JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan’s government on Tuesday said schools will reopen next week following a two-week closure due to extreme heat across the country. The health and education ministries said temperatures were expected to steadily drop with the rainy season set to begin in the coming days. South Sudan in recent years has … Read more
JOHANNESBURG — A South African court on Tuesday dismissed the ruling party’s case demanding a rival opposition party be deregistered and banned from participating in the upcoming election. The Electoral Court said the ruling African National Congress party’s objection to how the Independent Electoral Commission handled the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s registration had no merit, adding … Read more
PRETORIA, South Africa — South African prosecutors said Monday they intend to charge the Parliament speaker with corruption, alleging she took $135,000 and a wig in bribes over a three-year period while she was defense minister. Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has not been arrested or charged. The prosecutors spoke at a court hearing over her claims … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — Senior doctors at dozens of hospitals in South Korea planned to submit their resignations Monday in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike for five weeks over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions, their leader said. Read More: South Korea Deploys Military Surgeons … Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s defence ministry warned the Philippines against “provocative” actions and said China would safeguard its territorial sovereignty on Sunday, a day after an incident in disputed waters of the South China Sea. “We warn the Philippines to stop making any remarks that may lead to the intensification of conflicts and escalation of … Read more
FILE – Doctors stage a rally against the government’s medical policy in Seoul, South Korea, on March 3, 2024. South Korean authorities have suspended the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by medical interns and residents that disrupted hospital operations across the country. That’s according to one of the doctors … Read more
The latest edition of South Asians in Football Weekly is out after another good week for the community in the Beautiful Game… Whitehawk forward Imran Kayani signed off for international duty in style by scoring the first hat-trick of his senior career. Kayani has been in blistering form recently and opened the scoring in the … Read more
South Korean authorities have issued notices to temporarily suspend the licenses of two doctors in its first punishment since trainee doctors walked off their jobs about a month ago in protest of a government plan to increase medical school enrollment. Two senior members of the Korean Medical Association received a three-month license suspension notice that … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean authorities will suspend the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations, one of the doctors said Monday. The impending suspensions are the punishments against physicians after more than 90% of the country’s 13,000 … Read more
SEOUL — Some places call it “plant-based.” Others say “reducetarian” or “flexitarian.” The veg-curious might introduce “Meatless Mondays.” But here in South Korea, some are simply aiming for “no chunk”: Cut down on your meat consumption by avoiding obvious bits of meat but turning a blind eye to what’s less visible. Across the developed world, … Read more