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POSCO aims to join global top 100 by 2020
Korean steel giant POSCO said Friday that it aims to rank within the top 100 in terms of global sales by 2020. The firm said it plans to strengthen its mainstay steel business by increasing output to 50 million tons annually. A 30 million ton-capacity mill in Indonesia will be…
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South Asia
People Protest Against Death Of Garment Workers In Recent Fire In Dhaka
People show placards and pretend to be dead bodies during a protest against the death of garment workers in a fire accident in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Nov. 29, 2012. At least 111 people were killed after a devastating factory fire at Tazreen Fashion Limited on the outskirts of Dhaka…
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East Asia
Traditional Painting Ceramics Crafts Enchants People At Exhibition In Huating, China
A visitor views the traditional Huating painting ceramics crafts during an exhibition in Huating County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Nov. 29, 2012. Huating ceramics have a history of thousands of years, producing arts like slip casting and ceramics painting and many varieties with local characteristics. Nowadays, constant technical renovation and…
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Society
Acceleration Of Polar Ice Melting Has Ice Scientists Worried
This May 30, 2012 image provided by Ian Joughin shows an iceberg in or just outside the Ilulissat fjord, that likely calved from Jakobshavn Isbrae, the fastest glacier in west Greenland. Polar ice sheets are now melting three times faster than in the 1990s, but so far that’s added just…
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East Asia
Students Of Dajia Elementary School In Taipei Enjoy Lunch Offered By School
A worker prepares students’ lunch at the dining hall of Dajia Elementary School in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Nov. 29, 2012. Food metarials are purchased through bidding in order to make sure of the nutrition, low price and taste of lunch for students. Students of Dajia Elementary School enjoy their…
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East Asia
Three candidates poised to highlight policy differences
During the televised presidential debates, the three participants are poised to clearly state their differences in policy. Many voters say that pledges made so far by the two main contenders, Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in are too similar, making it difficult to decide which candidate is deserving of their support.…
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Lawyer to manage NK residents’ assets in South
A local court ordered a South Korean lawyer Friday to manage the assets of North Korean residents that were bequeathed to them by a deceased family member who lived in the South. The Seoul Family Court dismissed a request from a surviving South Korean family member for a trial to…
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East Asia
Will OECD data help Park?
Will the latest Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data have any relevance for the 2012 presidential election? The wealthy nations’ club said that Korean women suffered from the largest gender gap in wages among member countries. This signifies that they are discriminated against but it is still a…
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East Asia
Novelist Gong to fast in support of Moon
Liberal novelist Gong Ji-young said she will begin 12-days of fasting and prayer today as a demonstration of her support for opposition presidential candidate Moon Jae-in. The popular novelist is the latest in a series of literary figures who have thrown their weight behind Moon of the Democratic United Party’s…
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Korea, China to beef up efforts to stabilize Korean Peninsula: nuke envoy
South Korea and China shared the view that there should be no situations creating instability on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul’s top nuclear envoy said Friday ahead of North Korea’s possible missile test. Speculation is growing that North Korea is gearing up for another long-range missile test in the coming weeks…
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