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Entertainment
South Korea invites North Korea to compete at ping pong worlds in Busan in 2020
Seoul: South Korea’s table tennis governing body said Tuesday it has invited North Korea to participate at the world championships taking place south of the border next spring. The Korea Table Tennis Association (KTTA) said it extended the invitation to the North through the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The…
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Society
Native-language classes connect multicultural students to their heritage
Seoul: Whenever she visits her hometown of Ulaanbaatar on the vast Mongolian steppe, Seoul-resident Jadambaa Nasanjargal makes a point of returning with children’s books written in her native language. At home, she reads the traditional folktales to her daughter, translating into Korean as necessary, to introduce her 7-year-old to the…
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IT-Science
Pompeo cites Samsung as alternative to Chinese tech giants
Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that Samsung is a “legitimate” substitute to Chinese companies in building 5G networks across the European Union. Pompeo made the case in an op-ed in Politico Europe ahead of an EU communications ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. He argued that…
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Politics
Azerbaijan lawmakers call for parliament dissolution, early elections
Baku: Azerbaijan’s lawmakers have asked the country’s president to dissolve the parliament and to call for parliamentary elections. “During the plenary session of the parliament on Monday, deputy chairperson Bahar Muradova read out the draft decision of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis (parliament) to appeal to President Ilham Aliyev to dissolve the…
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Society
South Korean NGO sues Disney over alleged screen monopoly by ‘Frozen 2’
Seoul: A South Korean non-governmental organization has lodged a complaint against the Korean unit of Walt Disney Co., claiming its latest animated film, “Frozen 2,” violated the antitrust act by occupying up to 88 percent of domestic movie screens. The movie topped the box office over the weekend again, drawing…
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Politics
U.S. again flies spy aircraft over South Korean capital areas: aviation tracker
Seoul: A U.S. reconnaissance plane flew above the Korean Peninsula, an aviation tracker said Monday, on an apparent mission to monitor North Korea amid concerns the communist nation could undertake additional military provocations after last week’s short-range rocket firings. The plane, believed to be a RC-135W Ribet Joint, was spotted…
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Politics
Hong Kong clash with destiny
By Ivan Lim Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: Singapore: A divisive Hong Kong has settled into an uneasy calm following last Sunday’s district-level elections. The momentum from close to six months of street protests marked by clashes with riot-police helped the pro-democracy camp outpolled their pro-establishment rivals in a historic shift…
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Society
Pengsoo, the giant penguin South Korean millennials love
Seoul: Pengsoo is South Korea’s newest rising star. Debuting in March with a 23-second “meokbang,” or eating show, clip of munching on meringue cookies, Pengsoo now boasts more than 1 million subscribers on YouTube. Pengsoo soared to stardom in less than a year, appearing on both terrestrial and cable…
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Politics
Grand opening as exhibition creates great synergy between Kuwait, Korea
Kuwait: There is the art of diplomacy. And there is the diplomacy of art. Marking 40 years of diplomatic relations, Kuwait and South Korea have held several events to celebrate the steady growth of their ties and the successful expansion of their cooperation. Art, the main beauty of mankind, in…
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Society
Don’t allow racial issues to fester, become a cancer: Malaysian official
Kuala Lumpur: Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the values of unity should always be nurtured and racial issues should not be allowed to fester and become a cancer that will weaken unity of the people in this country. Dr Wan Azizah said people in the…
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