Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in the capital Baghdad and blazed a fire on the building in response to the second burning of Quran on Thursday. The violence on the Swedish embassy took place at the early hours of July 20. The footages circling on social media showed the embassy in flames and people carrying pieces of building in their hands. As per Al Jazeera news, the demonstrators protesting at the embassy waved flags and signs that showed the influential Iraqi Shia religious and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr. According to news repor
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | North Korea has no choice but to pursue complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization (CVID) as it is a legal obligation stems from eleven unanimous resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, leaving no room for choice, according to a statement released by the foreign ministry of South Korea on Tuesday. The statement was released by the foreign ministry in response of a dialogue by Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Monday, that criticized Washington's policies of strengthening its extended deterrence and
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol designated 13 areas severely hit by the deadly downpours caused widespread disaster and forced many people to displace from their houses. The special disaster zones include the central cities of Cheongju and Gongju, Yecheon, North Gyeongsang Province; Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province; and Iksan, North Jeolla Province, reported by the authorities. 13 designated areas are eligible for government's financial support in recovery work, relief funds for victims and other benefits in order to help victims' prompt return to eve
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korea and Poland has signed 33 MOUs to make strong bilateral cooperative ties between the two countries held at the Korea-Poland Business Forum in Poland during the official visit of Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol, said the ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) on July 14,2023. The Korea-Poland Business Forum was held to advance bilateral cooperation and obtain tangible outcomes in battery, high-tech industries, nuclear energy and defense, as well as collaborate on the reconstruction of Ukraine and public infrastructure projects involving air
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | India has launched its third moon mission in the bid to become the fourth country to execute a controlled landing on the surface of moon following the United States, Russia and China. India’s successful launch of space craft named Chandrayaan-3, means “moon vehicle” in Sanskrit, blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in southern Andhra Pradesh state at just after 2:30 p.m. local time (5 a.m. ET) on July 14, 2023. National crowd was gathered at the space center to watch the India’s historical launch cheering with shouts and joy. There
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korea has recorded highest number of causalities and destruction due to heavy rainfall during the monsoon season within 12 years compiled by the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters. At least 41 has died and 9 are missing due to the flooded water in the underpass tunnel at Cheongju as well as the other three provinces reported by the Interior and Safety Ministry on Monday. A total of 49 persons have been reported missing since July 9 to July 17 and the number of dead is expected to rise as the rescue operations are still underway at
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korean President Yoon, adopted the Individually Tailored Partnership Program (ITPP) in talks with Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General while attending NATO Summit held in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11, 2023. The ITPP specifies 11 sectors of cooperation between Korea and NATO like dialogue and consultation, co operation in anti-terrorism efforts, disarmament and nonproliferation, emerging technologies, cybersecurity and public diplomacy said the foreign ministry of South Korea. The Presidential office said, “unlike the previous IPCP that simply
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol hosted the NATO Asia-Pacific Partners Summit AP4 includes Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand in Lithuania on Wednesday July 12,2023. AP4 was attended by the South Korean President Yoon, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanage, and New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. The AP4 summit was held for the second time following the AP4 Summit on the occasion of the NATO Summit (Madrid) in June 29 last year. Heads of state commended the strengthening of mutual communication and coo
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korea plans to authorize overseas financial firms to participate in the country’s foreign exchange market from the fourth quarter, a latest move to meet “global standards” said the finance ministry on Wednesday July 13,2023. South Korea, under the eligible measures, will authorize registered foreign institutions to participate in the South Korean foreign exchange market, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Currently, foreign institutions in South Korea can only participate in the local foreign exchange market by opening a branch here or t
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is on six days official visit to Lithuania to attend the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that will lead to visit Poland later. President Yoon along with first lady and his entourage arrived at Vilnius International Airport, Lithuania at around 8 p.m. on Monday said the presidential office. The NATO Summit is going to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday bringing together at least 31 countries to gather at one platform and four partner nations -- South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand with a focu
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korean inquiry found Japan’s plan to discharge treated wastewater from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushi a nuclear power plant to be “consistent with international safety standards,” the government announced on Friday. A joint examination by the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission and the Ministry of Oceans found no significant fluctuations in the concentration of radioactive materials in the Korean sea waters after the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima. No new types of radionuclides were detected, either. The government findings were announced three day
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Pakistan parliament passed a resolution urging Swedish government to take “appropriate steps” against perpetrators involved in the recent incident of the desecration of the holy Qur'an happened in Stockholm. “This house strongly condemns the act of desecration of the Holy Qur'an in Sweden,” reads a resolution approved unanimously by the parliament during its joint sitting. “This house believes in respecting all religions, beliefs, and their holy books.” said the resolution, presented by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Murtaza Javed Abbasi. Moreover, the parli
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporters | “Islamophobic” is an act of burning Quran was held by an Iraqi citizen living in Sweden, Salwan Momika, 37, stomped on the Holy Quran and set several pages alight outside Stockholm’s main mosque on Wednesday June 28, coincided with the start of the Eidul Azha holiday and the end of the annual Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, sparked a great anger across the Muslim globe. The Swedish government on Sunday, condemned the desecration of the holy Quran outside Stockholm’s main mosque that deeply wounded the hearts of Muslim world and called the incident an “Islam
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korean government has decided to dispatch a Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) to support the suppression of wildfires burning throughout Canada. The decision came after the meeting of Public-Private Joint Council for Overseas Emergency Relief led by Park Jin, the minister of Foreign Affairs on June 29, at 11 a.m. According to the ministry of foreign affairs, KDRT consists of 151 members will be dispatched including the Korea Forest Service, the National Fire Agency, and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), as well as medical personnel de
Newsnomivcs AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korea and Japan restores currency swap worth US$10 billion and agreed to expand cooperation in areas such as revitalizing mutual financial investment, regional financial safety net, and international taxation that has been suspended since 2015 due to historical disputes between the two nations. Choo Kyung-ho, South Korea’s minister of economy and finance, and Shunichi Suzuki, finance minister of Japan announced the agreement of currency swap worth 10 billion dollars following their meeting in Tokyo on Thursday June 30,2023. Going forward, South Korea
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