Month: March 2024

Conservative President Yoon Suk-yeol looks set to maintain a hardline stance on Beijing despite the expected victory of ‘submissive’ liberals in next month’s parliamentary elections.

The embassy’s now-deleted posted said Israel is mentioned 43 times in the central religious text of Islam, while ‘Palestine is not mentioned even once’.

A lack of funds has forced some schools operated by Chongryon – the association of North Korean residents in Japan – to amalgamate their operations, while others have closed.

Asiatic black bears, as moon bears are also known, are classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of endangered species. Across Asia, thousands are kept as pets or farmed to extract their bile.

Lost monuments such as Kos Minar and the Barakhamba Monument have raised questions about India’s commitment to protect its heritage.

Video clips of the attack near Second Thomas Shoal showed a white ship repeatedly dousing another vessel sailing alongside it with a water cannon.

A recent case involving the seizure of over £2 billion worth of bitcoin in the UK highlights the crucial role professionals in the financial and legal sectors can play in preventing money laundering, a financial crime expert has said.

In recent determinations, the UK’s Pension Ombudsman (PO) agreed with the approach of providers to processing a tax-free withdrawal and to communicating a member’s retirement options. A third case gives some insight into how the Ombudsman may form a view where there is a lack of evidence.

AI and other technological advances promise to lower the costs suppliers incur in delivering services to customers over the lifetime of outsourcing contracts. Customers will want to consider what contractual levers they can pull to ensure they also benefit when the supplier saves.

Among the options are the co-production of submarines in Australia and the life extension of its Collins-class submarines, analysts say.