Choi Jung-hun smiled as I read out the latest official Covid-19 figures from North Korean state media: fewer than 5 million cases of “fever” and just 73 fatalities — a fraction of the death toll of every other country in the world.

As employees return to the office in South Korea, so does gapjil — the country’s longstanding problem of toxic workplace culture.

To address the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the global agricultural sector, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new $17 million project to help Ukrainian farmers save the upcoming harvest in July-August while ensuring export of critical agricultural goods to international […]

Overview On 6 May 2022, the European Commission (Commission) published the draft revised Implementing Regulation (Draft Implementing Regulation) and the Notice on Simplified Procedure (Draft Notice) for the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR), and launched a second public consultation to gather feedback from interested parties on these draft documents (Second Consultation). […]

Countries: Japan, Ukraine Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The $17m project aims to restore grain storage capacity and functionality of supply chains from harvest to export, as well as maintain productive capacity of Ukrainian farmers to enable future output.

Photo: Pixabay/jarmoluk Environmental justice, a term brought to life in the 1950s, enforces policies and advocates for justice for all people regardless of their ethnic origins or social status when it comes to environmental factors that affect them. At its core environmental justice seeks to make the environment safer, cleaner […]

North Korea has criticized an agreement between the United States, South Korea and Japan to strengthen military cooperation — claiming it is part of a US plan to create a military alliance like NATO in the region.

Country: Ukraine Source: UN Environment Programme Thousands of possible incidents of air, water and land pollution and the degradation of ecosystems, including risks to neighbouring countries, have already been identified, says environment agency.

Recently, I watched a documentary titled Why We Can’t See Disabled People [in Korea]. It chronicled how disabled people fought for their right to mobility throughout the past 20 years—and how the public has turned a blind eye to them time and time again. South Korea is an incredibly unkind […]