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☆ South Korean court issues warrant for man who opened Asiana plane door mid-air, Yonhap reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SEOUL, May 28 (Reuters) - A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant on Sunday for a passenger who opened an Asiana Airlines (020560.KS) plane door minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported. The Daegu District Court issued the warrant for him on charges of violating the Aviation Security Act, saying there was a risk he may try to flee before trial. Lee said he opened the door because he wanted to get off the plane quickly. "I feel really sorry for the kids," he told reporters as he was escorted to the Daegu court for a hearing on Sunday, apparently referring to students who were on board and taken to hospital with breathing issues. Asiana stopped sales of the seats closest to the exit on the A321-200 airbus model starting on Sunday, Yonhap said.

SEOUL, May 27 (Reuters) - A passenger on an Asiana Airlines (020560.KS) flight told police he opened a door on the plane minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday because he was "uncomfortable", Yonhap News Agency reported. He told police that he opened the door because he "wanted to get off the plane quickly," Yonhap said on Saturday, citing the Daegu Dongbu Police Station. The man opened the door when the plane was about 700 feet (213 metres) above the ground, causing panic onboard. [1/2] Asiana Airlines' Airbus A321 plane, of which a passenger opened a door on a flight shortly before the aircraft landed, is pictured at an airport in Daegu, South Korea May 26, 2023. Police sought an arrest warrant for the detained man on Saturday for violation of the Aviation Security Act and other offences, Yonhap said.

☆ Children screamed and cried and passengers heard a loud bang after a man opened the emergency exit door during an Asiana Airlines flight
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A man was arrested this week for opening an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea. As winds whipped through the cabin, a group of children screamed and cried, according to a local outlet. Children screamed and cried, and passengers heard a loud bang, after a man opened the emergency exit door during a flight on Friday, according to local reports. "The children were very surprised, screamed, cried and quivered," one of the kids' teachers told KBS News. The man who opened the emergency exit door was arrested upon landing.

☆ Passenger says he was suffering job-loss stress when he pulled open a plane's emergency door mid-flight causing panic, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A man who opened the door of a plane in mid-air said he "wanted to get off quickly." A South Korean news agency reported that the man also told police he felt "suffocated." The agency reported that the man, who was in his 30s, told police he felt "suffocated" and was struggling with stress after losing his job. Video footage of the incident showed wind roaring through the cabin as the door hung open while the plane was coming into to land, per Yonhap News Agency. Those sitting near the exit must have been shocked the most," the mother of one of the pupils told Yonhap.

☆ Inside Nike: Sources share claims of sexism, cheating, abuse at the world's wokest brand
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Joshua Hunt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +51 min

The conservative blowback came as no surprise to Parker, who told Nike's board of directors to expect some short-term backlash. In late 2014, the BBC sent a film crew to Portland to interview several former Oregon Project employees. "He would be at the side of the track calling out runners' splits but wouldn't call Kara's out," Adam Goucher told me. When people asked why she left the Oregon Project, she said it was a "personal decision." "I don't think it has anything to do with who the CEO is," Goucher told me.

[1/5] Eldery people who use the free subway service to deliver parcels gather in Seoul, South Korea, February 8, 2023. "But honestly, I wouldn't be doing it if subway rides weren't free because there wouldn't be much left over for me." Free rides have been a perk enjoyed nationally by those 65 and older for four decades and are credited with keeping senior citizens active. In the greater Seoul area, where almost 3.7 million people are 65 or older, more than 233 million free rides were taken last year. Sixty percent of Koreans support raising the minimum age for senior citizen benefits including free subway rides to 70, according to a Gallup poll released last week.

The remains of as many as 10,000 Koreans who died in forced labour, digging mines or building dams, are still in Japan, according to South Korean government estimates. Japan says it has identified 2,799 remains of Korean wartime labourers. Japan's foreign ministry said it had been in communication with South Korea about wartime labour issues but could not disclose details. "There's momentum now, and the Japanese and Korean governments are trying to reconcile their differences." Reporting by Sakura Murakami in Ube, Japan and Ju-min Park in Daegu, South Korea; Writing by John Geddie; Editing by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Despite stark gender inequality in South Korea, hostility to feminism is growing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Haeryun Kang | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Yunju has poked her head in the feminism aisle of the library at her university in Daegu, South Korea. President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol. In South Korea, it’s the gender issue.”To some, the gender ministry is a symbol of what they see as the excesses of feminism. The gender ministry was founded in 2001 under the Kim Dae-jung administration, South Korea’s first left-leaning government. The gender ministry aims to protect the marginalized in our society.

☆ South Korea's LGBTQ community confronts crushing headwinds in fight for equality
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Michael Mitsanas | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

NBC News spoke with South Korean lawmakers, human rights organizations and dozens of LGBTQ South Koreans in three of the country’s largest cities: Seoul, Daegu and Busan. Most say a bill that would outlaw discrimination against all minority groups — including the LGBTQ community — is the critical first step toward legal equality. The documentary filmmaker turned progressive lawmaker calls herself an advocate for this country’s LGBTQ community. This, he added, “includes South Korea.”While support for a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill is strong in South Korea, Jang concedes that the odds of one passing, at least in the near future, are slim. The country’s conservative president and People Power Party oppose a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill, while the left-leaning Democratic Party has expressed lukewarm support.

☆ Factbox: Some of South Korea's major disasters and accidents
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

South Korean leaders have pledged to change how the country operates after a series of major accidents and disasters tarnished the image of a nation that rose to wealth from the rubble of a war in a few decades. Here are details of some of South Korea's worst disasters and accidents over the last three decades:April 2020: Thirty-eight people are killed and at least 12 injured in a fire accident at a logistics facility construction site in Icheon near Seoul. January 2018: Forty-seven people are killed and at least 145 injured in a fire at a hospital in Miryang in the southeastern province of South Gyeongsang. February 2014: Ten people are killed and at least 105 injured when a gymnasium roof collapses after heavy snowfall in Gyeongju in the southeastern province of North Gyeongsang. October 2005: Eleven people are killed and at least 162 injured in a stampede at a stadium in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province.

☆ Starbucks Opens New Store in Hanok in Daegu Korea:photos
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Mary Meisenzahl | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The new store joins other unique Starbucks locations around the world, from an 18th Century Edo building in Kawagoe, Japan to a store made of recycled shipping containers in Hualien City, Taiwan. Starbucks TaiwanSource: InsiderDo you have a story to share about a retail or restaurant chain? Email this reporter at mmeisenzahl@businessinsider.com.

Un somelier coreean a publicat o carte despre Vinul Moldovei. Ea va fi distribuită în toată Coreea de Sudscrie finewine.md. Wine of Moldova este titlul unei cărți publicate în premieră în Coreea de Sud. Nu am avut vacanță de vară, deoarece am vrut ca ea să fie publicată înainte de Asia Wine Trophy”, a mai subliniat autorul. În carte este descris și ghidul vinurilor bune Fine Wine Guide, după ce a fost realizat cu Chan Jun Park un interviu în ultima sa vizită la Chișinău.

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