Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | The UK government rushes to give refuge to hundreds of eligible Afghan nationals following the crackdown on undocumented foreign nationals residing in Pakistan started looking for accommodations to facilitate these refugees and will then arrange flights for their relocation. Around 3,000 Afghan nationals, many of whom worked for the British army were move out to be provided residence in the UK following the Afghan Taliban’s takeover of Kabul in August 2021, but suffered with delays due to housing issues in UK. Since last year, they have been stuck in Islamab
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Over 700 foreign nationals allegedly living in Pakistan has been detained in Quetta and Islamabad, a day after the federal government announced the deadline of Nov 1 for illegal foreign nationals especially Afghan nationals to leave Pakistan. The spokesperson of Islamabad police said in a statement that 1,126 people were interrogated during the operation, and 503 were allegedly found to be living illegally. About 623 people were released after presenting the legal documents, the statement added. Islamabad police said, the entire process was carried out witho
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter| The basic subway fare in the Seoul metropolitan area including Incheon and Gyeonggi is going to rise 12% percent, 1,400 won ($1.03) from the current 1,250 won starting this Saturday, according to the Seoul municipal government on Tuesday. This rise marks the first subway fare hike in eight years since 2015, comes after the rise of bus fares at least 300 won in August by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. According to the announcement, the adults using subway and buses for travel in greater Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi will pay 1,400 won, up from the current 1,
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Pakistan issued orders to all undocumented immigrants especially 1.73 million Afghan nationals to voluntarily leave the country or face deportations. “November 1 is the deadline for all Afghan nationals to voluntarily leave the country. “If they will not go, … then all the law enforcement agencies in the provinces or federal government will actively take action to deport them from Pakistan,” said Sarfraz Bugti, Interior Minister of Pakistan on Tuesday. Pakistan Interior minister, Bugti also warned of a crackdown on property and businesses owned by the Afghan
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | An Indian Muslim father and son arrived in Pakistan to seek the refuge after they were targeted by “Hindu terrorists” in their homeland, India. The father named Mohammad Hasnain (70) and his son Ishaq Amir (31), the residents of Jaffar Aabad New Delhi, India appealed the Pakistani Authorities to provide them protection in Pakistan as they planned to come Pakistan after they were targeted by “Hindu terrorists” multiple times. M. Hasnain and Ishaq Amir departed to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from India on September 5. After two days they got visa of Afgh
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | India will wait another 14 days to establish contact with Chandrayaan-3 with hope to get signals from the (Vikram) lander and (Pragyan) rover said ISRO, an Indian Space Agency yesterday. ISRO will continue attempts to revive the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover till the next sunset on the Moon which is slated October 6. ISRO shared an update of receiving no signals from Chandrayaan-3 saying, “it made efforts to establish communication with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to ascertain their wake-up condition, but as of now, no signals have been received fro
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter| India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission’s lander (Vikram) and rover (Pragyan) has sent no signals after sunrises on the lunar surface said ISRO, the Space Research Organization of India on Friday. “As of now, no signals have been received from them. Efforts to establish contact will continue,” the ISRO posted on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. India was hoping for the re-activation of Chandrayaa-3’s Vikram and Pragyan as the Sun rises on the lunar surface enabling the continuation of experiments and studies, but it doesn’t happen. Earlier, the ISRO decided t
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | International Monetary Fund (IMF) offer suggestion to Pakistan to tax the rich & wealthy and protect the rights of the poor by giving them relief to stabilize their lives in the society on Wednesday. “Of course, it is difficult but Pakistan has to do it in line with the IMF as we stand by the people of Pakistan.” said Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of IMF. “It is in the interest of the people of Pakistan that the country revitalizes its economy and addresses some of the “shortcomings” of the past, in reference to reforms the lender is asking
Nrewsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | An Astonishing miraculous incident of the history happened in Pakistan that shows the delivery of brother’s f etus wrapped in water membrane grown inside the belly of 10 months baby girl. It seems shocking and mind numbing that how a 10 months baby girl can give birth to her own brother. But it happens in Sadiq Abad city of Pakistan, where a baby girl just of 10 months gave birth to her own brother, even made doctors out of mind during the surgery. “what’s going on? the doctors remained shocked. According to the reports, right after the one month of baby gi
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | India’s Aditya-L 1 solar observatory will leave the earth orbit forever and will embark 1.5 million kilometers journey towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 (L 1) in the space on September 19 or 20. This marks the beginning of its nearly 110-day journey to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 (L 1), located approximately 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth. Aditya-L 1 ( means Sun in Sanskrit),is India’s first space-based observatory was launched on September 2, with a motif to study the Sun expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L 1,
Newswnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | The Republic of Korea announced $2 million in humanitarian aid to flood-effected Libya said the foreign ministry on Sunday. The humanitarian aid will be sent via the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies according to the foreign ministry of South Korea. "We hope this aid will help quickly stabilize the Libyan people who have suffered damage from the typhoon and flooding and help recovery efforts," the ministry added. The flood-stricken Libya is suffering wi
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korean Ministry of Justice announced the “Special Foreigner Advancement International System” will be implemented from September 11 to December 31, 2023. The “Illegal Residence” policy exempts fines and suspends entry restrictions for illegal aliens who leave the country in a relevant period on their own until December 31. This policy is being implemented on a temporary basis in order to give incentives to illegal foreigners who wish to voluntarily leave the country in parallel with the joint governmental crackdown, while it is in operation and is an o
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | More than 5,000 presumed to be dead and 10,000 missing after the worst lightning storm with heavy rains hit the northeastern Libya, the fourth-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest country in the world. “At least 5,300 people are thought dead, said the interior ministry of Libya’s eastern government on Tuesday, reported by the state media LANA. “The death toll is huge,” said Tamer Ramadan, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies delegation in Libya, gave the numbers of missing people during a
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korea is going to send humanitarian aid to Morocco to recover from the damage of deadliest earth quake over the century, said the ministry of foreign affairs on Monday. South Korean government announced the close cooperation with Morocco added to meet the needs of the devastation including a team of relief workers. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Morocco late Friday night killed 2000 and caused devastation outside of towns and cities, mostly in Marrakech and five provinces near the epicenter, reported by the Morocco's Interior Ministry on Saturday
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | The speculations are buzzing around the world suspecting that Indian government is planning to change the name of country from ‘India’ to ‘Bharat’. The rumors spread wildly after the invitations of G20 Summit’s dinner circulated among the world leaders with the use of words "President of Bharat" instead of the customary "President of India." On the same day, a senior spokesman of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said in a tweet, “Modi was attending a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Indonesia as the “prime minister of Bh
뉴스노믹스 전상천 기자 | 아리랑TV는 오는 12일 열린송현 녹지광장에서 외국인과 내국인 관객을 위한 무료 힐링콘서트 ‘PLAY with K’를 개최한다고 밝혔다. 이번 공연은 11월 중 진행되는 공연 중 두 번째로 송소희, 공중그늘, 극동아시아타이거즈, 썬더릴리 등 네 팀의 뮤지션이 90분 동안 신나는 무대를 선사한다. 공연 진행은 한국어와 영어로 이뤄져 외국인 관객들도 더욱 쉽게 참여하고 즐길 수 있다. ‘PLAY with K’는 외국인들에게 한국 음악의 매력을 전하고, 음악을 통해 소통하는 기회를 제공하고자 기획됐다. 공연 실황은 영상으로 제작해 아리랑TV를 통해 전 세계로 방영되며 온라인 채널에도 업로드할 예정이다. 무료 공연 신청: https://forms.gle/D26ehn2eakh1ZMBR7 웹사이트: http://www.arirangtv.com
뉴스노믹스 전상천 기자 | 소액 해외 송금 서비스 코인샷의 운영사인 핀샷이 코인샷 카드에 교통카드 TAB 기능을 출시, 이용자들로부터 호응을 얻고 있다고 23일 밝혔다. □ 외국인 필수 금융 솔루션, 코인샷 카드 국내 거주 외국인 고객을 주 고객층으로 하는 코인샷 서비스는 소액 해외 송금 서비스에서 더 나아가 2022년 12월 외국인 특화 결제 상품을 출시했다. 출시 2년을 맞는 해당 카드는 선불전자지급수단인 코인샷 월렛과 연동해 온라인, 오프라인에서의 결제는 물론 선불 교통카드 기능과 ATM 현금 입출금 기능까지 지원한다. 그간 외국인 근로자들은 여러 가지 제약에 의해 간편 결제 서비스 이용이 어려웠다. 핀샷은 다국적 언어지원과 간편한 가입 절차 등을 통해 금융 서비스 이용의 진입장벽을 낮추기 위해 노력했다. 카드 출시 이후에도 고객의 라이프 스타일에 맞는 서비스를 제공하기 위해 온·오프라인을 통해 고객의 의견을 청취했다. 코인샷 카드의 ATM 현금 입출금 기능과 자동 충전 기능 등이 맞춤형 서비스의 일환으로, 해당 기능 추가 이후 ‘서비스 이용이 더 편해졌다’는 호평을 받고 있다. 핀샷은 "코인샷 카드를 한국 내에서 외국인들이 자유롭게 금융 활동을 할 수
뉴스노믹스 전상천 기자 | 경기도가 16일부터 외국인 여성청소년을 대상으로 생리용품 구매 전용 무기명카드 발급 시범사업에 나선다. 앞서 도는 2021년 전국 최초로 ‘여성청소년 생리용품 보편 지원사업’을 도입하고, 올해부터 지원 대상을 도내 등록 외국인과 국내거소신고를 한 외국국적동포 청소년까지 확대했다. 이번 시범사업은 휴대전화가 없거나 언어장벽의 문제로 ‘여성청소년 생리용품 보편 지원사업’ 신청에 어려움을 겪는 외국인 여성청소년이 별도의 회원가입 절차 없이 바로 경기지역화폐를 사용해 생리용품을 구매할 수 있도록 무기명카드를 지원하는 것이다. 사업 대상 지역은 도 전체 외국인 여성청소년의 절반 이상이 거주하고 있는 안산과 평택을 선정했다. 두 지역에 거주하는 참여 희망 11세 이상 18세 이하 외국인 여성청소년은 16일부터 11월 15일까지 가까운 읍면동 주민센터를 방문해 신청하면 된다. 중복 확인 절차를 거쳐 선정된 대상자에게는 1인당 월 1만 3천 원, 연 최대 15만 6천 원의 생리용품 구입비가 시군 지역화폐 카드로 지급된다. 카드는 오는 12월 31일까지 각 시군 내 편의점(CU, GS25, 세븐일레븐, 이마트24)에서 사용할 수 있다. 고영미 경기
뉴스노믹스 전상천 기자 | 경기도공익활동지원센터가 지난 13일 의정부이주노동자센터와 (주)매직북스 간 ‘1기업-1단체 공익파트너십 캠페인’을 진행했다. ‘1기업-1단체 공익파트너십 캠페인’은 기업과 공익활동단체의 일대일 연계·협력을 통해 도내 사회공헌활동 및 ESG 경영 확산을 위해 추진된 사업이다. 이번 캠페인을 통해 (주)매직북스는 이주노동자 노동권과 체류 권익 보호를 위해 6개 국어로 번역된 ‘이주노동자를 위한 법률정보’ 600부를 의정부이주노동자센터에 후원했다. (주)매직북스는 교재·교구를 제조하고 교과서, 학습 서적 등을 출판하는 여성기업이자 사회적·벤처기업이다. 의정부이주노동자센터에서는 고용허가제(E-9) 비자로 국내에 온 이주노동자의 임금 및 퇴직금 체불, 사업장 변경 등에 대한 상담을 20건 실시했다. 공익활동지원센터는 지난 2월 5개의 기업단체를 모집해 5월부터 본격적인 활동을 시작했다. 유명화 경기도공익활동지원센터장은 “경기북부 이주노동자 권익 보호를 실천하기 위해 캠페인을 마련했다”며 “경기북부 1기업-1단체 공익파트너십 캠페인 사업이 북부 기업과 단체의 좋은 협력 사례가 되기를 바란다”고 말했다.
뉴스노믹스 김지혜 기자 | 11th Cultural Talk for Diversity & Inclusion Highlights Psychological Safety The 11th Cultural Talk for Diversity and Inclusion brought together esteemed speakers Jonathan Orr, Ting Fai Yu, and Julia Cselotei, who emphasized the pivotal role of psychological safety in diverse workplaces. And the discussion was smoothly moderated by Sophie Dowden. This conference fostered an open dialogue, allowing participants to share their thoughts and experiences, thereby enriching the discussion surrounding psychological safety, especially in multicultural contexts. Julia Cselotei opened