Kang left off S.Korea’s WBC team amid DUI allegations 

Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang has been left off South Korea’s roster for the World Baseball Classic while he remains subject to a criminal investigation into

Briefs | FOOTBALL – Hull hires Marco Silva as manager

Hull hired Marco Silva to manage the relegation-threatened Premier League club yesterday. The 39-year-old Portuguese coach, who has no previous experience in English football, succeeds Mike

The Buzz | UK economy ended 2016 on a high note

A survey of Britain’s services sector, which accounts for the bulk of the economy, shows it grew at a 17-month high at the end of 2016. The purchasing managers’

World briefs

CHINA A falling roof triggered a gas outburst in a central Chinese coal mine that killed five people and trapped seven others. The outburst occurred Wednesday night when

Bahrain, reversing reform, restores arrest powers to spies

Bahrain announced yesterday that it has restored the power of its domestic spy service to make some arrests, reversing a key reform recommended in the wake of

Bizcuits | Ready, set… abort fire

I am in the middle of a malaise of post-holiday blues. The inertia is taking its toll on any focus and drive that I had in last year.

Friday, January 6, 2017 – edition no. 2717

* Tired of the cold wait, Nepal quake survivors rebuild * Traffic fine hike woes * Consumer Council handled 6,420 cases last year * Town offers new life for syrian family   DOWNLOAD

Statue export ban hits at North Korea’s soft power

* Movies: I, Daniel Blake * Books: I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywood’s Legendary Actresses (Viking), by Robert J. Wagner with Scott

Loach film is a searing call for humanity, decency

Just like a Michael Moore documentary, there’s nothing subtle about a Ken Loach drama. The 80-year-old British director and social critic has long been an ardent,

Wagner embraces great actresses in engaging Hollywood memoir

A love letter to actresses he admired on and off the screen, Robert J. Wagner’s engaging memoir offers a warm embrace for the many women who helped

Syrian band brings music of Aleppo to Berlin

Instead of bombs there were beats. Guitars took over for guns. And there were cheers, not screams. But Aleppo was never far from the minds of the

News of the World | Pyongyang banned from exporting statues after nuclear test

With somewhere around 4,000 artists and staff, the Mansudae Art Studio, a huge complex of nondescript concrete buildings on a sprawling, walled-off campus with armed guards in

The Progenitor of East Asia II

Continued from “The Progenitor of East Asia” on 8 December 2016) Although “huangjiu” literally means “yellow wine”, it is not quite yellow in colour, but more like

Food & Beverage | Drunken monkeys and the evolution of boozing

Nothing rings in the New Year like a solution of bubbling, neurotoxic ethanol. Humanity’s longstanding relationship with alcohol poses an evolutionary puzzle: Surely natural selection would weed out

‘Bunk bed workers’ | Migrants living in crowded flats

A  significant number of migrant workers face difficulties living in the region due to the sudden surge in housing expenses. While many migrant workers live

AL Plenary | Sexual harassment to have heavier penalties

The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed an amendment regarding the region’s laws relating to sexual harassment and sexual activities with minors. The amendment, presented by the Secretary for

Briefs | Sulu Sou criticizes Liaison Office

Sulu Sou, president of the New Macau Association (ANM), criticized the deputy director of the Liaison Office, Yao Jian, following his comments on Macau hiring non-local occupational drivers.

Education UM scholar heads World Interpreter and Translator Training Association

Professor Li Defeng, director of the University of Macau’s (UM) Centre for Studies of Translation, Interpreting and Cognition, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, has been elected president

Civil servants share thoughts before being decorated

Some of the 36 individuals and organizations who will be decorated by the government this week met with journalists yesterday to share their feelings on the recognition they

Ho Chio Meng | Latest request denied, case to be expedited

The trial of the territory’s former top prosecutor, Ho Chio Meng, resumed yesterday after a two-week recess period, with the presiding judge refusing another request from Ho’s

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