Hallyu messengers must learn etiquettes
Editorial: The seven-member hip-hop group Block B (Blockbuster) is under fire for joking about Thailand’s tragic flooding. The band and other K-pop stars need to learn manners. Thai social networking services are abuzz with angry comments critical of one of the group member’s joking about the Bangkok floods which killed 780 and left three missing […]
World’s first quadruple limb transplant operation over in Turkey
The world’s first quadruple limb transplant operation came to an end on Saturday at Hacettepe University in Turkey’s capital Ankara, the country’s semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The operation, which began on Friday morning, transplanted two arms and two legs of a deceased donor to a patient, Dr. Murat Tuncer was quoted as saying. “The […]
Journalists on the line, 9 people killed already this year
99 Asian journalists dead while reporting on the scene As of 24 February this year so far, 9 journalists were killed around the world while they are covering the news at the scene. CPJ, international media organization said that 9 journalists were killed this year so far including Marie Colvain, Remi Ochlik, Rami al-Sayed. Demonstration […]
Social and political unrest in Pakistan
Some of the local and international organizations have warned of social and political unrest due to food insecurity and militancy in Pakistan, a country that had been in the state of war with terrorists for over a decade while most of its districts were hit by floods for two consecutive years – first in 2010 […]
Two journalists killed in Syria
BBC reported that Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed on Wednesday morning in the house in which they were staying in Baba Amr. Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik were killed in a makeshift media centre in Homs. Three other Western journalists were wounded in the strike on the […]
Seoul steps up efforts over NK defectors
UN envoy urges China to halt forced repatriation Efforts are taking concrete shape both at home and abroad to stop China from repatriating North Korean defectors to their home country. The U.N. special rapporteur on North Korean human rights has urged neighbors of North Korea to handle those who escape the repressive state under international […]
‘Samsung worker accused of shadowing CJ chairman’
CJ Group has claimed that a Samsung employee has been following its chairman around, demanding an apology from Samsung. Samsung declined to comment until the police conclude an investigation. CJ officials said Thursday that CEO Lee Jay-hyun’s guards caught a 42-year-old worker of Samsung C&T Corp., who they claim had been tailing the CEO for […]
Diabetes incidence on rise in Singapore
About 11.3 percent of the people aged 18 to 69 in Singapore are living with diabetes in 2010, up from 8.2 percent in 2004, local daily the Straits Times reported on Friday. The disease is fairly widespread among those aged 70 and above. The newspaper said that one in three Singaporeans will develop the condition […]
N. Korea flexes muscles ahead of nuclear summit
North Korea is back in the spotlight. On Wednesday, it launched a verbal assault at South Korea for its scheduled hosting of the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit slated for March 26 and 27. The North’s Central News Agency characterized the global gathering as a grave threat to the Stalinist state, threatening that “it won’t sit […]
‘Let leaders feel Korean culture’
World leaders discuss ways to reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism in this photo taken at the inaugural Nuclear Security Summit in Washington in 2010. With the second summit slated for next month in Seoul, the government and experts are making last-minute efforts to create the ideal conference venue and atmosphere with high-end technologies. The […]
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