Korean is one of fastest-growing languages in world, sometimes ahead of Mandarin; ‘enjoying Korean drama, movies, K-pop might be a way people cope with stressful lives’. Source link
Read More »Imperial Japan’s Manchuria university for elite Chinese, Korean, Soviet students
Students from Japan, China, Korea, the Soviet Union and Mongolia studied at Kenkoku University under the banner of ‘the harmony of five ethnicities’, even as imperial Japanese troops brutalised much of the region. Source link
Read More »Korean expert slams ‘ignorant rumour’ that AstraZeneca jab causes monkeypox
The epidemiologist said the claim ‘appears to stem from the idea that chimpanzees are broadly referred to as monkeys’, and AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine uses a chimpanzee adenovirus vector. Source link
Read More »Gangster’s killing spotlights Thailand’s reputation as a criminal hideout
The killing of an Indian gangster on Phuket island has highlighted Thailand’s reputation as a hideout for foreign criminals, even amid a pandemic that has restricted global travel and heightened scrutiny of people’s movements.Jimi “Slice” Sandhu, 32, was gunned down as he left his car on the night of February …
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