BANGKOK , June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The use of Blockchain and other technological advances, open data, people participation, and cooperation from the public, private and academic sectors are all important tools to ensure the strategic plan of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) reaches its targets, according to experts speaking at a forum about "Open Government: Game Changer in F...

-END- About NTUC First Campus NTUC First Campus (NFC) is one of Singapore's largest Early Childhood Care and Education service providers. It operates more than 170 preschool centres in Singapore , serving more than 25,000 children and their families every year. NFC's core purpose is to enable bright futures for every child and their family. Established in 1977, its innovative, research-led...

TOKYO , June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Japanese battery startup, PowerX, Inc. has unveiled the detailed design of the first-ever 'Battery Tanker' at the 'Bariship' International Maritime Exhibition held in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan . The inaugural ship "X" aims for completion by 2025, with domestic and international field testing planned to commence in 2026. The World’s First Batt...

South Korea will participate in a multilateral air drill in Alaska led by the US Pacific Air Forces this month, officials said Thursday. The country will send 180 officers, along with six KF-16 jets, two C-130 carriers, and a KC-330 tanker transport aircraft to the Red Flag-Alaska exercise, according to the Air Force. The drill, aimed at improving the troops' interoperability, will take place a...

A singer-songwriter who composes and writes the lyrics to almost all of his songs, B.I said that his thoughts are now the fuel for his creations. "I get inspired by poems, books and films, but more than anything, I think a lot. I spend much of my time at home and poring over my own thoughts. I get my own answers from them. Those answers inspire me," the musician said. In September, the rapper i...

Lee is also slated to meet Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu on Saturday evening. “We haven’t finalized agenda topics for the bilateral talks, but it is expected to discuss various ways to improve defense cooperation between South Korea and China based on the principle of mutual respect and reciprocity,” the official said. In Singapore, Lee will meet with counterparts from Canada, the Netherl...

A local Hangeul foundation is hosting an online contest for foreigners to transcribe their native language in Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, this summer. The contest, dubbed "Hangeul Festa 2023," hosted by Hangeul Nuri Foundation, requires its applicants to submit videos of the following descriptions from June 1 to Aug. 31 via its official website (https://www.hangeul-festa.org/en/). The contest...

Lim Seung-cheol, secretary general of Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, told reporters Thursday it is "premature to make an assessment on the (quality of the) treated wastewater," given that two more follow-up assessments by the IAEA are up and coming. This most recent tentative assessment came amid concerns about the health impacts of long-term, low-dose exposure to tritium as a result of...

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna (center) poses with Roma Spider, the Italian luxury carmaker’s latest soft-top convertible, during the Universo Ferrari exhibition which kicked off in Seoul on Thursday. The CEO visited Korea to celebrate the Asia premiere of the exhibition that travels around the world to showcase Ferrari’s 22 most representative cars. On his right is Dieter Knechtel, president of Fer...

The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency on Thursday revealed the identity of a 23-year-old woman held on suspicion of murdering and dismembering the body of another woman in her 20s. Police said they decided to make the suspect’s identity public after convening a committee to contemplate the disclosure. According to police, the suspect is 23-year-old Jeong Yu-jeong. South Korean law allows police...

Saudi Arabia is gearing up to welcome 53,000 Korean visitors in 2023, almost five times the 11,000 visitors recorded last year, aided by direct flight routes, stopover visas and diversified travel packages, according to the Saudi Tourism Authority on Monday. During a tourism roadshow at the Westin Josun Seoul on Monday, the STA introduced a wide range of experiences available to Korean holidayma...

Lee Bok-hyun, chief of the Financial Supervisory Service, on Thursday emphasized the importance of the financial authority participating in international investor relations events in enhancing the global presence of Korean financial firms. “We will continue to support the Korean financial group’s global expansion (over the next year),” Lee said at a press conference held Thursday to mark his fir...

“The L-SAM has great significance as it is the linchpin, broadly speaking, of the three-axis defense system, and more specifically of the Korean Air and Missile Defense system,” South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup said at the test center. The Yoon Suk Yeol government has sought to expeditiously complete the establishment of the homegrown three-axis defense system, which consists of the Ki...

A teenage hacker and an operator of a Telegram chatroom in his 20s were arrested on the charge of leaking scores of 270,000 high school sophomores of a mock scholastic ability test held nationwide in November last year, the police said Thursday. The 19-year-old has allegedly broke into the Gyeonggi Office of Education‘s server on Feb. 18 and stole the mock test results of high school sophomores,...

South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a complaint demanding the government disclose negotiations that led to a 2015 agreement between South Korea and Japan meant to settle the issue of Korean sex slaves, a contentious deal that fell short of putting on record whether Tokyo had directly forced the victims into sex slavery. The pact, signed in December 2015 when the Korean and Japanese...