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Transport for NSW and HCLTech expand digital transformation partnership

PR NewswireNov 8, 2024

SYDNEY and NOIDA, India , Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- HCLTech, a leading global technology company, and the New South Wales Government's transport and roads agency, Transport for NSW, have extended their ongoing partnership to enable world-class transport services and experience for customers. Under a new five-year agreement, HCLTech will deliver end-to-end managed services for business-...
HCLTech to accelerate the digital transformation of Tasman District Council

PR NewswireNov 8, 2024

AUCKLAND, New Zealand and NOIDA, India , Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- HCLTech , a leading global technology company, has been selected by the Tasman District Council in New Zealand to provide contemporary digital user experiences to employees and residents of the Tasman district. HCLTech will leverage Microsoft Dynamics 365 to move the Tasman District Council to an advanced digital syst...
PT SMI Successfully Hosted the ADFIAP International CEO Forum XVII, Sharpens Collaborations to Accelerate Sustainable Development

PR NewswireNov 8, 2024

BALI, Indonesia , Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ADFIAP International CEO Forum XVII successfully concluded with over 150 esteemed participants shared common agreement regarding the crucial role of Development Finance Institutions (DFI). The event hosted by PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (Persero) ("PT SMI"), a state-owned enterprise under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia ,...
Global Battery Alliance Unveils Results of Wave Two Battery Passport Pilots, Two CATL Programs Included

PR NewswireNov 8, 2024

NINGDE, China , Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Battery Alliance (GBA) today successfully unveiled the results of the 2024 Battery Passport pilots during the Annual General Meeting, hosted in Shanghai and Ningde. Ten consortia, led by the world's leading battery cell manufacturers, successfully completed the largest pre-competitive effort to establish harmonized battery passport. As...
Olympic shooter Kim Ye-ji announces break amid hate comments

More sportsNov 8, 2024

South Korean pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji, who won a silver medal at the Summer Olympics, announced she will be taking a break from competitive shooting to focus on her family, a decision reportedly affected by a surge of criticisms online after achieving stardom following the Paris Games. Kim’s agency Plfil said Wednesday that Kim had terminated her contract early with her team, Imsil County Office...
Top court upholds 8-year sentence for mother who killed newborns, stored bodies in freezer

Social affairsNov 8, 2024

South Korea’s Supreme Court has upheld an eight-year prison term for a woman who killed her two newborn babies and hid their bodies in her refrigerator. The top court confirmed a lower court’s verdict that sentenced the mother, in her 30s, on charges of murder and concealing of a corpse on Oct. 8, according to media reports Friday. She was convicted of strangling a daughter and a son to death s...
Dua Lipa pop-up store to open in Seoul

MusicNov 8, 2024

Global pop star Dua Lipa is launching special merchandise pop-up stores for fans as part of promotions for her ongoing world tour "Radical Optimism" -- including one in Seoul. The pop-up store will offer exclusive tour merchandise that won't be available at the concert venues, and American Express cardholders will receive exclusive entry and perks. Additionally, limited-edition Puma Speedcat sh...
NewJeans to appear on biggest year-end festival in Japan

MusicNov 8, 2024

NewJeans will be the first K-pop girl group to perform at one of Japan’s largest year-end festivals, "Countdown Japan 24/25," the group's agency announced Thursday. Countdown Japan 24/25 will take place from Dec. 28-31 at Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, and NewJeans will perform on the final day, adorning the last day of 2024. Countdown Japan is Japan's largest indoor year-end festival, established in...
Korean transformer export surge on clean energy, AI demand

IndustryNov 8, 2024

The US and Saudi Arabia have been major buyers of Korean transformers this year. The US, which is upgrading its aging power grid, imported about $223 million worth of Korean transformers. This accounts for roughly a third of South Korea’s total transformer exports. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has been investing in large-scale infrastructure projects like Neom City, an ambitious, eco-friendly smart ci...
Murder charge sought over death of mentally disabled student who was pushed into sea

Social affairsNov 8, 2024

South Korean prosecutors on Thursday requested an appellate court to hand a 25-year prison term to a 20-year-old over the death of a mentally disabled 18-year-old, who died after the accused pushed him into the sea for losing a game. Prosecutors want the defendant convicted of murder, after a lower court found him guilty only of a lesser offence. He pushed the victim into the sea in Mokpo, Sout...
Police nab 20 suspects connected to ‘international sender’ phishing texts

Social affairsNov 8, 2024

Seoul police have uncovered six companies accused of mass-sending phishing messages beginning with “international sender” under the direction of criminal organizations, authorities said Thursday. After investigating the six firms from May to October this year, police sent 20 individuals -- among them a key operator named Kim, his employees and system developers – to the prosecution on charges of...
Woman jailed for hiding her baby's body for 4 years

Social affairsNov 8, 2024

A woman accused of causing her newborn's death and then hiding the baby's body was sentenced to a four-year prison term by a local court, officials said Thursday. Daejeon District Court on Oct. 26 found the defendant guilty of violating Article 4 of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes, death resulting from child abuse. The defendant in her 30s was held respon...
Yoon’s approval rating drops to new low

PoliticsNov 8, 2024

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating has fallen to a new low in the latest Gallup Korea poll released Friday, coming in at a record 17 percent. The results, however, do not reflect reactions to Thursday’s press conference, which was met with mixed reactions. The poll, conducted between Nov. 5 and 7, indicated that public sentiment has further deteriorated, with only 17 percent rating Yoon’...
Self-proclaimed power broker appears before prosecutors

PoliticsNov 8, 2024

Myung Tae-kyun, a self-proclaimed power broker at the center of a growing political scandal, appeared before prosecutors Friday for questioning over allegations of receiving illicit funds from a former ruling party lawmaker in exchange for his assistance with her candidacy in the 2022 parliamentary by-elections in violation of political funding laws. Myung, who runs a public polling agency, arri...
S. Korea holds live-fire ballistic missile drills after N. Korean missile launches

DefenseNov 8, 2024

South Korea fired a Hyunmoo-II surface-to-surface ballistic missile into the Yellow Sea this week in a show of force after North Korea's recent series of missile launches, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday. The live-fire exercise took place Thursday in the western coastal county of Taean, 108 kilometers southwest of Seoul, days after North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles Tuesday a...