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Society
Pro sports devalued by match-fixing scandals
It wasn’t long ago that professional sports in Korea seemed ready to shed its reputation as lovable money-losers and break out as lucrative industries. But then a slew of match-fixing scandals that blew up across the top competitions in football, volleyball and baseball robbed them of their innocence and aura…
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Politics
Park Chung-hee memorial hall opens amid dispute
Park Geun-hye, right, interim emergency committee leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, looks at a giant black-and-white photograph of her late father, President Park Chung-hee, on display at a memorial hall for the late leader in Seoul, Tuesday. A memorial hall for the late former President Park Chung-hee opened Tuesday,…
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State senior investigator files criminal lawsuit against TV9 channel, Mongolia
A criminal defamation case has launched against TV9 channel and its crew of the documentary that disclosed the corruption facts. TV9 Channel aired a corruption story about the illegal privatization of “Ulaanbaatar” printing’s building located in the city center in a documentary titled “Detective-2” on December 17, 2011. The documentary…
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Society
Last nuclear reactor in western Japan shuts down for checkup
The last nuclear reactor in western Japan operated by Kansai Electric Power Company has shut down for a regular checkup, leaving only two out of Japan’s total 54 commercial reactors operating, local press reported. Kansai Electric Power Company said it completed the shut down procedures for the No. 3 reactor…
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Society
AL envoy rejects military action against Syria
Neither Syrian opposition groups nor international powers want foreign military intervention in Syria, the Arab League (AL) envoy to Russia Giuma al-Ferjani said Monday. “Nobody in the Arab world, nobody in the Arab League, nobody on the Syrian side, (including) opposition parties in Syria, are willing to have military interventions…
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Business
‘Tesco supermarkets create more jobs than mom-and-pop stores’
Lawmakers have recently attempted to regulate discount chains’ efforts to set up convenience stores in city centers as well as residential areas in the name of protecting mom-and-pop stores and ordinary people. However, Home plus Chairman Lee Seung-han said in a recent interview with The Korea Times that its neighborhood…
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Society
WHO worries about non-communicable diseases in Pacific region
The World Health Organization(WHO) is worried about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Pacific region, WHO Western Pacific Regional Director Dr Shin Young-Soo said here Monday. The WHO official expressed the worries while meeting with Fiji’ s Ministry of Health officials to look at challenges faced by the island nation and…
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Business
Let civic groups handle injustice
Capitalism suggests minimal state intervention in the market. The basic assumption of a free market economy has been challenged here after economic injustice issues such as the clash of interests between mom and pop stores and large retailers run by conglomerates happened. Corporations’ business activities have undercut the profits of…
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Society
Bangladesh launches project to install 1 mln solar home systems
Bangladesh has launched a project to support the installation of 1 million solar home systems this year, mostly in the country’s rural areas where grid electricity is not economically feasible or hard to reach. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday evening launched the project under the patronage of the state-owned…
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Philippine gov’t advises students to take up course related to emerging industries
The Philippine government urged on Saturday the college students to take up courses related to the needs of emerging industries where they stand a good chance of being employed immediately after graduation. The Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz made a call to prevent an increase…
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