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HONG KONG — In Hong Kong, it’s pandas, pandas, everywhere. Its reigning pair, Ying Ying and Le Le, had twins in August, when Ying Ying become the world’s oldest first-time panda mother after years of failed breeding efforts. The panda windfall has inspired Hong Kong officials to talk about a “panda economy,” encouraging restaurants and businesses to launch panda-themed products. But that is still well below the more than 50 million visitors Hong Kong received from January to October of 2019, a period that includes the start of the protests. Other ideas for revitalizing Hong Kong, such as the “mega-event economy,” have hit roadblocks as political sensitivities remain high.

Persons: Ying Ying, Le Le, Hong Kong, Hou Yu, Hong, John Lee, Billy H.C, Kwok, Lee, Lionel Messi, Messi, “, ”, Carol Lee Furiate, Margaret Koon, Peter Parks, Donald Low, Low Organizations: Hong, China News Service, Getty, Bloomberg, Hong Kong Tourism Board, Big, Hong Kong University of Science, Technology Locations: HONG KONG, Hong Kong, Asia . Hong Kong, Hong, Beijing, China, Victoria, Mainland China, Shenzhen, California

☆ North Korea's Kim Jong Un urges improved military capabilities for war
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the country’s military to improve capabilities for fighting a war in a speech last week, state media KCNA said on Monday, after Pyongyang dispatched thousands of troops to Russia. The report came amid international criticism over rapidly developing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. Washington, Seoul and Kyiv have said there are more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia to support its war against Ukraine, and some of them have engaged in combat in Kursk, near the Ukraine border. Biden’s administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, sources told NBC News, marking a significant policy reversal and a response to Russia’s deployment of North Korean ground troops. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that North Korean troops had suffered casualties in combat with his country’s forces, and the first battles between them "open a new page in instability.”

Persons: Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim, ”, “, ” KCNA, Alexander Kozlov, Joe Biden, Yoon Suk Yeol, Shigeru Ishiba, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Korean, Ukraine, National Resources and Ecology, South, Economic Cooperation, NBC Locations: Pyongyang, Russia, United States, South Korea, North Korea, Washington, Seoul, Kyiv, Kursk, Ukraine, Russian, Asia, Peru, Korean

☆ I moved 1,800 miles and took a 20% pay cut to live near my parents. It's a high-cost area, but they get to see our kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She swallowed a 20% pay cut and bought a house in a suburb with a much higher cost of living. My husband, Max, and I moved from Texas to Massachusetts in 2021 when our oldest son, Theo, was 1. In Texas, you pay federal taxes, property taxes, and sales taxes, but there is no state income tax. Guillois's parents enjoy looking after her older son, Theo. I had to take a pay cutMax's salary remained the same, but I was forced to take a 20% pay cut for an apples-to-apples job.

Persons: Kim Guillois, —, Max, Theo, Charlie, it's Organizations: Service, Texas, Logan International, Best, Business Locations: Texas, Massachusetts, France, Houston, Boston, Virginia, HOA, Europe

☆ S.Korea, US and Japan Nuclear Envoys Condemn North Korea Over Arms Trade With Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

SEOUL (Reuters) - The nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States, and Japan condemned North Korea for its recent missile tests, arms trade with Russia and increasingly hostile rhetoric at a meeting in Seoul on Thursday. "The United States is also deeply concerned by the recent uptick in hostile rhetoric particularly toward the Republic of Korea from the DPRK (North Korean) regime," Pak said. The three countries have increased joint efforts to deter North Korea in recent years including trilateral meetings and launching a missile warning data sharing system in December. South Korea on Wednesday announced sanctions on two individuals, three entities and 11 ships linked to North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes, days after North Korea fired a new intermediate-range, solid-fuel hypersonic missile. Japan's envoy, Hiroyuki Namazu, condemning Pyongyang's ballistic missile launch and said there must be close monitoring of what Russia might be providing to North Korea in return for armaments.

Persons: Jung Pak, Pak, Kim Jong, Kim Gunn, Hiroyuki Namazu, Hyunsu Yim, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Ukraine, North, DPRK, Wednesday, Korean, Peace, Security Affairs, South Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, United States, Japan, North Korea, Russia, Seoul, North Koreans, U.S, Republic of Korea, Korea, Pyongyang

☆ Kim S. Nash — Deputy Bureau Chief at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Kim S. Nash | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Kim S. NashKim Nash is an editor who manages a team of reporters covering cybersecurity and data-privacy issues for The Wall Street Journal's Pro unit in New York. Kim guides her team to write frequently on what works and what doesn’t in corporate cybersecurity efforts, from a management and technological viewpoint. The team also explores how regulatory policy and threats to critical infrastructure help and hinder corporate protection and privacy. Of great importance is how C-suite executives collaborate among each other and with the board of directors to oversee cybersecurity. Kim joined the Journal from CIO Magazine, where she was managing editor, working with freelance reporters and writing cover stories for the then-monthly publication.

Persons: Kim S, Nash Kim Nash, Kim Organizations: cybersecurity, Magazine Locations: New York

☆ US seeks soldier's return as trilateral talks over North Korea start
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sakura Murakami | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOKYO, July 20 (Reuters) - The United States is actively engaged in ensuring the return of an American soldier who had crossed into North Korea, a U.S. official said on Thursday, ahead of a trilateral meeting with Japan and South Korea on countering North Korean threats. The U.S. is working hard to ascertain information on Private Travis King's wellbeing and engaged in "ensuring his safety and return," U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Sung Kim said at the opening of the meeting. On Tuesday, King made an unauthorised crossing into North Korea, the same day a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine visited South Korea for the first time since the 1980s. [1/3]U.S. Army soldier Travis King appears in this unknown location, undated photo obtained by REUTERS/File PhotoNorth Korea test launched two ballistic missiles into the sea early on Wednesday. South Korean government representative Kim Gunn condemned the missile launches and spoke of the strengthening of ties between the three countries.

Persons: Travis, North Korea Sung Kim, King, Travis King, Kim Gunn, Sakura Murakami, Tom Hogue Organizations: U.S, U.S . Army, REUTERS, . South, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, United States, American, North Korea, Japan, South Korea, U.S, Korea

☆ South Korea seeks cooperation from China, Russia as U.N. meets on North Korea
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Soo-Hyang Choi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SEOUL, Nov 21 (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday asked for the "active cooperation" of China and Russia to prevent North Korea from conducting further missile tests, hours ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting on the North's test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The Security Council meeting was scheduled at the request of the United States after North Korea last week launched a missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. "Kim asked for active cooperation from China and Russia, permanent members of the Security Council, and for them to play constructive roles to restrain North Korea from further provocations and to make it return to dialogue," the ministry said. U.S. President Joe Biden met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last week and said Beijing has an obligation to try to talk North Korea out of resuming nuclear testing. A senior U.S. administration official said earlier this month that Washington believed China and Russia have leverage to persuade North Korea not to resume nuclear bomb testing.

This piece has been adapted from "We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism," by Andy Campbell. Indeed, leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys extremist groups face seditious conspiracy charges over what the Justice Department believes is an outsize role in the planning and execution of the insurrection. In an interview with me, one of the antifascists, a woman who supports medics in the field at demonstrations, recalled a harrowing scene in which a group of Proud Boys had her crew cornered and outnumbered, when one of them lunged at her:The Proud Boys started spraying something into the crowd. Those concerns are paramount for all antifascist activists, but especially among women fighting back against misogynist groups like the Proud Boys. Excerpted from "We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism by Andy Campbell.

☆ North Korea’s Kim Guides Missile Test in Latest Show of Military Might
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Dasl Yoon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called Thursday’s missile test a ‘clear warning to the enemies,’ according to a report by his country’s state media. SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided the launch of two long-range strategic cruise missiles on Wednesday, state media said, the latest of a recent barrage of weapons tests. Mr. Kim stressed that the test was a “clear warning to the enemies,” demonstrating the combat capacity of North Korea’s war deterrent, according to a Thursday state media report.

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