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Posted : 2021-05-25 15:51 Updated : 2021-05-25 20:14 South Koreas working hours per employee were far longer than the average of OECD members. gettyimagesbank By Jun Ji-hye Korea has become the worlds 10th-largest economy, but its population was ranked near the bottom in terms of happiness among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, according to the Korea Development Institute (KDI). In a recent report, the state-run institute cited the World Happiness Re...

German multinational pharmaceutical firm Bayer AG is now inviting the youth to apply for the virtual 2021 Youth Ag Summit (YAS), an agriculture entrepreneurship and leadership skills training. A statement showed that applications are now open for YAS, a global forum and biennially organized confe

Korea Ranks Near Bottom of Happiness Index

The future of agriculture is in the eyes of today’s youth. To allow students to follow their passion for agriculture, Bayer will host 100 global youth dedicated to championing sustainable agriculture and food security. Applications are now open for the 2021 Youth Ag Summit, a global forum and biennially organized conference where young leaders collaborate to develop sustainable solutions for food security and global agriculture as they work toward becoming global instruments of change. While ...

Esri Partners with International Community to Scale GIS Technology for Sustainable Development Friday, May 14, 2021 9:51PM IST (4:21PM GMT) Global Collaboration through Virtual Centers of Excellence for Geospatial Information Will Provide Greater Access to SDG Data Hubs for Nations in Need   Redlands, Calif., United States:   Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced its contribution to an open, community-dri...

Chen Hsin-hsin says defending Taiwan protects 'universal values' | 2021/05/09

Category Also Considered Inclusiveness, Internationalization by Julia Ann Easley May 05, 2021 The University of California, Davis, has taken top spot among universities in the nation for its inclusiveness, diversity and internationalization in rankings released today (May 5). In the second annual QS USA University Rankings, UC Davis ranked sixth overall among public universities (34th among all institutions) in the nation and fourth among public universities (seventh among all universities) ...

DUBAI: It goes without saying that happiness, or the lack of it, is a subjective experience, unique to every individual. As such, measuring an entire society’s emotional state and ranking it against another might be considered an imperfect science — though perhaps a fairer reflection of comparative social wellbeing than gross domestic product (GDP) figures alone. Nevertheless, one thing is certain: The coronavirus pandemic and its myriad of social restrictions have done little to lift huma...

Editors Сhoice In 2018 the U.S. Was at War With Uyghur Terrorists. Now It Claims They Don’t Even Exist May 5, 2021 © Photo: Wikimedia With China now in the U.S. crosshairs, the ETIM has moved from being an adversary to being a potential asset. By Alan MACLEOD In the dying months of his administration, President Donald Trump removed from the United States terrorist list a little-known paramilitary organization called ETIM, an acronym that stands for either the East Turkestan ...

A 22-member expert group has recommended 6-to-10-week lockdowns in the districts hit hardest by the second Covid-19 wave, urging far longer closures than the 14-day “local containment” prescribed by the Centre. The group has called for the closure of all indoor public spaces barring those providing essential services, consultations with local community groups and measures to support the poor and vulnerable who are likely to bear the brunt of the closures. Global observations on lockdowns su...