SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korean police investigated on Monday what caused a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people including 26 foreigners during Halloween festivities in Seoul in the country’s worst disaster in years, as President Yoon Suk Yeol and tens of thousands of others paid respects to the dead at special mourning […]
Month: October 2022
Chinese cities brace for wave of Foxconn workers from COVID-hit Zhengzhou
BEIJING, Cities in central China hastily drew up plans to isolate migrant workers fleeing to their hometowns from a vast assembly facility of iPhone maker Foxconn in COVID-hit Zhengzhou, fearing they could trigger coronavirus outbreaks. Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan province, reported 167 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the seven days to Oct. 29, […]
Five tonnes of smuggled pork seized near Cambodian border
Officials from the Livestock Development and Thai border troops have seized about five tonnes of pork, smuggled into Thailand from Cambodia through a natural border crossing in Aranyaprathet District of Sa Kaeo Province by dozens of men known as the “ant army.” Deputy director-general of the department, Chaiwat Yothakol, said that the seizure was […]
Chinese man in custody on human trafficking charges
Thai police from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) have arrested a Chinese man who is alleged to be a leading member of a multi-national organised crime gang, which lures job seekers in Thailand to work as call centre scammers in Myanmar. The Chinese man was identified as Hwang Tian-yong, aka “Ar Yong”, 31. […]
EV Technology Group Announces CEO Wouter Witvoet Will Attend and Speak at World Strategic Forum in Miami Starting Oct 31
TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EV Technology Group Ltd. (the “Company” or “EV Technology Group”) (NEO: EVTG, OTCQB: EVTGF, DE: B96A) announces today that CEO Wouter Witvoet will attend the Miami World Strategic Forum – Investing In Trust Conference on October 31 and November 1. Witvoet will participate in a live panel discussion […]
Conagen’s fermentation platform expands on promising novel forms of vitamin K2
Bedford, Mass., Oct. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Biotech innovator, Conagen announced the development of its fermentation-derived vitamin K2 – a high-purity all-trans menaquinone-7 (MK-7). This is the first molecule from a proprietary platform for producing novel, pure, long-chain menaquinone forms of the vitamin. The platform enables low-cost manufacturing and yields high-quality products, making it […]
Dominica’s Anichi Resort & Spa provides a 2% annual return while under construction
Roseau, Oct. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anichi Resort & Spa will be providing a 2% annual return to investors despite being under construction. The management of the much-anticipated five-star luxury resort and spa in Dominica has said that the project is in full swing, and that once construction is completed, annual returns will be […]