SOAS in the media 31 Jan - 6 Feb

  • Steve Tsang commented on spy balloon's symbolic message to the US in the Washington Post and Times Radio and discussed the tensions between the US and China with Sky News, ITN, and Al Arabiya TV about the tensions between the US and China
  • Yeon Jae-hoon spoke to the Korean Herald about how young Korean creatives have increased popularity of the language
  • Christopher Cramer talked to the Eastern Herald about how both external agents and national politicians have failed the local population in DR Congo
  • Avinash Paliwal interviewed by La Tercera and quoted in MSN Chile about the situation in Burma two years after the coup d'état
  • Shapan Adnan commented in the Business Standard how a lack of labour rights and trade unions is a source of deprivation for Bangladesh's workers
  • Stephen Chan spoke about Zimbabwe's ruling elite avoiding the poverty of their country in proposed infrastructure. iafrica, Africa.com, and Afric Info
  • Phil Clark talked to France 24 about the unifying hopes of the Pope's visit to the DR Congo
  • Sanjay Srivastava wrote an op-ed for the Indian Express speaking about Rahul Gandhi's Yatra and its impact on his party and popularity
  • SOAS's new exhibition "The Future of Traditions, Writing Pictures: Contemporary Art from the Middle East" has been featured on February's issue of This is London magazine
  • Duncan Bartlett reported in Japan Forward on NATO Secretary General, Jan Stoltenberg's visit to Japan