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.
Teacher Preparing for Two Month-long Assignment in China
Lewiston-Porter HS teacher Josh Milovich: “The whole world is getting smaller and smaller and these types of relationships are becoming more and more important.” [He] has been chosen to teach for two months at the Tianjin No. 2 School in China as part of a cultural exchange program between the two schools that began in 2005.
3 Filipinos Receive Fellowship Grants From Asian Cultural Council
The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) Philippines Foundation announced recently the names of three Filipinos who were given the ACC Philippine Fellowship grants enabling them to conduct research in the United States in the areas of museology, painting/sculpture, and theater.
Oakland Families Open Homes For Chinese Exchange Students
The 23 [Chinese exchange students] are part of the NextGen program created in partnership with Oakland Schools and the Oakland County business community. The program is designed to help prepare students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to live with exchange families, and compete in an increasingly multicultural global society.
N Korea ‘Invites Envoy For Talks’
North Korea has invited a US special envoy to visit Pyongyang for talks over its nuclear programme, South Korean media reports have said. The JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported on Tuesday that Stephen Bosworth, the US special representative on North Korea, had accepted the invitation and would make the trip next month.
Two Koreas to Discuss Reunions for Separated Families
South Korea and North Korea agreed Tuesday to hold talks this week focused on arranging reunions of families separated by the Korean War more than 55 years ago. The discussions would be the first joint meetings of Red Cross officials from both countries in two years, another sign that North Korea is shifting away from its provocations of South Korea and the United States.
Snoop Dog, Paris Hilton…Beirut’s back!
The American [Snoop Dogg] rapper has followed in the footsteps of Paris Hilton and Charles Aznavour as the latest international "name" on everyone's lips in this newly calm city....The visits, coming after three years of war and security problems, is just one sign of Lebanon quickly regaining its title as the party and cultural headquarters of the Middle East.
Gov 2.0 Hero: Rita J. King
Cultural engagement, which includes identifying new leaders, making connections and building relationships with them, is now as likely to occur on the streets of Kabul as on an island in Second Life....Technology enables individuals and groups to embody a local physical place and at the same time to participate in a world-wide conversation that is not yet globally inclusive but can and should be.
For the Mideast, a Window of Opportunity
Conducting an informal survey of analysts from or based in the Arab world, the experts with whom we spoke emphatically agree: To increase and sustain US standing in the Middle East, Obama must achieve some gains — quickly — with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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