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South Korea police officers are searching for 164 Vietnamese students enrolled at Incheon National University’s Korean Language School after they have not shown up in class for 15 days, Korean media reported. According to the Yonhap News Agency, the university reported the case to police on Tuesday in accordance with a law mandating universities to report foreign students skipping classes for 15 days. The students are among 1,900 Vietnamese students on a one-year Korean language training program at the university. According to the school, the program began four months ago. Police believe the missing students’ purpose of coming to South Korea was to get a job after learning Korean for a short time. The school has informed the immigration department about the students’ absence. South Korean residence law requires universities to report to police if foreign students leave school for more than 15 days, according to Yonhap. “To come to Korea to study short-term … [Read more...] about 164 Vietnamese students reported ‘missing’ in South Korea: media

Nation Ex-Party chief of Ha Giang Province faces disciplinary action for exam fraud By Thanh Thom Tuesday,  Dec 10, 2019,15:43 (GMT+7) Ex-Party chief of Ha Giang Province faces disciplinary action for exam fraudBy Thanh Thom Trieu Tai Vinh, then-Party Secretary of Ha Giang Province in northern Vietnam – PHOTO: NA HCMC – Former Party Secretary of northern Ha Giang Province Trieu Tai Vinh could be subject to disciplinary action following the exam fraud uncovered there in 2018, when his daughter’s scores were illegally enhanced in the 2018 national high school examination. The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission released their conclusions on Monday after its meeting, held in the capital city of Hanoi from December 4 to 6. The commission found that the 51-year-old Vinh must be held accountable for the violations and shortcomings in his leadership, inspection, oversight and management of … [Read more...] about Ex-Party chief of Ha Giang Province faces disciplinary action for exam fraud

This poses a greater threat than rising sea levels due to climate change. When Mary Ann San Jose moved to Sitio Pariahan more than two decades ago, she could walk to the local chapel. Today, reaching it requires a swim. The main culprit is catastrophic subsidence caused by groundwater being pumped out from below, often via unregulated wells for homes, factories, and farms catering to a booming population and growing economy. The steady sinking of coastal towns and islets like Pariahan in the northern Philippines has caused Manila Bay's brackish water to pour inland and displace thousands, posing a greater threat than rising sea levels due to climate change. "It was so beautiful here before... Children were playing in the streets," San Jose said, adding: "Now we always need to use a boat." Most of the former residents have scattered to other parts of the region. Just a handful of families remain in Pariahan, which had its own elementary school, a basketball court and a chapel before the … [Read more...] about Sinking feeling: Philippine cities facing ‘slow-motion disaster’

  A testing strip is cut in half. — Photo from VTV24's report HÀ NỘI — A representative of the Hà Nội's Saint Paul General Hospital said on Tuesday the Microbiology Department’s medical workers cut 40 HIV testing strips in half and tested on a trial basis on 80 blood samples without reporting to and asking for permission of the hospital’s managers. The pilot result of Test Alere HIV Combo was not given to patients. In an official document in response to Vietnam Television coverage which revealed their medical workers failing to follow HIV and Hepatitis B testing process, the hospital representative said the pilot HIV testing was conducted between September and November 2019. The official blood testing on these 80 patients used Test Alere HIV ½ supplied by Lê Lợi Company through bidding, which follows hospital’s medical process. VTV24 reported on Monday that the medical workers of the Microbiology … [Read more...] about HIV testing strips cut in half for trial: Saint Paul Hospital

Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena were international teammates at the time of the alleged blackmail AFP/Philippe HUGUEN The court found that the investigative methods used in the case, in which Benzema is alleged to have colluded in blackmailing Valbuena, were within the law. Benzema and Valbuena were both in the French national team at the time of the attempted blackmail. In June 2015, Valbuena, who now plays for Greek club Olympiakos, filed a complaint, claiming he was the victim of an attempted blackmail after receiving a call informing him of the existence of a sextape in which he appeared. Investigators suspect 31-year-old Benzema of acting as an intermediary between the presumed blackmailers -- including one of his childhood friends ? and Valbuena. Benzema, indicted for "complicity in attempted blackmail", challenged the investigation methods of a police officer who intervened undercover. His legal team claimed the police used dishonest methods by posing as a friend of … [Read more...] about Real Madrid forward Benzema could face trial over sextape allegations