ko

Korea extends warm welcome to Australian startups

Korea’s thriving startup ecosystem offers rich opportunities for Australian entrepreneurs to develop and grow their business in one of the world’s most technologically advanced nations.



  • 2019 Latest from Austrade

ko

On the brink of blackouts, Texas makes case for power plant boom

It may be time to start building power plants in Texas again.




ko

On Beat Fitness is a dance party disguised as a workout for any quarantine mood

Work(out) From Home is a weekly column where we review smart fitness machines and apps in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Thanks to technology, there are still plenty of ways to exercise if your gym is closed. Read more...

On Beat Fitness
$120 (annual)
The Good
Super fun workouts • Classes grouped by mood • Equipment-free workout options • Growing library of classes
The Bad
Lack of workout history • Expensive subscription • Inability to filter search
The Bottom Line
On Beat Fitness offers a variety of classes that cater to both your taste in music and your mood for the day. Not only are the workouts fun and effective, but exercising to the beat of the music makes it a lot easier to follow along.
⚡ Mashable Score 4.75
😎 Cool Factor 4.5
📘Learning Curve 5.0
💪Performance 5.0
💵Bang for the Buck 4.0
More about Apps, Fitness, Beauty, Fitness App, and Workout From Home




ko

Insight - Korean consumers anticipating arrival of new season Australian table grapes

Australian table grape exports to Korea have continuously increased year on year, with a three-fold increase each year from 162 tonnes in 2017; 776 tons in 2018 and 3,224 tons in 2019.




ko

Gekko Systems makes switch from mining equipment to life-saving ventilators

When Ballarat-based Gekko Systems heard the local medical community was worried about access to ventilators needed to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, the company sprang into action.




ko

Pursuing North Korea Sanctions That Work

Pursuing North Korea Sanctions That Work
EWC Non-Resident Senior Fellow Marcus Noland, who has done extensive economic and political research on North Korea, argues in an op-ed published in the current issue of Newsweek ’s international edition that the Obama administration and world community are unlikely to deter North Korea from staging another missile launch simply by the threat of a return to limited and “toothless” U.N economic sanctions, which have failed in the past. However, Noland writes, other, more substantive measures have previously proved more successful in dealing with the North Korean regime, including cutting off oil deliveries from China and freezing the regime’s overseas bank assets. Click here to read the Newsweek article.




ko

Spotlight on Seminars: Hong Kong Journalism Fellows Explore Post-Olympics China

Spotlight on Seminars: Hong Kong Journalism Fellows Explore Post-Olympics China

Hong Kong Journalism Fellows interview Tibetan monks at the Gedan Songzanlin Lamasery in Shangri-La, Yunnan, China.




ko

Audio: An Inside Perspective on North Korea: A conversation with Prof. Hazel Smith

 

Audio: An Inside Perspective on North Korea: A conversation with Prof. Hazel Smith

Click the audio icon to listen to an interview about North Korean security and food issues with Prof. Hazel Smith of England’s Warwick University, a recent visiting fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu.

 




ko

Spotlight on Seminars: Bangkok Media Conference 2008

Spotlight on Seminars: Bangkok Media Conference 2008

Fall 2007 Jefferson Fellows Johnny Brannon (Honolulu Advertiser), Dante Ramos (Boston Globe), and Christina Larson (Washington Monthly) interview Cambodians at a temple near Phnom Penh.

 

New Generation Seminar participant Kalolaine Moeaki of Tonga’s Ministry of Education (center) presents a gift to the principal (right) of Shanghai’s innovative South Dong Chang Middle School.

 




ko

Global employment briefing: Hong Kong, October 2015

Working hours in Hong Kong Some employers are surprised to learn that (save for rules regarding children, young persons in industrial undertakings, statutory holidays and rest days) there is no regulatory framework restricting or monitoring standard...




ko

Global employment briefing: Hong Kong - February 2016

More flexibility for group companies to enforce proprietary rights and restrictions against employees? The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance (Cap. 623) (the “Ordinance”) came into force in Hong Kong on 1 January 2016. The Ord...




ko

School’s in as S. Korea gets back to normal

South Korean students will return to school starting next week, officials said yesterday, as the country seeks a return to normal life after a significant drop in new coronavirus cases in recent days.




ko

'EWC Insights' on ThinkTech: Marcus Noland on North Korea

Webcast
Start Date: 
May 12 2020 - 2:00pm
End Date: 
May 12 2020 - 2:30pm
Timezone: 
Hawaii time
Description: 

Join EWC and ThinkTech Hawaii every other Tuesday for a new online interview program:

East-West Center Insights

Hosted by EWC Vice President Karena Lyons

Live May 12, 2:00 – 2:30 pm:

Featured guest:

Dr. Marcus Noland

EWC senior research fellow and Peterson Institute executive vice president and director of studies

“Not Dead Yet: Instability and Resilience in North Korea”

View live at: ThinkTechHawaii.com

Or watch series replays at: EastWestCenter.org/Insights

 

Location: 
ThinkTechHawaii
Related Link: 
http://EastWestCenter.org/Insights




ko

East-West Center Announces 2010 Media Conference in Hong Kong

East-West Center Announces 2010 Media Conference in Hong Kong
REPORTING NEW REALITIES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Hong Kong
April 25-28, 2010
EastWestCenter.org/mediaconference

An East-West Center 50th Anniversary Event

As part of the East-West Center's 50th anniversary events, the Center's Asia Pacific Center for Journalists and local co-sponsor the University of Hong Kong Journalism and Media Studies Centre have announced plans for the EWC’s the  at the East-West Center's second biennial international media conference .




ko

EWC Receives $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange Program

East-West Center Receives $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange Program
Applications Currently Being Accepted

HONOLULU (Dec.15) -- The East-West Center has been awarded a three-year grant totaling $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to provide renewed support for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange program.




ko

East-West Center Receives 450 Million Won to Assist Korea in Developing a National Energy Security Strategy

East-West Center Receives 450 Million Korean Won to Assist Korea in Developing a National Energy Security Strategy
HONOLULU (July 7) – The East-West Center (EWC) received a grant of 450 million Korean won (approximately $435,840 U.S. dollars) as part of an agreement to conduct collaborative research activities with the Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI), South Korea’s national think-tank on energy policy.

The joint project, “Energy Security in the North Pacific,” stems from the Korean government’s newly launched program to strengthen Korea-U.S. relations and establish a partnership on energy diplomacy.  The collaboration between the EWC and KEEI supports that goal by improving the networking and research cooperation between the two countries, assisting in the development of an Asia Pacific energy security framework, and contributing to the design of Korea’s energy security strategy.




ko

EWC Board Elects Puongpun Sananikone as New Chairman

EWC Board Elects Puongpun Sananikone as New Chairman

International development economist and business executive
is an alumnus and longtime supporter of the Center

HONOLULU (July 11, 2008) – Members of the East-West Center’s Board of Governors have elected international development economist Puongpun Sananikone to serve as the board’s new chairman. At a meeting today, the board named Sananikone to succeed Roland Lagareta, who became the board’s vice-chairman.

In addition, the board reappointed member Il SaKong, a former South Korea minister of finance and currently a leading economic advisor to President Lee Myung-bak, to a third term on the board. SaKong’s new term will extend until October 2011.




ko

Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok

Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 9, 2008

Media contact:
Derek Ferrar
Phone: (808) 944-7204
Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org

A faculty of experts in the fields of human-rights advocacy and humanitarian law is slated to provide instruction starting May 11 at an advanced two-week training course in Bangkok, Thailand, on the key processes being used to address human-rights abuses in the Asia Pacific region.




ko

EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council

EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

Media Contact:
Derek Ferrar
Media Relations Specialist
East-West Center
Phone: (808) 944-7204
Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org




ko

EWC and Leading Korean Energy Institute Team Up

EWC and Leading Korean Energy Institute Team Up
HONOLULU (July 31) – The East-West Center (EWC) and the Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding Tuesday (July 31) for cooperation in energy policy and planning research. The three-year agreement establishes a framework for exchange of research and joint projects.

Ki-Yual Bang, CEO and President of the KEEI, said the new agreement will “play a significant role in promoting energy cooperation through joint studies, information exchanges, and the exchange of research personnel between Honolulu and Seoul.” He added “by working jointly the EWC and KEEI can develop much needed energy policy options.”




ko

Engaging North Korea: The Role of Economic Statecraft

HONOLULU (May 31, 2011) -- Last week, the U.S. imposed new sanctions on the (North) Korea Tangun Trading Corporation, accused of having trafficked equipment and technology listed on multilateral export control lists “or otherwise having the potential to make a material contribution to WMD or cruise or ballistic missile systems.” The new sanctions under the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act will be effective for two years.
Also recently, a leaked U.N. Panel of Experts report provided a surprisingly blunt introduction to how the North Koreans—with the complicity of unnamed “third parties”—have sought to circumvent international sanctions. Among other things, the experts found that North Korea and Iran have shared nuclear missile technology and that they have received assistance, in violation of the sanctions, from China and Russia respectively.




ko

Google, KT, Hyundai, Korea Foundation and University of Hong Kong Join Sponsors of East-West Center’s 2012 International Media Conference

HONOLULU (May 30, 2012) – Internet information leader Google, telecom provider KT, auto manufacturer Hyundai, international relations insitution the Korea Foundation and the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre have joined the growing list of corporate and foundation sponsors of the East-West Center’s 2012 International Media Conference, scheduled for June 22-24 in Seoul, South Korea. The conference theme is “Networked News: How New Media is Shaping Stories in Asia and the Pacific.”




ko

Ambassadors’ Dialogue on Cultivating the U.S.-Korea Global Partnership

Free public seminar at the East-West Center on Fri. Oct. 26
will feature Korea’s Ambassador to the U.S. Y.J. Choi
and U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim

U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim and Korea’s Ambassador to the U.S. Y.J. Choi will present a special Ambassadors’ Dialogue on key issues impacting the U.S.-Korea alliance, Fri. Oct. 26, 4:30 – 6 p.m. at the East-west Center’s Imin International Center – Jefferson Hall (across from Kennedy Theatre). The event is open to the public and free of charge. Paid parking is available on the UH Manoa campus.




ko

South Korean Teachers Visiting U.S. Schools to Share Globalized Teaching Practices

HONOLULU (Jan. 10, 2014) – Twenty K-12 educators from South Korea have arrived at the East-West Center to begin a month of residencies in U.S. school communities in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Vermont. The ROK-US Teacher Exchange Program global learning and school immersion program is coordinated by EWC’s AsiaPacificEd Program with funding from the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO and the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Education. Later this year, American teachers from the U.S. host schools will travel to Korea for reciprocal exchange and learning.




ko

Keethe Koyanagi, Shelley Wilson Selected as New Co-Chairs of East-West Center Foundation Board

Fundraising Board Also Welcomes Three New Members 

HONOLULU (Aug.19, 2014) – The Board of Directors of the East-West Center Foundation ­­- the Center’s community fundraising arm ­– has selected members Keethe Koyanagi and Shelley Wilson as the board’s new co-chairs. Koyanagi is senior vice president of the Credit Administration Division at First Hawaiian Bank, and Wilson is president of president of Wilson Homecare. Their one-year term as co-chairs began on Aug. 1.




ko

North Korea In The World: A New Resource On North Korea's External Relations

The East-West Center and the National Committee on North Korea are pleased to announce the launch of a new pilot project, North Korea in the World.

For decades, American policymakers have had limited substantive information about North Korea in their consideration of U.S. policy options, with the exception of the question of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, and in more recent times, human rights.




ko

East-West Center Releases Updated Korea Matters for America/America Matters for Korea Publication and Website

WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 27, 2018) -– The East-West Center and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United States have now released the newest, updated versions of the Korea Matters for America/America Matters for Korea publication and website. The booklet and corresponding state and congressional district one-page connections summaries can be accessed and downloaded online at: https://AsiaMattersforAmerica.org/Korea.




ko

Coronavirus: Hong Kong Employers, travel industry receive support – Hong Kong

On 8 April 2020 the Hong Kong Government announced a second round of Anti-Epidemic Fund measures. While full details have yet to be released, we summarise the available information for some of the more significant measures: Employment Support Schem...




ko

Coronavirus: Hong Kong Government provides more details on the Employment Support Scheme - Hong Kong

We previously reported on the Hong Kong government’s Employment Support Scheme (“ESS”) to help employers defray salary costs and maintain employment. Earlier today on 17 April 2020, the government published more...




ko

Coronavirus: Further conditions imposed on the Hong Kong Government’s Employment Support Scheme - Hong Kong

We have previously reported on the initial details of the Hong Kong Government’s Employment Support Scheme (“ESS”) on 17 April 2020. Funding for the ESS has now bee...




ko

Rural North Koreans Forced to Provide Food Aid to Privileged Pyongyang

Residents must pay in food or cash to help construction of a new hospital in the capital.




ko

Guards Drag Pro-Democracy Lawmakers From Hong Kong Legislature

The guards were acting at the behest of a pro-Beijing politician whose authority to order their removal has been questioned.




ko

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Sends ‘Strategic’ Praises to Xi Jinping

Customs official banished to a remote area after being caught smuggling.




ko

BREAKING: Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, Orders NCDC Officials On Fact-finding Mission To Go On 14-day Isolation

Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has ordered visiting officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to go into isolation at a quarantine centre for 14 days.

Bello gave the directive on Thursday night when the NCDC officials led by Dr Andrew Noah showed up at the Government House, in Lokoja, the state capital.

The agency had sent a delegation of rapid response team to ascertain the true status of Kogi as a COVID-19-free state. 

The governor said that the step was to ensure that the laid down procedure of checkmating the scourge by NCDC was strictly followed.

Presenting a letter titled: “Deployment of Rapid Response Squad to help in fighting COVID-19,” Dr Noah explained that the mission of the NCDC was to provide logistics to all states of the federation of which Kogi could not be left out.

He said two members of the team would be left behind to help the state and support efforts already in place.

Speaking shortly after receiving the letter, Bello outlined steps taken so far by the state to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

He then asked that the NCDC officials be subjected to testing and isolated in the state quarantine centre or leave the state immediately if they refused.

PUBLIC HEALTH Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements : 




ko

Eversheds Sutherland maintains growth with partner promotion in Hong Kong

Eversheds Sutherland has announced 38 partner promotions across its global network. A total of 16 of these promotions are female which is in line with its goal to achieve 30% female representation at partner level by 2021.  In Asia, we are plea...




ko

Konexo launches ‘hourly’ resourcing model

New Resourcing+ service gives clients ultimate flexibility with interim support Konexo, a division of Eversheds Sutherland, has launched Resourcing+ an evolution of its existing resourcing service to be rolled out across its global network.



ko

Alliances Under Stress: South Korea, Japan, and the United States

By Marcus Noland HONOLULU (November 19, 2019)—Rising diplomatic tensions between South Korea and Japan are putting American security interests at risk. Yet the United States government appears detached, unable to facilitate a rapprochement between its two allies. This is a critical moment because a South Korea-Japan intelligence-sharing agreement, aimed at North Korea, is due to lapse on 22 November this year.

This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more.




ko

Japan and South Korea: Two "Like-Minded" States Have Mixed Views on Conflicts in the South China Sea

By Rebecca Strating HONOLULU (24 April 2020)—Many argue that China’s increasingly aggressive posture in the South China Sea is an attempt to unilaterally alter the US-led regional order, which includes an emphasis on freedom of navigation. In response, the US has stressed the importance of support from “like-minded” states—including Japan and South Korea—in defending freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and elsewhere. This characterization, however, disguises important differences in attitudes and behavior that could hinder joint efforts to push back against China.

This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more.




ko

Atkore International Group Inc. (ATKR) CEO Bill Waltz on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




ko

NCDC officials not wanted in Kogi – DG, Ihekweazu

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has lamented that Kogi State never accepted the assistance rendered by its official in trying to trace COVID-19 patients in the State. NCDC DG, Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu was reacting to the misunderstanding between the body’s official and the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. Bello had asked officials of […]

NCDC officials not wanted in Kogi – DG, Ihekweazu




ko

COVID-19: FG reveals next line of action on Kogi

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the federal government needs to re-engage the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello so he can allow officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, test residents for COVID-19. Recall that the NCDC officials sent to the State had returned to Abuja after Bello ordered them to […]

COVID-19: FG reveals next line of action on Kogi




ko

Boko Haram/ISWAP: Nigerian military arrests 28 local, foreign spies

The Nigerian military has arrested 28 suspected spies leaking operational secrets to the Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists. The suspects, both local and foreign nationals are currently under investigation. The arrest followed attacks this week by ISWAP on the military post in Diffa, Niger Republic, located along a border […]

Boko Haram/ISWAP: Nigerian military arrests 28 local, foreign spies




ko

Argentina, Uruguay restoring power after massive blackout

BUENOS AIRES: Electricity services have been restored to more than 50 percent of Argentina and Uruguay following a massive blackout that left around 48 million people without power on Sunday, authorities said.




ko

Woodland leads Rose, Koepka by two through nine at US Open

PEBBLE BEACH: Gary Woodland took a two-shot lead over two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka and Justin Rose into the back nine at Pebble Beach on Sunday in the final round of the US Open Golf Championship.




ko

Protesters control key roads after historic Hong Kong rally

HONG KONG - Holdout anti-government protesters remained in control of a major arterial road in Hong Kong on Monday a day after organisers said two million people flooded the streets in a historic rebuke of the city's pro-Beijing leader.




ko

Digi International, Inc. (DGII) CEO Ronald Konezny on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




ko

Atkore International Group Inc. (ATKR) CEO Bill Waltz on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




ko

Maritime Varsity: Ugborodo Community Dumps Warri Kingdom, Supports Okerenkeko Location … Alleges Olu of Warri Trying To Cause Fresh Crisis

Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –:  The people of Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have said that they are satisfied with the current  location […]




ko

China's ZZQC Int'l Business Group to Move into Korean Market in Earnest

ZZQC International Business Group, China's major investment firm, will likely take part in Cityscape Korea 2017, the nation's largest international real estate trade show, signaling that it is moving into the Korean market in earnest. According to the secretariat office of Cityscape Korea on August 8, ZZQC will set up a booth in the Korea Economic Daily-sponsored exhibition and send five top executives to meet local developers and public agency officers. During the trade show period, the C...




ko

How Daehan Shipbuilding Prospers after Undergoing 2 Workouts

Daehan Shipbuilding, a mid-sized shipbuilder in Haenam, South Jeolla Province, is seeing its order booking volume rise fast. During the first half of this year, the company won orders that exceeded twice the annual goal. Unlike any other shipyards that stopped operations of docks, Daehan has secured orders worth more than two years. It is also increasing hiring, which is rare in the shipbuilding industry. Daehan clinched deals of building 14 "Aframax" ships (115,000 metric tons) during the fi...