Day: June 19, 2024

‘Comfort women’ statue to be unveiled in Italy

A girl statue symbolizing the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, euphemistically called “comfort women,” will be erected in Italy for the first time, a local activist group said Wednesday.

The statue, dubbed a Statue of Peace or comfort women…

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Daytime highs to soar up to 37 C

Temperatures are expected to shoot up to 37 C in the city of Goyang, north of Seoul, on Wednesday, as a heat wave grips the nation, the state weather agency said.

Other parts of the country are also expected to

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PM ANWAR WANTS ECRL PROJECT EXPEDITED

KUALA LUMPUR, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called on Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) and China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC) to expedite the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.

He said the project, spanning 665 kilom…

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‘Hierarchy’ tops Netflix’s non-English TV chart

The Korean original series “Hierarchy” rose to No. 1 on Netflix’s weekly chart for non-English TV series, the global streaming service said Wednesday.

The romantic drama, starring rookie actors, garnered 6.3 million total views during the June 10-16 …

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NCSOFT to begin global service of TL in September

South Korean game developer NCSOFT Corp. said Wednesday it will begin global service of its latest game title, Throne and Liberty (TL), in September.

The massively multiplayer online role-playing game will be distributed in partnership with Amazon Ga…

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