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The Pope’s journey to Mongolia concluded on September 4. This was a spiritual as well as a state visit, and the Pope was not only visiting Mongolia as the head of the Catholic Church. In addition to preaching, inaugurating a Charity House, and meeting with members of the Catholic community, Francis met with Mongolian dignitaries, including the President of Mongolia, Prime Minister, and Speaker of Parliament. Despite a pretty unusual agenda and expectations of equally unusual remarks and outcomes from this journey…

A remarkable event took place in mid-August in relation to the rising tensions in the public space, created by official bodies and their representatives in the two major global powers, the United States and China. Naturally, propaganda machines from both nations actively contribute to this process, detrimental for the entire world. These machines started using the innocuous word “transit” as their main “scary word.” And all this despite some progress in the last two to three months that has led China’s experts to speculate…

The date of militaristic Japan’s surrender, August 15, is observed as a holiday in both North and South Korea; however, both countries celebrate different events. The author carefully examines the publications made on this date in South Korea because the Soviet Army was crucial to the liberation of Korea. This is because the mainstreaming of anti-Russian stereotypes may be an indication that the ROK authorities are on track for further deterioration of relations, given the background of tense relations…