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20 university students appointed as Korea Times brand ambassadors Posted : 2021-03-05 17:53 Updated : 2021-03-07 10:13 Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, center, applaud with 20 university students appointed as The Korea Times first brand ambassadors, during a welcome ceremony at the newspapers office in central Seoul, Friday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul By Jun Ji-hye The Korea Times appointed 20 university students as its first brand ambassadors...

Students in Japan urge support for Myanmar people A group of students in Japan has asked the countrys government and lawmakers to support citizens of Myanmar protesting last months military coup there. The group on Thursday handed in a petition signed by some 38,300 people to the Foreign Ministry and a cross-party parliamentarians league supporting Myanmars democracy movements. The students study the Burmese language at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and gathered the signatures onli...

Japan urges Myanmar forces to stop violence against protesters Japan on Thursday urged Myanmars security forces to stop a violent crackdown on protests against last months military coup, a day after 38 people were killed in the deadliest day of demonstrations yet. "We strongly condemn the continued use of violence against civilians despite repeated calls from the international community," Japans top government spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, said in a press conference. Chief ...

Conglomerates rushing to appoint female outside directors Posted : 2021-03-01 16:53 By Kim Bo-eun Major conglomerates are scrambling to appoint female board members, before a revised capital market act goes into effect next year requiring large companies to have at least one woman on their boards. Given the lack of female senior executives at most companies, they are seeking to comply with the law by appointing outside board members. "We have had calls asking for data on female professionals,...

An ‘Old Men’s Club’ Dominates Japan. The Young Just Put Them on Notice. Change may come slowly in Japanese society, but social media has offered an outlet for a younger generation stifled by a rigid hierarchy. Momoko Nojo, a student at Keio University in Tokyo, and one of the authors of the petition that called for systemic change in the wake of sexist remarks by the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee.Credit...Noriko Hayashi for The New York Times TOKYO —...

Low-rated teacher education institutions to reduce student enrollment quota Feb 23, 2021, 08:41 am 1 AsiaToday reporters Joo Sung-sik The teachers training institutions of Pukyong National University, Changwon University, and Hansung University, which received the lowest rate in the government’s latest competency evaluations, will be abolished starting next year. In addition, the student enrollment quota of teacher education institutions of 32 universities, including Kangwon University (Samch...

Universities failing to meet student quotas as society ages Posted : 2021-02-23 16:41 Updated : 2021-02-24 09:19 A high school senior receives a score card for the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) at Hyesung Girls High School in Seoul, Dec. 23, 2020. Korea Times file. By Bahk Eun-ji Universities here are suffering from falling enrollments as the number of people at the age to enter higher education has been declining in line with the nose-diving birthrate in the country. While the decr...

February 15, 2021 The Filipina Comfort Women monument in the Manila Bay that was removed in 2018 and later disappeared. Kaisa A two-metre-high bronze statue memorialising the Filipino women forced to become sex slaves by Japan ’s military during World War II has gone missing in Manila, underscoring the country’s challenges in balancing diplomatic relations with its largest source of development aid amid calls to hold Tokyo accountable for this wartime atrocity. The “Filipina Comfort Wom...

Biden’s Asian allies may balk at sanctions against Myanmar military A number of them have extensive business interests in the country, a genuine belief in engagement, and a desire not to cede strategic ground to China By Simon Denyer The Washington Post,Updated February 4, 2021, 5:39 p.m. Email to a Friend Supporters of the military in Yangon, Myanmar, on Tuesday.THE NEW YORK TIMES/NYT TOKYO — President Biden has vowed to rally the United States’ partners to respond to Myanmarâ�...

After Myanmar coup, Biden’s Asian allies may balk at sanctions against military Simon Denyer © Eugene Hoshiko/AP Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi living in Japan hold pictures of the ousted Myanmar civilian leader during a rally at Japan’s Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday. TOKYO —President Biden has vowed to rally the United States partners to respond to Myanmars military coup. But persuading Asian allies to support sanctions or moves to isolate the regime will be...