On September 23rd, the United States (US) White House and the Department of Commerce convened the 3rd semiconductor-related meeting, and controversy arose as the contents of the meeting were revealed to have requested disclosure of the company’s internal trade secrets. In the meeting, automobile man
On September 24th, a steel processing company in Liaoning Province in China was shut down due to a sudden blackout, and 23 employees were exposed to toxic gas. The blackout was caused by a serious power shortage in China nationwide, and the problems were especially severe in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and G
On September 22nd, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) announced that local governments distributed about 5,449 billion won for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency relief funds as of 2020 and the 1st half of 2021. As a result, the average independent rate of finance or munic
A growing number of wealthy countries are starting to offer a 3rd dose of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Hoping to curb the Delta variant, Israel, a country with one of the world’s highest infection rates per capita, began administering the booster shots to its elderly population o
On August 15th, the Islamist group, the Taliban seized the presidential palace in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem declared the “War is over.” The war started in 2001 when the United States (US) invaded Afghanistan as the Taliban, which then governed most of Afghan
Recently, severe floods and heat waves have occurred throughout the world more regularly due to abnormal climate changes. Especially in Western Europe and Asia, many dead and missing have been reported due to natural disasters. On July 22nd, the worst floods in 40 years occurred in India’s western s
About a year after a massive explosion at a Beirut container terminal on August 4th last year, Lebanon is now in the middle of political confusion and economic difficulty. The value of their currency has declined 90 percent, and foreign exchange holdings are out of money, which has led to the end of
India’s health care system is on the brink of collapse as a huge coronavirus (COVID-19) wave started in March. The number of daily COVID-19 cases in India grew to ten times bigger than that of the United States. In New Delhi, the capital of India, more than 400 people died every day because of COVID
On May 3rd, a subway crash due to the collapse of an elevated railway occurred near Olivos Station on a section of the Metro Line 12 in southeastern Mexico City. This disaster killed at least 26 people, including children, and 79 people were hospitalized. While the subway was passing on an elevated
After the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Asian hate crimes in the United States (US) are becoming more serious. According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, the number of crimes targeting Asians in 16 major US cities has increased abou
On April 5th , Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows himself to lead the country for two additional terms. Last year, a referendum regarding this revision was held in July, and the Russian parliament approved this bill in March of this year. Putin is currently serving his fourth
Mexico has had an ongoing drug war since December of 2006; it has been 14 years and is still ongoing. It has been announced on March 10th, Mexico’s lower house of Congress approved a bill to legalize the recreation and usage of marijuana, which could make Mexico the largest drug market in the world.