Healthcare professional warns of traveling journalists’ risks
BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) — A travel medicine expert on Tuesday warned that journalists’ frequent travel has brought an increasing threat to their health. “The risks to journalists’ well-being aren’t confined to the hazards of reporting from hostile environments, but often extend to medical issues that prove fatal and commonly involve road traffic accidents,” said […]
Samsung SDI strikes energy deal in Germany
Samsung SDI, said Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with German-based KACO for the cooperation of mutually-interested businesses and to supply SDI’s fine-tuned energy storage system (ESS) solutions. The agreement came during SDI’s CEO Park Sang Jin’s participation of an industry forum in Munich, Germany. Under the MOU, Samsung SDI will supply […]
M&A frenzy
SK hynix takes over US LAMD to bolster NAND flash business SK hynix has been in the limelight in the global M&A market after taking over two foreign companies in the past month, a move seen as SK Group’s attempt to foster the chipmaker as its growth engine. The bold move is in line with […]
Drought feared to worsen food shortages in N. Korea
Experts predict that the dry spell in North Korea will worsen food shortages by affecting cereal and vegetable crop production in the already poverty-stricken nation. They said the corn that was planted between mid-April to early May will be one of the crops most severely affected by the lack of irrigation. “North Korea will run […]
Taxi drivers stage massive strike
Cabbies threaten additional action in latter half About nine out of 10 taxis were at a standstill Wednesday, as drivers staged a massive strike, calling for a pay rise and recognition of taxis as public transportation. The drivers threatened to launch additional action in the latter half of the year if their demands are not […]
‘1965 treaty didn’t settle all issues’
Japan’s accountability for occupation remains outstanding This is the third of a series of interviews regarding how Japan should take responsibility for its colonial rule in Korea; and the 1965 Treaty on Basic Relations between Republic of Korea and Japan ― ED. A Japanese expert on Korea-Japan relations said Tokyo’s assertion that the compensation issue […]
Small biz struggle to make ends meet
Poor self-employed emerge as time bomb Korea’s self-employed population is swelling like a balloon due to a decaying job market that has sidelined millions of people and forced them into starting their own businesses. With economic activity squeezed to a pulp, there is a rapidly growing intersection between low-income earners, over-50 people and the self-employed, […]
Seoul to gain release of activists soon
Seoul and Beijing are working toward the release of human rights activist Kim Young-hwan and three other men detained in China, an official said Wednesday, downplaying reports of imminent repatriation. Earlier reports said the two sides had finalized the release of the group detained for over 80 days in Dandong, Liaoning Province on charges of […]
Chinese space and sea explorers unleash national pride
BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) — Two groups of Chinese explorers have drawn a huge amount of public attention and unleashed national pride in the country’s online community with scientific feats stretching from the faraway heavens to the depths of the sea. One group set a new national record of 6,965 meters for a deep-sea dive […]
Taxi Drivers Go On Strike In South Korea
Some 20,000 taxi drivers stage a rally against the government in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of taxi drivers staged a one-day, nationwide strike Wednesday, demanding the government cut fuel prices and hike fares.<AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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