort to bridge the gap between the Muslim world and the US.

India and Britain Thursday inked a cultural pact at the end of the two-day visit of British Prime Minister David Cameron, which will further increase academic and artistic exchanges between the two nations.

[Program of Academic Exchange] works diligently to bring international teens and American families together for 5 or 10 month stays. The U.S. Department of State recognizes the high school exchange program as the single most influencial outreach of citizen diplomacy in our country today.

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