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East Asia
Power saving drive
Firms compete to save energy to avoid blackout Companies face increasing pressure to create ideas for reducing electricity consumption as the country is bracing for an “unprecedented” shortage of power during the winter. Scores of ideas have been generated and applied to work places as part of efforts to…
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Janssen hit for kickbacks
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has banned four pharmaceutical companies from selling some of their products for 30 days for offering kickbacks to doctors and pharmacists. The Korea drug regulator said Friday that it took administrative action against a multinational drug maker and three domestic firms for trying…
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East Asia
Coffee Bar Themed By Cat Opens In Harbin, Northeast China
Shopkeeper Gao Ming feeds a cat at her cat-themed coffee bar in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 13, 2012. The coffee bar opened recently is themed by cat, with 16 cats and all kinds of decorations related to cat in the bar. Gao Ming, 25-year-old shopkeeper…
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South East Asia
Children Delighted Watching Fish At An Aquarium In Kuala Lumpur
Children watch fish on display at an aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A woman watches fish on display at an aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. <AP/NEWSis/Vincent Thian>
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East Asia
Plan to punish NK comes into focus
South Korea’s blueprint for penalizing North Korea for its provocative rocket launch took shape Friday, involving the reinforcement of existing sanctions and the addition of new punitive measures. Officials said Seoul was on the same page with Washington and Japan over a shared approach involving desired measures at the U.N.…
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Samsung axes jobs at financial units
Unlike flourishing electronics affiliates, financial units of Samsung Group have been struggling to stay afloat, hit hard by the bearish stock market, low interest rates and sluggish consumption amid the prolonged global economic slump. Now, the country’s largest family-controlled conglomerate is posed to axe hundreds of jobs at its securities,…
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More women to get high-ranking positions
Government-affiliated committees will be encouraged to increase their quota of women members to 40 percent, as part of efforts to boost female participation in policymaking. The Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Friday that the government will have more female high-ranking officials at ministries,…
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East Asia
1 out of 10 inpatients wrongly diagnosed: survey
A 32-year-old man got embarrassed when he received surgery on his left knee injured at the workplace at a joint hospital in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, last May. When awakened from his anesthesia, he found his both knees in casts. The surgeon also operated for his left knee later after…
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South Asia
Bangladeshi Children Enact Mock Scene Of Killing To Observe Martyr’s Day In Dhaka
Children of Khelaghor organizations stage a mock scene of killings of Bangladeshi intellectual people to observe Martyr’s Day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Bangladesh remembers country’s intellectuals who were killed on this day during the country’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. A Bangladeshi boy enacts a hanging…
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South Asia
Heavy Snowfall In Srinagar, India, Suspended National Highway
Two horses graze in a snow-covered field after a brief snowfall on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Traffic on the 300 kilometers (188 miles) long Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended due to heavy snowfall according to news reports. A Kashmiri Muslim walks over snow covered field…
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