A curated selection of public diplomacy-relevant news from a global cross-section of English-language media outlets, including independent, corporate-owned, and state-sponsored sources. The stories featured don't necessarily represent CPD's views nor have they been verified by CPD.
The attraction of Korean pop culture knows no borders
Forget the kimchi, the bulgogi and the colourful silk dresses: the Marianopolis Korean Club is washing clichés away on Saturday and replacing them with South Korean popular culture - better known as K-pop - at a showcase revue that includes Korean singing, rapping and dance performances. The event is called Hallyu3: The Trend.
Music In The Time Of Extremism
In Pakistan, radical clerics have unleashed a religious fervor that is chilling secular voices and diminishing free speech...We sat down with two flourishing female musicians from Lahore for their insights into making music in the time of extremism. Singer Zeb Bangash and guitarist Haniya Aslam have chosen to write songs that are the antithesis of turmoil.
Nigeria: U.S. Emphasises Girl Child Education As Key to Development
The education of the girl child has been described as key to National development as the importance of education and the role it plays in the advancement of women cannot be overemphasized..
Manufacturing Cote d’Ivoire’s ‘good guy’
How much of a role does the media play in shaping the discourse of international diplomacy? As Cote d'Ivoire's bloody leadership contest draws to a close and the surrender of Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president, seems imminent, a long list of atrocities and electoral irregularities mark the records of both him and his opponent, Alassane Ouattara.
India’s Better Shot at Soft Diplomacy
The return of cricket diplomacy raises an intriguing question: How can India use its considerable soft power—its dominance of South Asian sport, movies, music, television and publishing—to address the rise of Islamist fundamentalism in Pakistan?
Paintings depicting China’s Forbidden City exhibited in Athens
The exhibition, entitled "The Forbidden City," gives visitors "an opportunity to take a glimpse at life behind the walls of the imperial palace before it opened up to the common people after six centuries," said Greek entrepreneur Bassilis Theocharakis, founder of the foundation.
The new public diplomacy
If anyone was underestimating the spread of these tools it only took the social media-infused revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt a few months later to spell out how wired the world has become and how unpredictable the uses of social media will be. For public diplomacy practitioners it served as a reminder...
Japan struggled in getting disaster reports out to world
A major task facing government officials dealing with the Great East Japan Earthquake was how to transmit reports about the unprecedented damage to a worldwide audience. To seek out needed assistance and to restrain excessive rumors and false speculation required the relaying of timely and accurate information.
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