• Business

    Remote working spreads in South Korea amid coronavirus fears

    Seoul: More South Korean companies are adopting remote working systems to help insulate their employees from COVID-19 and contain its spread, industry insiders said Thursday. At 1,500, South Korea has the second-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases after China. With the number of infections rising rapidly in a week, South…

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  • Society

    Balochistan shuts schools till March 15 after two coronavirus cases confirmed

    By Nasir Aijaz TheAsiaN Representative Quetta/Karachi/Islamabad: Schools and other educational institutions throughout Balochistan province of Pakistan willremain closed till March 15 as part of the measures being taken to prevent coronavirus spread and for the safety of children, the provincial government said in a notification issued Wednesday. The notification stated that all public…

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  • South Asia

    Coronavirus: Pakistan-Iran border remains closed on fourth day

    By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Islamabad: The closure of the Pakistan-Iran border continued for a fourth straight day on Wednesday amid the coronavirus outbreak in Iran suspending trade activities and pilgrims’ visit. The Balochistan’s provincial government has also stopped pilgrims from traveling to Iran via Taftan border. A large number…

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  • Society

    South Korea: Pressure, challenges facing disease detectives battling coronavirus on front lines

     By Kim Seung-yeon YONHAP Seoul: Disease detectives, like coronavirus investigator Park Young-joon, see many similarities between what they and criminal detectives do. Both are deployed as soon as new cases occur, talk to affected people and investigate scenes. But one of the biggest differences may be the time pressure that…

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  • Politics

    Parliamentary election taking place in Iran

    By Peter Jaegeul Song Staff Reporter Seoul: The election for Iran’s parliament (Majlis) began on Friday morning across Iran. According to the National Election Commission of Iran’s Interior Ministry, the term of senator is four years, and 290 senators (including five seats allocated to minority sects) will be selected in…

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  • Politics

    What kind of future awaits Modinomics 2020?

    By Peter Jaegeul Song Staff Reporter at Asia N Seoul: Narendra Modi began his second term as prime minister with a series of enormous reforms. In a rapid process, he did not hesitate to embark on tackling the long-pending issues, including ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370…

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  • Society

    Let science build strong power against epidemic

    By He Yin Beijing: In the era of globalization, human beings are living in a global village where they share the same welfare and responsibilities. The threat posed by any infectious disease is against the entire human race, regardless of nationality, region, ethnicity or group. This is a new challenge…

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  • Society

    Development of novel coronavirus drugs achieves initial progress

    By Qiu Chaoyi People’s Daily Beijing: Initial progress has been achieved in drug development of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of China’s State Council has said According to Wu Yuanbin, an official in charge of technology in social development with the Ministry of Science and…

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  • Business

    Virus-hit city makes all efforts to fight against novel coronavirus epidemic

    By He Guanghua, Hou Linliang People’s Daily Xiantao: Xiantao in central China’s Hubei Province has played its part in the nationwide battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic through curbing the virus and producing medical materials in full swing. Xiantao is known as China’s famous industrial city of nonwovens as it…

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  • Society

    United Nations, Group 77 support China’s efforts in coronavirus battle

    By Yang Jun People’s Daily Beijing: The Group of 77 and the United Nations expressed their full support to China’s fight against the novel coronavirus last week during the 58th Session of the Commission on Social Development at UN headquarters in New York. Guyana’s UN Ambassador and Group of 77…

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