Professors choose the idiom that best describes the state of the country in 2019, the year of the "gongmyeongjijo", a two-headed bird in which each believes it can survive without the other. For one professor, “Each side wants to beat the other and survive on its own, but if one side disappears, neither will survive.”
As of 2018, only 85 buildings built before the bomb still stand within five kilometres of ground zero. The local Prefecture wants to demolish two of the four buildings of a former depot. Citing their historical value, petitioners propose to use them as lecture halls or art studios.
Rescue teams saved seven miners but two are still missing. The incident is the latest in a series of tragedies in the country’s mines. Since last October, at least 37 people have died in five separate incidents. In November, Beijing decided on a "security crackdown".
The two countries present a draft resolution to the UN Security Council. The document comes less than a week after the US summoned the body to discuss the recent North Korean tests. For Washington, "it is premature" to consider the lifting of punitive measures.
According to a US think-tank, China has now become a global driver of "authoritarian tech". Chinese products often come with soft loans. Even companies based in liberal democracies play an important role in the proliferation of freedom-killing technologies.
Mindanao, the earth still trembles: 3 dead in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake
By “Highlighting and musically enhancing the liturgical texts of the Greek Orthodox Church,” Byzantine chant “is inextricably linked with spiritual life and religious worship,” writes the UN agency. Thanks to oral transmission and use in churches and monasteries, this musical genre withstood the fall of Byzantium and the rise of the Ottoman Empire, influencing eastern popular music.
Caritas Philippines opens a social action academy in Tagaytay City to provide technical training and improve diocesan preparedness. The Archbishop of Manila hopes the centre “will not only contribute to the Philippines and to Asia but to the growth of wisdom and professionalism to the Church.”
Traffic Department Commissioner hopes “the public will use the opportunity to settle any outstanding summonses.” The day before and after Christmas, people can visit traffic police headquarters. Such discounts were also offered earlier this year for Chinese New Year celebrations.
The 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee currently underway in Bogotá (Colombia) announced additions, like the Celestinian Forgiveness, an annual Catholic religious tradition in Abruzzo that goes back 725 years. Islam is also included with the festival of Arba'in in Iraq.
Religious Affairs Ministry released survey data indicating that the best provinces are Christian majority West Papua and East Nusa Tenggara. The worse is Aceh, a "special territory" on Sumatra ruled by Sharia. Jakarta Metro Police announced a security plan for Christmas and New Year celebrations.
British Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party won a large majority in Parliament in yesterday's elections. The spokesman of the Japanese government: "We have asked the United Kingdom and the European Union to avoid a no-deal Brexit ". In 2018, trade between London and Tokyo for 35.47 billion euros.
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