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SearchDynasty speculation on North Korea founding day01:42 PM, Sep 09, 2010orth Korea watchers say the meeting may have been postponed because of Kim Jong Il's deteriorating health and recent devastating flooding. "It's because of Kim Jong Il's health. There is no other reason," said Ha Tae-keung, chief of Open Radio for North Korea, a Seoul-based station specializing in North Korea affairs, citing unidentified sources in Pyongyang. "He has to be in the conference at least five hours even though he will be sitti... Asian shares rise as Europe worries ease11:34 AM, Sep 09, 2010Most Asian stock markets advanced Thursday after worries about Europe's financial health eased, sending Wall Street higher. News that Portugal managed to raise E1.04 billion ($1.3 billion) in a debt auction Wednesday that drew strong investor interest helped ease jitters about the European economy. Along with Greece, Portugal is widely thought to have the shakiest public finances of the 16 countries that share the euro. But major U.S.... Thai court says most Map Ta Phut projects can proceed11:30 AM, Sep 09, 2010ojects green-lighted to continue. Why does the case matter? First, the concerns about adverse health effects for the people who live near the estate, in Rayong province, are very real: government statistics show high cancer rates in the area. From a business standpoint, the stalemate had resulted in consternation among investors who wondered how the government might regulate environmental laws in the future. Moreover, the case reflected a... Depression costs Japan's economy $32 billion04:01 PM, Sep 08, 2010to the human toll, we want to show the economic toll from suicides is very high and grave," said health ministry official Yukiko Nakatani. Japan has long battled a high suicide rate. In 2009, 32,845 people killed themselves, topping 30,000 for the 12th consecutive year. Police data showed depression and economic struggles, including losing jobs, were among the top reasons for suicides. The government also calculated that people sufferin... Most Asian stocks down on European debt worries12:16 PM, Sep 08, 2010ost Asian stock markets slumped in early trading Wednesday, pressured by renewed concerns over the health of European banks following a report that the region's banks may have more risky government debt. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index dropped 181.61 points, or 2.0 percent, to 9,044.39 in the morning session. Investors dumped Japanese exporters as the yen hit a fresh 15-year high against the dollar Tuesday. A strong yen hurts ... Gates, Buffett to sell giving to China's richest10:28 AM, Sep 08, 2010their massive fortunes through illegal or shady means, or run companies that compromise on public health and the environment. The super rich also face growing scrutiny by authorities amid reports of more than a trillion dollars of undocumented money. Huang Guangyu, the founder and former chairman of the country's biggest appliance chain and once the country's richest businessman, is now serving a 14-year prison sentence for insider tradin... Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene09:03 AM, Sep 08, 2010nisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday. The gene, known as NDM-1, was found in a Japanese man in his 50s, Kensuke Nakajima said. Researchers say the gene — which appears to be circulating widely in India — alters bacteria, making them resistant to nearly all known antibiotics. Drug-resistant bacteria are not new. Many bacteria ar... Non-Europeans the real racist Australians05:25 PM, Sep 07, 2010ts Law Resource Centre, argues that Australians are racists: The reality, according to a 2009 VicHealth survey, is that nearly one in 10 of us do not believe that people of all races are equal or that inter-racial marriage should be supported. In the same survey, 37 per cent of respondents felt Australia was weakened by people of different ethnic origins ''sticking to their old ways''.Thirty-six per cent of respondents said some groups did not... World stocks fall amid renewed Europe bank worries05:06 PM, Sep 07, 2010Tuesday with European indexes falling harder than Asian benchmarks amid renewed concern about the health of the continent's banks. Losses in Asia were modest as worries eased about the pace of the global economic recovery following U.S. jobs figures that weren't as dire as feared. Investors were also waiting to see how U.S. markets — which were closed for a public holiday Monday — react to President Barack Obama's new $50 bill... Introducing R2-D2′s cousin, the intelligent toilet04:10 PM, Sep 07, 2010e Toto for Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House, the intelligent toilet offers users “an instant health check-up” every time a user visits the lavatory, reports AFP. This checkup includes urine analysis, blood pressure measurement, body temperature measurement, user weight measurement, and more. “Our chairman had the idea when he was at a hospital and saw people waiting for health checks,” a spokesman for Daiwa House tol... Dutch reporter fined in Australian court04:05 PM, Sep 07, 2010in 2008. Interpol lists the man as wanted by a Honduran court for alleged crimes against life and health. The journalists were charged with disobeying a move-on order. They have since returned to the Netherlands. On Tuesday, a lawyer for de Vries entered a guilty plea on his behalf in Perth Magistrates Court. De Vries was also ordered to pay AU$62.50 in court costs. Van Schuylenburgh pleaded guilty last month and was ordered to pay the sa... Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene03:32 PM, Sep 07, 2010anisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a health ministry official said Tuesday. The gene, known as NDM-1, was found in a Japanese man in his 50s, health ministry official Kensuke Nakajima said. Researchers say the gene — which appears to be circulating widely in India — alters bacteria, making them resistant to nearly all known antibiotics. The man was hospitalized in A... Abducted Japanese reporter returns home11:01 AM, Sep 07, 2010the France-3 television reporters, Stephane Taponier and Herve Ghesquiere, are alive and in good health. It said negotiations for their release were interrupted during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, but were set to resume once it ends in a few days. "We have good news about their health, they're doing well," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told reporters at a news conference Monday. "In their case, the proof if life is very ... WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production06:58 PM, Sep 06, 2010The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday. The WHO declared last month that the swine flu pandemic that started in June 2009 was over, after it killed about 18,600 people worldwide, far less than the worse-case scenarios in which authorities said mil... PM retains lead over challenger in Japan surveys12:20 PM, Sep 06, 2010stand up to pressure from government bureaucrats. Kan, who gained popularity in the mid-1990s as health minister when he exposed a government cover-up of HIV-tainted blood products, has said Japan desperately needs to create more jobs. He also said he would make a departure from the money politics and backroom dealings that Ozawa is known for. Neither paper gave margins of error for the surveys. The Yomiuri polled 1,170 people through ra... |
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