Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Sunday that it will incorporate plant-based meals into its staff menus as part of efforts to reduce the company’s carbon footprints for tackling climate change. Samsung will set up a food corner at its headquarters in Gyeonggi province to provide employees with low-carbon meal options, such as rice…
Samsung Employees to Get Low-Carbon Meals as Part of Net-Zero Climate Push
January 30, 2023
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Guangzhou Retirees Stage Mass Protests Over Cuts to Medical Insurance Payments
January 29, 2023
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Large crowds gathered on Jan. 11 outside a local human resource and social security bureau in Guangzhou, protesting against a sudden reduction in payments to their personal medical insurance accounts, according to a video of the protest posted online. This is the most recent protest in a series of mass rallies in the city, the…
Bus Crash in Southern Pakistan Kills at Least 41
More than 40 people were killed after a bus fell into a ravine and caught fire in the southern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Sunday, officials said. Forty-one bodies had been recovered from the wreckage, some burned beyond recognition, district police officer Israr Umrani told Reuters. The bus carrying around 48 people crashed on the…
China U-Turns on Visa Freeze for Japanese
TOKYO—China announced it was resuming issuing visas for Japanese travelers beginning Sunday, ending its nearly three-week suspension in an apparent protest of Tokyo’s tougher COVID-19 entry requirements for tourists from China. The decision was announced in a statement posted on the Chinese Embassy’s website. According to Asia Nikkei, the decision was to prioritize business in…
China Gives Greenlight to 2 Marvel Movies After 3 and a Half Year Ban
January 29, 2023
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The Chinese communist regime has recently lifted its ban on two Marvel movies, after a previous seven were denied entry to the Chinese market. Walt Disney Co. has announced that they have secured a release date for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and the upcoming “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumani,” after the recent return of CEO Robert…
Airpower Puts US in Strong Position of Deterrence Against China: Security Expert
U.S. airpower is our main deterrence against China, according to Stephen Bryen, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy. “So far as U.S. airpower is concerned, I think the U.S. Air Force, and the Marines aviation, as well as naval aviation … is better than anything the Chinese have … And I feel very confident that…
Fiji’s New Leader Scraps Police Training Deal With China, Fires Top Cop
Fiji’s newly-elected leader said on Thursday that the Fijian security force would cease working with personnel from China, signaling the end of a policing agreement signed between the two nations in 2011. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who took office in December 2022, deemed it unnecessary for the Pacific Island nation to continue its policing agreement…
ICC Judges Approve Request to Reopen Probe Into Philippines’ Drug War Killings
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that it had granted its prosecutor’s request to reopen a probe into the alleged killings and rights abuses committed in the Philippines’ drug war campaign. The ICC judges concluded that the Philippine government failed to provide any evidence to support its claims that it was conducting concrete investigations…
White House Criticizes China for Not Being ‘Fully Transparent’ About COVID Numbers
January 28, 2023
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During a White House press briefing on Jan. 25, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said that China hasn’t been “fully transparent” about COVID numbers. “And we cannot speak to the veracity of those numbers. We urge China to be fully transparent about what’s going on.” Under increasing international pressure to share…
South Korea Unveils Plan to Normalize Relations With North Korea Amid Tensions
South Korea on Friday unveiled a plan for reunification with North Korea, which includes efforts to provide North Korea with humanitarian aid, in a bid to revive stalled denuclearization talks amid flaring tensions between the two rivals. The South Korean Ministry of Unification presented a report to President Yoon Suk-yeol on its plans and prospects…
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