New York, Aug. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Society Foundations announced today the creation of a $10 million Afghanistan emergency fund to support Afghans in grave danger—including champions of human rights, women’s rights, and journalists—by expanding immediate protection opportunities. The Afghanistan Emergency Humanitarian Fund will help support sponsorship for humanitarian parole programs in […]
NEW YORK/SEOUL– South Korea has asked U.S. drugmaker Moderna Inc. to speed up its delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Seoul in accordance with a prior contract, visiting government officials said Saturday.The request was made during a South Korean govern…
SEOUL– The Catholic Church of South Korea will begin celebrations of the 200th birth anniversary of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, the first native Catholic priest of Korea, next week.Born on Aug. 21, 1821, in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, about 100 k…
SEOUL– South Korean stocks are likely to face a further slide next week, although a technological rebound may appear following a more than 3 percent weekly drop, as investors are increasingly worried over earnings by major chipmakers.The benchmark Kor…
Kazakhstan added 10 ventures into the list of companies eligible to export honey to Saudi Arabia, Trend reports citing Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture.Some 2,975 enterprises of the country’s agro-industrial complex successfully sell their products in th…
SEOUL– President Moon Jae-in vowed Saturday to strive to resolve the pending issue of wartime sexual slavery victims, saying that such efforts are the path to avoid “a repeat of the unfortunate past.”Moon made the remarks in a video message, as the co…
SEOUL– South Korea’s military said Saturday it has added three more COVID-19 infections, raising the cumulative caseload to 1,548.The latest cases were reported from barracks in Yangpyeong and Dongducheon, located in Gyeonggi Province surrounding Seou…
SEOUL– A South Korean military plane carrying a special delegation departed for Kazakhstan on Saturday to bring home the remains of a legendary Korean independence fighter, Hong Beom-do, 78 years after his death in the Central Asian country, officials…