Tobacco-control legislation under preparation
BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) — A senior legislator said China’s top legislature is actively preparing to introduce more tobacco-control legislation, after a smoking ban in indoor public places seems ineffective, the People’s Daily reported Friday. China lacks specialized laws on tobacco control which makes it hard to enforce the bans on smoking in public places, […]
Turkish PM: Syria downed Turkish jet in int’l air space
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that a Turkish military jet downed by Syria on June 22 was hit in international air space, 13 miles off the coast of Syria. Speaking at a meeting of provincial leaders of his Justice and Development (AK) Party, Erdogan stated that the military jet immediately lost […]
Air India Bimaner Pkistane Joruri Abotoron
Namoskar, ami Sudhany Ghosh, Asia Journalist Association, AJA Goto Air Indiar eksho baish jon jatri shoho ekti jatribshi biman Pkistaner Nawabshah bimanbondore joruri abotoron kore.tinsho unisher A numberer oi biman ti Abu Dhabi theke Delhi jawar pothe jantrik golojoger karone joruri abotoron korte badhho hoye.Air India theke janano hoyeche je pakistaner upor die orar somoye […]
Mobile banking makes big jump
It was in the winter of 2009 when struggling wireless carrier KT brought Apple’s iPhone to these shores. And just like that the Korean finance industry entered a new era of portable banking, a significant transition that is irrevocably reshaping the personal finance experience. While the explosion of mobile Internet devices like smartphones and tablet […]
Anti-violence message to appear on soju bottles
Hite-Jinro, a leading beer and soju maker, said Wednesday that it will attach labels to its products to warn against alcohol-induced violence and promote a sound drinking culture. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency to lead a campaign to eliminate alcohol-fueled violence and help people refrain from […]
2007 election funds to be probed
Prsident’s elder brother arrested for taking bribes Prosecutors said Wednesday they are looking into the allegations that Lee Sang-deuk, President Lee Myung-bak’s elder brother, received illegal political funds from businesses to finance his brother’s presidential campaign in 2007. The elder Lee, a former National Assembly vice speaker, was jailed earlier in the day for taking […]
Rep. Chung’s arrest motion rejected
Saenuri faces criticism for protecting one of their own; Park Geun-hye skips vote Rep. Chung Doo-un of the ruling Saenuri Party survived a parliamentary motion Wednesday to have him arrested on charges of receiving money from the head of a troubled savings bank together with President Lee Myung-baks elder brother, Lee Sang-deuk. Rep. Park Geun-hye, […]
Samsung, POSCO boost cooperation
Two firms to jointly develop new materials POSCO, the world’s third largest steelmaker, has decided to develop next-generation materials for smartphones and other electronic gadgets in cooperation with Samsung Electronics. This is the latest in a series of moves designed to boost business collaboration between Korea’s two leading enterprises. Since POSCO Chairman Chung Joon-yang took […]
Lawmakers express concern over Korea-Japan military pact
Bipartisan lawmakers of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee Wednesday expressed concern over the intelligence-protection agreement with Tokyo. Some of them urged the need to sign an equivalent military pact with China, the nation’s biggest trading partner, to sweep away the allegation that the Korea-Japan pact aims to counter Beijing’s military expansion in the region, while […]
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