...ons with the FKTU and its member unions. The new FKTU leader has declared an end to the labor group’s alliance in policy with the ruling Grand National Party. The targets of his campaign are the stat...s remarks must be all the more disconcerting to the government, given that it had obtained the FKTU’s endorsement when it launched the process of revising the relevant labor laws for the introduction ...

A suicide bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport last month has reminded Russians, and the world, of the country’s continuing vulnerability to terrorist attacks. As in the past, the Russian authorities blamed Islamic extremists for the violence and promised retaliation. That reaction is certain to intensify the cycle of violence that has left a bloody trail of victims in its wake. Islamic extremi...

...ures learned that they had a better chance of getting the job by answering questions in the way a U.S. jobseeker would. For example, a Chinese engineer who had operated machine tools for 20 years wou...c politics have severely weakened the U.S. government’s capacity to get things done. Many in the U.S. hope the ever more evident Chinese can-do attitude will serve as a model for the U.S. By Chen We...

... She mentioned that her spouse would not permit her to seek assistance for the clothes, hence her P.S.: “I decided to write without telling my husband.” Nearly 75 years to the day after Jury wrote th...uired an overcoat, in part, because his responsibilities had come to include hunting for the family’s dinner. “He routinely brought with him a 16-gauge shotgun and .22-caliber pistol, boarded a city ...

...crack on Wilshire Boulevard in Koreatown, I don’t think I’d receive a hand of applause or help. But a few people might, in passing, ask if I was OK, more for the sake of form than real concern. That’s not exactly rude, but it’s not exactly not, either. I think it points to a fundamental lack of a shared civic culture in Los Angeles. Like New Yorkers we are mostly transplants, but there’s a difference. People tend to move ...

...Danish Research Partnership Programme is offering a small number of researchers the opportunity of becoming guest researchers at the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The theme for this year’s program is “Informal Justice Systems.” Additional information is available on the institute’s online brochure at the Danish Embassy’s website. The program is offering between four and six researchers from developing and transitional countries visiting scholarships for a period of no more th...

...sued by the RCMP in Canada. The criminal record check then needs to be notarized by the Canadian Embassy or Consulate before submission to the Korean Immigration office. The embassy made the announcement due to the Korean Immigration Service’s new regulations that came into effect on Jan. 1. For more information, refer to the Working in Korea section of the embassy’s website at www.korea.gc.ca.

... Canadian and Korean capabilities in CCS in order to increase awareness and knowledge of each other’s strengths and allow participants to see where collaboration and investment could occur. The semin...ation on various green energy technologies, including CCS. More information can be had by visiting the Canadian Embassy’s site at www.korea.gc.ca or by calling the Trade Department at (02) 3783-6000.