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[India Report] India, neighboring nations need to curb population

[India Report] India, neighboring nations need to curb population

India and its surrounding countries like, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are so similar in culture and climatic conditions that the region is sometimes called the Indian sub-continent. Though Sri Lanka was never a part of  India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the countries which were once included in India but at the end of British Raj, […]

Bihar has more phones than toilets

KOLKATA, India, July 16 (Xinhua) — More than half of the population of the eastern Indian state of Bihar live below the poverty line and have no toilets but around 56 percent of families have either a mobile or landline telephone. It is a paradox that while the state has made great leaps in infrastructure […]

[Indonesia Report] 7 billion world population: Is it boon or bane?

[Indonesia Report] 7 billion world population: Is it boon or bane?

A century ago, world population was just about a billion. In October last year, it reached 7 billion in total. This rapid grow could be a celebration for some or a disaster for others living together on this planet. People around the world celebrated the birth of the world’s seven billionth baby. Mass media in United States, Philippine […]

Audit planned for Jeongsu Foundation

Audit planned for Jeongsu Foundation

The Jeongsu Scholarship Foundation, which some suspect is controlled by Rep. Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party, will undergo an audit by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) later this month. Although officials say that the audit is scheduled, coming after the last one in 2005, attention is focused on what the results […]

New UPP leader to restore opposition alliance

New UPP leader to restore opposition alliance

The newly-elected leader of the left-wing minor opposition Unified Progressive Party (UPP) pledged Sunday to mend ties with the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) in an attempt to field a unified presidential candidate. “Our party will select its own presidential candidate by September and rebuild its temporarily loosened alliance with the main opposition Democratic […]

Foreign Ministry engulfed in sexual harassment case

Foreign Ministry engulfed in sexual harassment case

The Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry has suspended Consul General Lee Dae-hee in Auckland, New Zealand from his post for alleged ethical lapses and sexual harassment, a ministry official said Sunday. Lee was summoned home on June 15 in connection with allegations of engaging in a scuffle with a fellow Korean official and harassing female […]

Three foreign law firms to open Korean branches

Three foreign law firms will be allowed to set up branches in Korea, the Ministry of Justice said Sunday. They are Ropes & Gray and Sheppard Mullin from the United States, and Clifford Chance from Britain. It is the first time that the Korean government is to permit the establishment of foreign legal consultants. “Those […]

Mysterious woman again seen flanking NK leader

Mysterious woman again seen flanking NK leader

A chicly-dressed woman was seen closely flanking North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his visit to a Pyongyang kindergarten in state TV footage shown Sunday, reinforcing speculation she may be the wife of the young leader. The unidentified woman appears to be the same person who caught the attention of the outside world on July […]

Smartphones reshape retail landscape

Smartphones reshape retail landscape

The growing use of smartphones has entirely changed lifestyles in the 21st century, expanding to online shopping and changing the landscape of the retail industry. According to data from the Korea Online Shopping Association (KOLSA), monetary transactions via mobile online shopping totaled 3 billion won in 2009 when there were only 750,000 smartphones users at […]

2,000 Samsung workers apply to eat with Lee

2,000 Samsung workers apply to eat with Lee

More than 2,000 Samsung employees have bid for a private lunch with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who will only see 10 of them sometime in September, Samsung Group said. The winners will be selected in consideration of age, sex, type of duty and office ranks, according to company officials. Samsung gathered applications from its […]

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