by admin | Oct 24, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] The U.S. government is accusing the People’s Republic of China of human rights violations regarding its repatriation of escaped North Koreans.Ambassador Julie Turner, who was sworn in as U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues this month,...
by admin | Jun 30, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As South Korea campaigns to retire an old and odd age counting method that makes people a year or two older than they really are, children are among the few who seem most eager to stick with the past. “I turned 6...
by admin | Jan 10, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] Chinese embassies suspended issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 testing requirements recently imposed by those countries on travelers from China.The embassies in Tokyo and Seoul announced the...
by admin | Jan 10, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By PTI BEIJING: China suspended visas Tuesday for South Koreans to come to the country for tourism or business in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 testing requirements on Chinese travellers. A brief notice posted online by the Chinese Embassy in Seoul said the...
by admin | Dec 9, 2022 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By AFP SEOUL: Where in the world can you shave a year or two off your age? South Korea — which has just passed a set of bills to abandon its traditional system of calculating ages. The current system, widely known as “the Korean age”,...
