North Korea, an East Asian state emerging on the globe after Japan relinquished its 35 years occupation of the Korean Peninsula at the end of Second World War and establishing its independence in1948 after splitting away South Korea possesses active nuclear weapons program and has tested nuclear explosive devices in 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2016. Being capable of enriching Uranium and producing weapon grade polonium North Korea has deployed ballistic missiles and in January 2003 Pyongyang withdrew from the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear weapons (NPT).

Kashmir a rugged land rich in natural resources and nature’s beauty is situated in a very important geo-strategic Asian region. This nature enriched valley has always acted as a bone of contention and has kept the two neighboring south Asian countries Pakistan and India on a dangerous course of confrontation since inception. Both the countries are embroiled in territorial battle over Kashmir for more than six decades. Kashmir conflict has acted as a triggering factor and major acrimonious behind the three wars between the two rivals Pakistan and India.

An Interview with Annika von Redwitz, conducted by Melissa Lamson (ML): 

A Diversity colleague of mine, Mellisa Lamson (ML), and I are very interested in understanding what digitalization will do to the way the workforce builds relationships and interacts with each other–particularly in a diverse, globalized, and multicultural world. We spoke about whether or not digitization will make human connectivity obsolete.

For us, the answer is no. It may be even more important.

Below are the highlights of our conversation.

Carl Frey and Michael Osborne from Oxford University have examined how susceptible jobs are to computerization and digitalization. According to their estimates, 47 percent of total US employment is at risk.

Over the past decades already, computers have substituted for a number of jobs – for example – bookkeepers, cashiers and telephone operators. Some sectors such as the insurance sector will be especially affected according to these two scientists – with an estimated computerization rate of 92%-98%.

During the past decades life expectancy doubled as enormous life threatening diseases got uprooted and eradicated. This paved way to an era of new horizon. But we should not become an “owl in the day” and only praise scientific and technological discoveries. Considering the darker aspect of the sight, we have devalued the life quality improving measures by advancing in nuclear technology and building nuclear bombs, a human invention possessing the tendency of destroying life on earth in an instant. Just with a trigger or button-press life can transform to death.