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Bangladesh is the seventh saddest nation in the world, according to the Global Emotions Report 2022. And we became miserable well before the global onset of high inflation and the cost of living crisis.

How is this possible? Don’t we have dozens of occasions round the year to celebrate – some religious, some cultural, and many more political?

In its quest to assess the emotional state of people, Gallup asks hundreds of thousands of people in 122 countries questions about both positive and negative emotions. Think about how you felt yesterday. Did you smile or laugh a lot? Did you learn or do something interesting? Were you angry? Sad? It also asks whether someone was treated with respect, felt well-rested, or suffered from stress. Gallup asks people to imagine a ladder, with the lowest rung representing the worst possible life and the highest rung representing the best possible life. People rate where they stand today and where they expect to stand in three years. Based on how they respond, Gallup classifies them as thriving, struggling, or suffering.

According to this index, we are not thriving, not even struggling, but are suffering. Every resident of Dhaka knows well how much stress one has to cope with just to survive every day. They don’t need the Economist Intelligence Unit to tell them that their capital is the seventh least liveable city in the world. Its pollution level, air quality, noise, availability of clean water, traffic jams – all rank among the worst.

Though the world is suffering from war, inflation, and a once‑in‑a-lifetime pandemic, Jon Clifton, the global managing partner of Gallup, said the global rise of unhappiness started long before any of those issues made headlines. In fact, unhappiness has been rising for a decade, he said in the report. And the report identifies five significant contributors to the rise of global unhappiness: Poverty, bad communities, hunger, loneliness, and the scarcity of good work. Economists have long been saying that inequalities are rising alarmingly in our growth strategy, which has neglected the need to create quality jobs. And the Covid pandemic has worsened it further, increasing poverty and hunger. And now, rising inflation and a prolonged war will certainly bring further distress and despair.

Another part of the study produced the World Happiness Report for the United Nations, focusing on different variables, such as income, health, and social support. Could that have a different result that can cheer us up? The World Happiness Report, which used statistical analysis to determine the world’s happiest countries, concluded that Finland retained its standing as the happiest country in the world for the fifth consecutive year. To determine the world’s happiest country, researchers analysed Gallup polling data from 149 countries for the past three years, specifically monitoring performance in six particular categories: Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make your own life choices, generosity of the general population, and perceptions of internal and external corruption levels.

Unfortunately, these results won’t cheer Bangladeshis up either as we are ranked 94th on the list. We know that our government attaches the highest importance to making our country a high-growth economy, raising per capita GDP, and graduating to a developing country. So, where do we stand after a decade-long pursuit for economic prosperity and well-being of the people? Besides GDP and life expectancy, among other things, Gallup questions included, “Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your freedom to choose what you do with your life?” and “Is corruption widespread throughout the government/businesses in this country or not?” Would one be mistaken in concluding that lack of freedom and widespread corruption, both in public and private sectors, are the reasons that keep us stuck in the lower rankings of global indices?

Other nations faring as badly as ours in the ranking of sadness or unhappiness are mostly known to be entangled in conflicts. One critical element of the study shows that Bangladesh has done equally badly in both the Positive Experience Index and the Negative Experience Index. In the Positive Experience Index, the 10 lowest-scoring countries include our neighbours Nepal and India, along with Egypt, Tunisia, Ukraine, and Georgia. But their scores in the Negative Experience Index are not so poor.

The authors of the report claim that higher scores in the Positive Experience Index indicate that positive emotions are more pervasive in a country. These scores strongly relate to people’s perceptions of their living standards, personal freedoms and the presence of social networks. On the contrary, in the Negative Experience Index, the higher the score, the more pervasive negative emotions are in a country. People’s experiences with health problems and their ability to afford food are predictive of higher negative scores. Reading such analyses would surely make one even sadder.

Kamal Ahmed

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Published : July 10, 2022

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The potential of boosting trade and investment ties between Thailand and Vietnam is huge because economic links between the two countries have been expanding rapidly, a forum was told.

Speaking at the Thailand-HCM City Business Connection Forum on Friday in HCM City, Vo Van Hoan, deputy chair of the People’s Committee, said the city has been one of Thailand’s leading investment partners for years.

Thais have invested more than US$482 million in 235 projects as of last year, making Thailand HCM’s 12th largest FDI partner out of 116 countries and territories.

Most investments in the city were in chemical, food, construction materials, tourism, warehousing and logistics industries.

Last year, trade between Thailand and HCM City came in at more than $2.8 billion.

Vietnam’s ambassador to Thailand, Phan Chi Thanh, said the Vietnamese business communities overseas played a vital role in boosting trade and investment ties between the two countries.

Around 1,000 businesses are owned by Vietnam nationals in Thailand, most of them small or medium-sized and in a wide range of sectors, he said.

Many of them have been expanding their business in Vietnam, but their number is modest compared to Thai-owned businesses investing in the country, he said.

He said a distribution network of high-quality products from Vietnam should be set up in Thailand and reciprocated in HCM City.

Ho Van Lam, chairman of the Thailand- Vietnam Business Association, said trade, investment and tourism promotion events should be regularly organised in Thailand to foster trade and investment exchanges with overseas Vietnamese and Thai businesses.

Nguyen Van Minh, a Vietnamese entrepreneur based in Bangkok, said Thai products are being increasingly consumed in Vietnam but the reverse is not true.

The overseas Vietnamese business community is a good channel to help expand the distribution of Vietnamese goods in Thailand, he said.

Thai businesses are seeking long-term cooperation with businesses in HCM City in fields such as high-tech agriculture, digital transformation, education and tourism, he added.

Thailand has become Vietnam’s biggest trading partner in Asean and the 9th-largest foreign investor in Vietnam with more than 600 projects worth more than $13 billion.

Trade between the two countries was worth $5 billion in the first quarter of this year, with plans to boost it to $25 billion by 2025.

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Published : July 10, 2022

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South Korea’s first homegrown KF-21 fighter jet is gearing up for its inaugural flight test scheduled for late July. But a maiden flight is just the beginning of 2200 rounds of planned flight tests that will be continued by 2026.

KF-21 Boramae fighter prototypes have been undergoing low, medium and high-speed taxi tests since June 25 and will continue until July 13, Korea Aerospace Industries confirmed to The Korea Herald.

A taxi test examines the operability and structural soundness of 4.5-generation indigenous fighter jets, which is the last step before a first flight test. Completing high-speed taxi testing means a KF-21 prototype is all set for its first flight.

On Wednesday, a texting test of a KF-21 prototype No.1 was publicly conducted for the first time at the taxiways located inside the KAI headquarters in the city of Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province.

“When we finish verifying the structural integrity of aircraft and safety of components through low, medium and high-speed taxi tests, we will finally conduct a flight test,” Kim Nam-shin, chief of the KFX Program Management Team at KAI, told reporters Wednesday after the taxi testing.

Starting with the first of 2200 flight tests in late July

KAI plans to begin a test flight of its experimental KF-21 prototype in the third or fourth week of July, according to multiple officials. However, the schedule has not yet been finalized due to variables, including capricious weather in the rainy season.

The KF-21 prototype No.1, featuring the national flags of South Korea and Indonesia, will make its maiden flight for around 30-40 minutes to examine its basic performances, multiple KAI officials confirmed to the media after the taxi test.

But a planned first test flight is just the beginning of the five-year-long journey.

KAI and South Korea’s Air Force will conduct around 2200 flight tests between this July and 2026 with six KF-21 flyable fighter prototypes. As of this month, KAI has finished working on four single-seat prototypes, two twin-seat prototypes, and two ground-testing models.

Flight tests will verify the safety of fighter aircraft first. The scope of tests will be gradually expanded to examine altitude, speed, maneuverability, in-flight performance and handling, among other qualities. Weapon control systems will also be inspected, including the separation and launch of air-to-air weapons.

The first flight test comes less than seven years after KAI started developing systems for KF-21 fighter aircraft in December 2015.

South Korea seems to have progressed relatively quickly compared to the US Defense Department’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. The project of developing Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters started in 1995, but an F-35 prototype took to the air for the first in December 2006. 

Interim assessment in 2023, final assessment in 2026

The KF-21 program, dubbed KF-X, is the largest-ever defence project produced by the South Korean government. The development of KF-21 fighter jets requires 8.8 trillion won ($6.7 trillion), of which Indonesia will contribute 20 per cent.

The main goals of the project are to replace F-4s and F-5s — obsolete fighter jets operated by South Korea’s Air Force for more than 30 years — and to independently develop next-generation fighter jets with capabilities required for the future battlefield environment. The KF-21 program has paved the way for South Korea to independently produce fifth- and sixth-generation fighter aircraft.

Against that backdrop, the KF-21 program also seeks to expeditiously greenlight mass production in the first quarter of 2024, Col. Noh Ji-man, who leads the KF-X Program Group at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), said Wednesday during a press briefing at KAI headquarters.

To that end, KF-21 fighter prototypes should pass an interim test to assess and measure their operational suitability for combat, Col. Noh said, adding that the test will be scheduled for November 2023.

The interim assessment will focus on examining whether KF-21 fighter prototypes meet the operational capabilities required by South Korea’s Air Force.

The final, full-scale assessment of the operational effectiveness and suitability of KF-21s will be carried out in 2026 when the first stage of the KF-21 development project is expected to be finished.

The KF-X program consists of two stages over 13 years, from 2015 to 2028. The first stage focuses on developing aircraft and integrated logistics systems between 2015 and 2026. The second phase aims to develop aircraft capabilities to carry out air-to-surface missions between 2026 and 2028.

KF-21 development strategy: Concurrency
The KF-21 development strategy seeks to concurrently push forward development and production.

The approach is analogous to the F-35 program’s “concurrency” strategy, in which development and production phases overlap. But critics have argued that the approach is malpractice and raised the issues of technical deficiencies and safety.

Col. Noh elucidated that fast-tracking will protect defence contractors against technical obsolescence, increasing cost burden and outflow of human resources.

“This strategy aims to protect our country’s defence industry and maintain its technological capabilities,” Col. Noh said. “If we seek to sign contracts and initiate production after 2026, it will make it difficult for companies to maintain technology, production lines and staff by increasing the burden of maintenance expenses.”

A total of 1,103 personnel at KAI have been involved in the KF-21 program as of this year, according to the company.

Should South Korea complete ground and flight tests by 2026, it will be the eighth country in the world that has independently developed advanced supersonic fighter jets.

But Noh said South Korea will need to clear various hurdles, including increased production costs that would be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, global supply chain crisis and war in Ukraine. South Korea has been making every effort to minimize the impact of the rising costs of raw materials and supply chain shortages.

“Developing a fighter jet is not an easy task by any stretch, and it does not occur overnight,” Col. Noh said. “We will inevitably face other challenges, but we hope we will continuously derive support and encouragement, which are the source of our power to surmount such challenges.”

Ji Da-gyum

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Published : July 10, 2022

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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continued to exert a strong presence as the head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s largest faction, even after stepping down as premier. Abe’s death will inevitably have an impact on political affairs, influencing security and economic policies.

Speaking to reporters on Friday evening, a visibly emotional Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Abe “guided Japan in the face of difficult domestic and international situations with outstanding leadership and executive abilities for eight years and eight months, the longest period in the history of our constitutional government.”

Abe visited 80 countries and regions while in office, building relationships with leaders including then U.S. President Donald Trump, who claimed they had “the best relationship ever established between the leaders of Japan and the United States.”

There were expectations within the government and the ruling parties that Abe’s diplomatic skills would be needed amid the chaotic international climate.

As the leader of a faction regarded as hawkish, he actively called for an increase in defense spending and other measures to strengthen defense capabilities.

Referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Abe said Wednesday while stumping in Yokohama: “Deterrent power stops wars. We must firmly strengthen such power.”

At the end of this year, three defense-related documents, including the National Security Strategy, are scheduled to be revised. Abe’s death is likely to have an impact on the outcome of discussions, which are expected to get into full swing after the House of Councillors election.

During his time as prime minister, Abe promoted an economic policy dubbed Abenomics, which was based on monetary easing and flexible fiscal stimulus.

After leaving office, he continued to spearhead the debate within the party for vigorous fiscal spending, calling for flexibility in the government’s target of getting the primary balance back in the black by fiscal 2025.

“Abe’s presence held the party in check,” said a senior party official, noting that the positions of Abe and Kishida differed at times. The official was concerned that the party might “descend into turmoil over defense spending and fiscal policy,” following Abe’s death.

The 90-member faction led by Abe was the largest in the LDP, comprising a quarter of the party’s lawmakers. With no apparent successor, it is believed that instability in the faction could considerably change the dynamics within the ruling party.

Published : July 10, 2022

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Asked for reaction to the US Government’s wish to cooperate with countries including Việt Nam to fight illegal fishing, the diplomat affirmed that Việt Nam is following the information with “keen interest.”

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is ready to work with countries in the region and the international community to strengthen cooperation and share experiences in combating illegal fishing, stated Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng.

At the ministry’s regular press briefing, when reporters asked for a reaction to the US Government’s wish to cooperate with countries including Việt Nam to fight illegal fishing, the diplomat affirmed that Việt Nam is following the information with “keen interest.”

“Việt Nam’s stance on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is consistent and has been stated many times,” she added.

Accordingly, Việt Nam advocates the sustainable development of the marine economy and fishing industry, with the structure being suitable for the exploitation of aquatic resources and fully complying with regulations on combating IUU fishing and international agreements to which Việt Nam is a signatory.

These pacts include the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of December 10, 1982, relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks; and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)’s Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

The spokeswoman said Việt Nam had built and perfected a legal system on fisheries to ensure effectiveness and efficiency; implemented measures to reduce IUU fishing; and stopped and prevented Vietnamese fishing vessels from illegally exploiting seafood in foreign waters.

She noted that relevant agencies and coastal localities regularly managed and ran communication campaigns to instruct fishermen on how to comply with Việt Nam’s laws and respect foreign waters established in accordance with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Việt Nam also responsibly participated in international forums and regional action plans to combat IUU fishing, and promoted effective and sustainable fisheries management in accordance with international law, the spokeswoman said. — VNS

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Published : July 09, 2022

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The Cambodian government condemns the ‘barbaric assassination of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in Nara, Japan on July 8.

Abe was pronounced dead in hospital after he was shot while delivering a campaign speech.

“The Royal Government of Cambodia condemns in the strongest term this barbaric assassination. H.E. Shinzo Abe was an outstanding leader of Japan and a beloved friend of Cambodia and his death is a tragic loss not only for the Japanese people, but for Cambodians as well,” said the statement of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC).

MFACI said that it was saddened and shocked by the passing away of Abe after being shot while campaigning for a national election in the western city of Nara.

“The Royal Government and People of Cambodia extend our deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies to H.E. Shinzo Abe’s bereaved family and the Government and People of Japan,” the statement said.

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Published : July 09, 2022

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Emphasising on inclusive growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India is preparing a roadmap for the coming 25 years with “reforms by conviction rather than reforms by compulsion”.

The Prime Minister attended the first ‘Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture’ (AJML) held at Vigyan Bhavan. The event was organised by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance in recognition of the former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s invaluable contribution to the nation.

Addressing the gathering, Modi said, “This event is dedicated to Arun Jaitley ji. When we remember the bygone days, I remember many things about them, many incidents related to him. We all were in awe of his oratory. His personality was full of diversity, his nature was omniscient.”

The Prime Minister emphasised on the correlation between inclusion and growth.

“The gist of my experiences of 20 years as Head of Government is that – without inclusion, real growth is not possible. And, without growth, even the goal of inclusion cannot be achieved. Today’s India is preparing a roadmap for the coming 25 years with reforms by conviction rather than reforms by compulsion,” he said.

Criticising previous governments over alleged reluctance to bring reforms in the policy, Modi said, “Earlier, major reforms took place in India only when the earlier governments were left with no other option. We do not consider reforms as a necessary evil but win-win choice, in which national interest is the public interest.”

The Prime Minister said his government did not make policies under the pressure of populist impulses.

“Our policy-making is based on the pulse of the people. We listen to more and more people and understand their needs and aspiration. That is why we did not let the policy come under the pressure of populist impulses,” he said.

Modi further expressed grief over the death of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe who died on Friday after he was shot at during a campaign speech in Nara City, western Japan.

The Prime Minister said, “Today is a day of irreparable loss and unbearable pain for me. My close friend and former Prime Minister of Japan. Shinzo Abe is no more with us. Abe ji was not only my friend, but he was also a reliable friend of India.”

“During his tenure, India-Japan political ties not only achieved a new height, but we also took forward the relations related to the common heritage of both the countries. Shinzo Abe ji will remain in the minds of the people of India for years and years through the work we are doing here with the help of Japan,” he added.

Arun Jaitley passed away on August 24, 2019, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. He was 66.
Jaitley first became a Cabinet Minister in the government of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2000. He then went on to serve as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from June 2009.

Jaitley was appointed the Finance Minister in the first term of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government in 2014. He opted out of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections citing health reasons.

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Published : July 09, 2022

By : The Statesman

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President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday expressed condolences over the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was fatally shot by a gunman during a campaign event.

“Iexpress condolences and consolation to the bereaved family and the Japanese people over the death of the longest-serving prime minister in Japan‘s constitutional history who was a respected politician,” Yoon said in a message to Abe’s wife Akie Abe.

Abe was pronounced dead in the afternoon, hours after he was shot while making a campaign speech on a street in Nara, western Japan.

Yoon condemned the shooting as an “unpardonable act of crime” and expressed deep sorrow and shock, according to the presidential office.

The foreign ministry also voiced grief and delivered condolences to Abe‘s bereaved family and the Japanese people.

“Our government strongly condemns the shooting as a violent criminal act that is unacceptable in any case,” ministry spokesperson Choi Young-sam said in a statement. (Yonhap)

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Published : July 09, 2022

By : The Korea Herald

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised his predecessor Shinzo Abe for his outstanding leadership, after Abe was shot dead during a street speech in Nara City on Friday.

“Iwas praying he would survive, but my prayers were in vain, and I’ve heard the news,” Kishida said to reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday night. “I’m truly sorry and have no words to express my regret. I pray from the bottom of my heart that he may rest in peace.”

Kishida described Abe as a leader who “led our country in the face of a difficult domestic and international situation through his outstanding leadership and ability to take action.”

The prime minister added: “He was a great politician who loved this country and was always one step ahead of us. He leaves behind many achievements in diverse fields that have opened the way to the future. I’m very sorry that we’ve lost him in this way.”

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Published : July 09, 2022

By : The Japan News

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Myanmar actress Thinzar Wint Kyaw was arrested on the night of July 6, and is being interrogated for unknown reasons, according to reports on telegram channels and social media.

An official from the Shan State Progressive Party/ Shan State Army (SSPP/ SSA) confirmed the news of the arrest to the media.

On July 4, SSPP Info announced that she had gone to Hippar Waterfall and Wan Hai in Kethi Township, southern Shan State, to film a documentary on the development of the Wan Hai area, at the invitation of SSPP/ SSA.

A statement from SSPP Info said that the Shan State Progressive Party/ Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) had offered to film local development projects such as religion, education, health and transportation.

After the filming was completed, a car carrying Kyaw was stopped and detained at the checkpoint on the way out of Wan Hai on the morning of July 6.

When Maj-General Zaw Min Tun, the leader of the Information Team of the State Administration Council, was contacted in relation to the arrest of Kyaw, he replied that he did not know about the matter.

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