K-Pop a gateway to Korean culture for Pacific youth
Leadership Network member Fine Koloamatangi looks at the growth of K-Pop among Pacific youth and speculates on what might be behind the genre's appeal.
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Learning Chinese opens doors to wider world
The Asia New Zealand Foundation chats with Leadership Network member Emily Wilby about why she took up studying Mandarin Chinese and the opportunities studying the language have provided her.
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Hong Kongers unite in effort to eradicate COVID-19
Leadership Network member Wei-Wei Ng compares the response to COVID-19 in Hong Kong to what she experienced during a short visit to New Zealand in March.
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Mandarin on business-skills wish list for Leadership Network Member
Leadership Network member Rasik Makan has been part of a team in Sydney tasked with advising a group of Chinese investors on the acquisition of a solar farm. He says the experience has underlined to h
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Indonesia's unique position in ASEAN
Leadership Network member Will Seal travelled to Jakarta, Indonesia, earlier this year to research Indonesia's unique relationship with ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). In this article,
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Leadership Network - forging cultural identity through sport
When he was based in Korea in the early 2000s, Jay Waters skied every winter day he could. He also loved to go running. He reckons sport can be a great way to adapt to life in a new place.
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Learning Mandarin Chinese - a Leadership Network member's story
At the age of eight, Leadership Network member Nathalie Harrington moved with her mother to Liuyang city in the Hunan province of China.
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Leadership Network members discuss learning an Asian language
Despite growing awareness of the importance of learning a second language, over the past ten years New Zealand has seen a 29 percent drop in secondary school students learning an Asian language.
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Intern gains fascinating insights into APEC operations
New Leadership Network member Klara Kippel was just settling into her internship at the APEC Secretariat in Singapore earlier this year when the full impact of COVID-19 started to become apparent.
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Opinion: Japan and South Korea - the time for cooperation is now
South Korea and Japan need to put aside their differences or risk having the rules based international order eroded by larger players as they wrestle for power, says Fraser Bermingham.
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Q&A: Young leaders discuss the future of NZ-China relations
We chat to two young leaders about their takeaways from the recent 8+8 Shanghai-New Zealand Young Leaders Dialogue, hosted by the Foundation and the New Zealand Consulate General in Shanghai.
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Kiwi kids making online connections with Asia
Kiwi kids are connecting with their cohorts in Japan and South Korea and learning to become global citizens thanks to an online programme co-founded by Leadership Network member Brittany Teei.
