The Culture Ministry mandates the publisher of 'Black Rubber Shoes' to pay the original creators.

Monday, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism ordered a local publishing company to pay the original cartoonists their share of the proceeds from the "Black Rubber Shoes" cartoon series.

According to the ministry's corrective order, publisher Hyungseul must pay &quo...

IMPORTED BEEF FROM THE U.S IN JAPAN TO SEE AN EMERGENCY TARIFF HIKE

Highlights –

• Imported beef from the U.S in Japan to see an emergency tariff hike.
• The tariff hike will be imposed starting later this week.
• The tariff is said to jump from 25.8% to 38.5% for a month under a bilateral trade agreement.<...

KOREAN LANGUAGE INCLUDED INTO CURRICULUMS; CHINESE LANGUAGE UNCEREMONIOUSLY DROPPED

• On July 30, the Indian government spelt out a dictum that Korean language be taught as one of the foreign languages at secondary school level.
• Following the announcement from India, the Korean Culture Ministry on Thursday claimed that the Korean Cultural Center in India and the...

Germany is concerned about the antibiotic levels in the poultry sector

The German Federal Government has expressed concerns about levels of antibiotics in poultry following the release of a report showing a high prevalence of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in chicken. The study, conducted by consumer and environmental group Germanwatch, found that half of the chicke...