China’s Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has requested ‘rational judgment’ from South Korea regarding the issue of a spy balloon that was shot down by the US military. This was discussed during an official meeting between Sun and South Korean Ambassador to China Jeong Jae-ho, where they also discussed the relationship between the two …
Year: 2023
Is it safe to eat Pacific fish after Fukushima?
Japan is struggling to deal with the waste produced by the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant’s triple meltdown in 2011 following the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. The government has declared itself responsible for disposing of this waste, classified as “designated waste,” but local authorities have refused to support the central government’s …
100 types of fish to eat in Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Chinese Pinyin English Korean Sound Japanese 鲍鱼 bàoyú abalone 전복 jeonbog アワビ 凤尾鱼 fèngwěiyú anchovy 멸치 myeolchi アンチョビ 阿特卡鲭鱼 ā tè kǎ qīng yú atka mackerel 쥐노래미 gyuinoraemi ホッケ 河豚 hétún blowfish 복어 bog-eo フグ 蓝蟹 lán xiè blue crab 꽃게 kkochge ワタリガニ 鳊鱼 biān yú bream 감성돔 beulim ブリーム 鲳鱼 chāng yú butterfish …
Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido
This year’s Sapporo Snow Festival welcomed visitors for the first time in three years on Saturday, with more than 150 sculptures on display at Odori Park and Susukino. With the easing of COVID-related border measures, organizers are expecting close to 2 million visitors, the same number as before the pandemic. This year’s festival does …
O Yeong-su of ‘Squid Game’ accused of sexual assault
O Yeong-su, an actor renowned for his role in the hit drama ‘Squid Game’, has been facing charges of sexual assault in a trial at a local district court in South Korea. The charges were brought against him by a former member of a theater troupe, who claimed that O had sexually assaulted her …