... her companion Abu for more tobacco products. Located at Johor Baru, near the border with Singapore, the zoo is just one of the abuse-ridden zoos in Malaysia, reports said. The Malaysian government’s initiative to overcome animal rights abuse across the nation has shown no results, and this is likely to continue. Just last year, the government enforced a new law that demanded zoos enhance care f...

S. Korea's jobless rate inches down to 3.7 pct in April South Korea's jobless rate inched down in April from a year earlier as the private sector continued to expand recruitment, fueled by strong exports, a government report showed Wednesday. The jobless rate was 3.7 percent last month, down from 3.8 percent in the same month a year earlier, according to the report by Statistics Korea. It was a...

...e construction of the cross-country skiing and biathlon venues within the Alpensia Resort," the report read, referring to a winter sports complex in the heart of PyeongChang. It also said PyeongChang's plan to improve existing venues "would assist in further developing a winter sports legacy in Korea beyond the sports traditionally practiced in Korea and in Asia." PyeongChang's bidding committee said it "warmly welcomed" the release of the IOC report. "With less than two months to go until the vote in Durban, we are confident that PyeongChang would deliver an unforgettabl...

.... “The virus we have extracted from the specimen was more of an ordinary flu virus. However, we need to look closer into what has caused pulmonary fibrosis.” Fears are growing despite the government’s efforts, especially among pregnant women: Of the seven hospitalized patients, six of them were pregnant or recently had been pregnant. Experts say the families of the remaining six patients are als...

Central bank may be given right to inspect financial companies The nation’s financial market is focusing on the growing possibility that a proposed revision of the law on the Bank of Korea could pas...had already expressed his strong willingness to achieve the independent supervisory rights. “Korea’s central bank could fail to establish effective networks with its counterparts worldwide if it is n...

North Korea on Tuesday said that South Korea’s recent announcement pinpointing it as the culprit for the April 12 cyber attack was a “fabrication,” denying its role in the nation’s worst-ever banking system crash. The North’s Defense Ministry spokesperson issued a statement, claiming that the announcement last Tuesday was the “same fabrication” as the sinking of the corvette Cheonan, according t...

... Korea in the future. On June 14, former ambassador to China Shin Jeong-seung will introduce China’s economic strategies and efforts to expand its economic exchanges with ASEAN member states. On Jun...tions as one of Korea’s key trading partners on July 5. More information on the series of lectures is available at the center’s website, www.aseankorea.org. By Song Sang-ho ( sshluck@heraldm.com )

...mpulsory education for children under age 5 as a way to relieve the parents of daycare burden. The former judge, who is widely known as a neutral figure and a reformer, was elected Friday as the GNP’s new floor leader. The vote came amid the party’s distress over its by-election failure and the consensus that fundamental reform is a must. Hwang’s rise also gave momentum to a group of junior reform-minded lawmakers who set out to change the par...

...for the police to recruit a former military officer for the mid-level police position since the 1980s when the military-backed government ruled the country. Police expect the former military officer ...officer in the police came as military tensions between the two Koreas run high following the North’s two attacks on the South last year that killed 50 South Koreans including two civilians. By Song ...