January 30, 2022 – News Media Focus

Rush to Riyadh may harm workers

January 30, 2022 by

Published by
The Bangkok Post

Last week, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha returned from Riyadh with big news for workers — Saudi Arabia has high demand for labour, and eight million jobs are now up for grabs. Labour cooperation was among the top agenda items as the two countries fully restored diplomatic ties after more than three decades following the Blue Diamond affair and the unresolved murders of Saudi diplomats and a businessman with close ties to the House of Saud, one of the world’s richest families, back in the 1980s. The cases upset Riyadh so much so that it gave Thailand the cold shoulder despite its need for la…

N. Korea test-fired long-range ballistic missile on Sun.: KCNA

January 30, 2022 by

Published by
Kyodo News

North Korea test-fired a Hwasong-12 “intermediate- and long-range ballistic missile” on Sunday, state-run media reported Monday, at a time when the nuclear-armed nation has been increasing military pressure on the United States. The launch came after Pyongyang recently hinted at resuming nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests, saying it may restart all “activities” that it had temporarily suspended to build trust with the United States. The firing was “conducted by the highest-angle launch system from the northwestern part of the country toward the waters” of the Sea of Japan “in…

Japan was top tweet removal requestor in 1st half of 2021: Twitter

January 30, 2022 by

Published by
Kyodo News

Japan was the top requestor to Twitter Inc. to have online posts removed in the first half of 2021, making up 43 percent of all legal demands received from across the world during the period, the company said in a recent report. The latest biannual transparency report by the U.S. social media giant showed court orders and other formal demands from governmental entities and lawyers representing individuals to remove content totaled 43,387 between January and June last year, with 18,518 of them coming from Japan. The report said 93 percent of the requests from Japan were primarily related to law…

S. Korea to launch economic security center in March

January 30, 2022 by NEWSmediafocus.com

SEOUL– South Korea’s foreign ministry will open an economic security center in March to help ensure stable supply chains of strategically vital goods and draft diplomatic strategies for emerging trade issues, according to Seoul officials Sunday.The in…

N. Korea fires unidentified projectile toward East Sea: S. Korean military

January 30, 2022 by NEWSmediafocus.com

North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea Sunday, South Korea’s military said, in the recalcitrant regime’s seventh show of force this year, Trend reports citing Yonhap News Agency.The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced the la…

North Korea Claims Longest-Range Missile Test Since 2017

January 30, 2022 by NEWSmediafocus.com

North Korean state media have reported the country’s test of an intermediate range ballistic missile, Pyongyang’s longest-range missile test in more than four years.The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the test was meant to verify the accuracy of…

New stalking, sex crime response teams launched within Nat’l Police Agency

January 30, 2022 by NEWSmediafocus.com

SEOUL– The National Police Agency has established new investigative teams dedicated to responding to stalking and sexual violence crimes, officials said Sunday.The agency’s National Office of Investigation has reorganized its juvenile crime and gender…

NSC characterizes N.K. projectile as ‘intermediate-range ballistic missile’

January 30, 2022 by NEWSmediafocus.com

SEOUL– The presidential National Security Council (NSC) on Sunday characterized North Korea’s latest projectile launch as an “intermediate-range ballistic missile,” with President Moon Jae-in calling for North Korea to stop creating tension and respon…

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