East Nusa Tenggara Catholics aim for Dili to see the Pope
With only five buses available to travel the Kupang-Dili route, calls are mounting for the government to assist the swaths of people hoping to complete the nine-hour long journey…
SOCIETY
How to say ‘no’ to a date
South Korea's social norms and pressures amplify the challenge of declining.
In major reform, Bangladesh issues circular making 93 percent of job recruitment based on merit
The remaining seven percent will be from various quotas: five percent children of freedom fighters, martyred freedom fighters and Biranganas. One percent quota has been reserved…
Schools in Japan’s Noto region assign hugs for homework; children still suffering trauma from quake
While many children still complain about mental and physical problems due to the lack of progress on rebuilding, more than 100 children and parents have given feedback such as…
Employment rates, wages drop once women become mothers in South Korea: study
Data suggest there is a persistent price women pay for having and caring for their children while working—referred to as the "motherhood penalty"—in Korea's workplaces,…
In South Korea, record-high college graduates not working or looking for jobs
There are 4.058 million people in the country with a college degree who are considered an "economically inactive population," which refers to those aged 15 or over who are unable…
Birth of ‘Zombie Village’ in Jakarta due to recurring floods
'Kampung Zombie' was once densely populated with 33 families and scores of outsiders who rented locals’ houses and rooms, but now less than half of them remain.
South Korean recognized as person with world’s highest IQ
South Korean Kim Young-hoon scored 276 at the World Memory Championships, according to the organiser of the competition, the World Mind Sports Council, on Thursday, July 18.
Most victims in sex crimes by family member aged 13 or younger when first victimised
The report pointed out that this implies that the child victims were exposed to sexual violence for extended periods of time.
South Korea’s top court recognises legal rights of same-sex couple for first time
The years-long court battle started when plaintiff So Seong-wook filed an administrative lawsuit against the National Health Insurance Service in February 2021, who initially…