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Seoul vows to better protect defectors’ privacy after controversy over 2016 mass defection
Seoul: The unification ministry said Tuesday it will improve the way news of defections by North Koreans is made public to ensure their privacy. The decision follows criticism it mishandled the 2016 high-profile defections of about a dozen restaurant workers. The 12 North Korean waitresses, employees of a restaurant in…
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IT-Science
Malaysian teen develops app to motivate planting among younger generations
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian teenager Loganetraa Kulothunakan has understood that even though planting is a crucial part of creating a sustainable and healthy environment for the community, most people do not plant anymore. “Nowadays, if you visit the housing areas, you do not see any plants, so it is not that…
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Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan to bring home 70 Kyrgyz children from Iraq
Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan is working on bringing 70 Kyrgyz children home from Iraq. Minister of Foreign Affairs Chingiz Aidarbekov said the process of returning Kyrgyzstanis from Iraq and Syria was difficult, but now there is an agreement to return about 70 children to Kyrgyzstan, KABAR news agency reported. “This is a…
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East Asia
All four Korean crew members rescued from capsized vessel off U.S. coast
Washington: All four Korean crew members trapped inside a capsized vessel off the U.S. east coast were rescued Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. News of the rescue came more than 30 hours after the Golden Ray cargo vessel flipped onto its side as it left the Port of Brunswick,…
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Politics
Hours after offering to resume talks with U.S., North Korea fires short-range projectiles toward East Sea
Seoul: North Korea fired two short-range projectiles from a western region toward the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, just hours after the communist nation offered to resume nuclear talks with the United States. The projectiles were fired at 6:53 a.m. and 7:12 a.m. from areas in the…
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Culture
The new phase of cultural relations between Iran and Korea
By Pooneh Nedai Editor in chief of Shokaran magazine and publisher of Amrood Tehran: Iran and Korea have a long historical relation that goes back to more than 1500 years through the silk road and the time of merchants exchanging goods. A piece of precious glass related to Persia found…
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Politics
US CENTCOM commander calls on COAS, discusses Kashmir, Afghanistan situation
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: The commander of the United States Central Command (US CENTCOM), General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr, on Monday called on Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the Pakistan Army’s headquarters in Rawalpindi. Gen. McKenzie, who is in Pakistan since September…
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People
Sri Lanka: Teachers should constantly update their knowledge
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena said that teachers should constantly update their knowledge for the sake of the qualitative development of education. Teachers have a great responsibility to mold a future generation armed with knowledge and creative skills to suit changing world trends and nurture the moral values of…
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Business
Seoul may strip Japan of trusted trade partner status next week
Seoul: South Korea may officially remove Japan from its list of trusted trading partners as early as next week, upping ante in the trade dispute between the two Asian neighbors, the country’s trade ministry said Monday. The tit-for-tat move follows Japan’s removal of South Korea from its own whitelist of…
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South Asia
Earthquake shakes up Kashmir, Islamabad
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Earthquake tremors were felt in Islamabad and adjoining areas on Monday afternoon. The intensity of the tremors was recorded 5 on the Richter scale. The Met office said that the epicenter of the earthquake was 12 kilometers below the ground. Tremors were also felt…
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