South Korea ’s Ministry of Employment and Labour has apologised to the family of a Cambodian migrant worker who died after living in a makeshift “greenhouse dormitory” and vowed to reinforce protections for foreign workers, following a Supreme Court ruling that found the government liable. In a statement issued on Thursday after the decision, the ministry said it respects the ruling of the Supreme...
South Korea ’s Ministry of Employment and Labour has apologised to the family of a Cambodian migrant worker who died after living in a makeshift “greenhouse dormitory” and vowed to reinforce protections for foreign workers, following a Supreme Court ruling that found the government liable. In a statement issued on Thursday after the decision, the ministry said it respects the ruling of the Supreme Court and promised to help swiftly proceed with compensation procedures for the bereaved family of Nuon Sokkheng Earlier that day, Supreme Court justices upheld the verdict of a lower court, which ordered the government to pay 10 million won (US$7,000) to each of her parents after recognising its failure in properly overseeing the living conditions of her workplace. Advertisement Sokheng entered South Korea as a migrant worker and was staying in a makeshift vinyl greenhouse structure used as her accommodation near a vegetable farm in Pocheon, Gyeonggi province. The 30-year-old was found dead in the structure on December 20, 2020, as temperatures plummeted far below freezing. The police autopsy found that she died from complications related to liver cirrhosis. The poor living conditions were cited as a factor that worsened her health. Advertisement The ministry said it will do its utmost to prevent any recurrence of such tragedies, adding it will intensify inspections so that foreign workers do not end up living in substandard dwellings.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov still has a narrow lead as the “chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee heads into its final three rounds this weekend, but the Uzbek, 21, is battling to stay ahead of a quintet of rivals after being held to two draws and a loss in his last three games. Leading scores after 10 of the 13 rounds are Abdusattorov 6.5, Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan), Matthias Blübaum (Germany...
Nodirbek Abdusattorov still has a narrow lead as the “chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee heads into its final three rounds this weekend, but the Uzbek, 21, is battling to stay ahead of a quintet of rivals after being held to two draws and a loss in his last three games. Leading scores after 10 of the 13 rounds are Abdusattorov 6.5, Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan), Matthias Blübaum (Germany) and Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) 6, Hans Niemann (US) and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (Turkey) 5.5. The world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, is among three players on 5. View image in fullscreen 4009: Le Quang Liem v Aldiyar Ansat, World Blitz 2025. White to move and win. Erdogmus, 14, has already set multiple age records. He is the best 12, 13 and 14-year-old in chess history. He is the youngest ever 2600-rated player, and is now closing in on the 2700 mark, where he would beat the previous records set by China’s Wei Yi at 15 years, nine months and Magnus Carlsen at 16 years, four months. He has a wealthy sponsor, and is coached by the elite GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. His playing style is a well-organised mix of strategy and tactics, and he has already played the “Turkish Immortal” game at the 2025 Fide Grand Swiss. Erdogmus looks increasingly like a player who will dominate world chess in the 2030s. On Wednesday, for a brief moment, it could have been even better. In his game with Gukesh, Erdogmus missed a beautiful hidden win at move 28 which would have taken him into a share of the tournament lead and also made him the youngest ever to defeat a reigning world champion. Erdogmus has his own characteristic stance when seated at the board, which commentator Simon Williams called his “death sway”. Long ago in the mid-20th century, the English master and author Gerald Abrahams had a similar action, but Abrahams swayed from side to side in a Talmudic shuckling movement which was irreverently nicknamed the “runaway rocking horse”. As for Gukesh, he has become a player of ups and dow...
Ahead of the centenary of Davis’s birth, musicians including Terence Blanchard and John Scofield analyse his brilliance: from his soft phrasing and spiritual feel to his raspy cussing and leather outfits The architect of the bestselling jazz album of all time, 1959’s Kind of Blue, trumpeter Miles Davis is a towering figure in the history of the genre. Possessed of a piercing tone, innate melodic s...
Ahead of the centenary of Davis’s birth, musicians including Terence Blanchard and John Scofield analyse his brilliance: from his soft phrasing and spiritual feel to his raspy cussing and leather outfits The architect of the bestselling jazz album of all time, 1959’s Kind of Blue, trumpeter Miles Davis is a towering figure in the history of the genre. Possessed of a piercing tone, innate melodic sensibility and a singularly uncompromising approach on the bandstand, Davis spent his five-decade career presiding over numerous stylistic shifts: bebop to “cool” jazz, modal jazz, electronic fusion, jazz funk and even hip-hop. Always honing his ear for fresh talent, he turned his bands into incubators for rising artists, providing early starts for the pianists Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett, saxophonists Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter, and drummers Tony Williams and Jack DeJohnette. With 2026 marking the centenary of Davis’s birth, I asked several of his surviving collaborators to select his greatest recordings and discuss his enduring influence, including the 95-year-old Rollins, who played with Davis in the 1950s; the guitarist John Scofield and the saxophonist Bill Evans, who both played with Davis in his 80s fusion groups; and several contemporary jazz stars. Continue reading...
In the first part of our series on digital politics, we look at how centrists have lost ground fighting disinformation – when the real battle is over emotion and attention Robert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of London There’s a strange tendency to describe social media as something other people use – those young people on TikTok, that conspiratorial unc...
In the first part of our series on digital politics, we look at how centrists have lost ground fighting disinformation – when the real battle is over emotion and attention Robert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of London There’s a strange tendency to describe social media as something other people use – those young people on TikTok, that conspiratorial uncle on Facebook, the rightwing trolls on X. In truth, we’re all online now. The number of global social media users surpassed 5 billion in 2024. To put that into perspective there are 8 billion people on the planet. The internet has totally transformed the ways in which we communicate and share information. First the internet came for print. As free online content began outcompeting subscription newspapers, publishers briefly found new audiences on Facebook, only to see referral traffic plummet after the platform began suppressing posts with external links. Robert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of London Continue reading...
(Nettwerk) The quartet edge away from dream pop with louder guitars and bolder intentions – but their reinvention is more gradual than radical Yumi Zouma are breaking up with dream pop. After a decade together, the New Zealand four-piece have honed an airy, lush, lightly melancholic sound – but now they want change. “More extreme everything, more boldness,” guitarist Charlie Ryder has said of fift...
(Nettwerk) The quartet edge away from dream pop with louder guitars and bolder intentions – but their reinvention is more gradual than radical Yumi Zouma are breaking up with dream pop. After a decade together, the New Zealand four-piece have honed an airy, lush, lightly melancholic sound – but now they want change. “More extreme everything, more boldness,” guitarist Charlie Ryder has said of fifth record No Love Lost to Kindness, written during the band’s “most friction-filled creative period” to date. While it’s true that their latest singles are faster, louder and more distorted, these bright, pretty tracks will rattle only their longest-serving fans. Bashville on the Sugar locks eyes with an ex on the subway and rushes with Olivia Campion’s breathless drumming, while Blister flips the band’s knack for whistleable melodies into pogoing, enjoyably predictable pop punk that professes “venom and rage” but is far more fun than furious. Drag begins as a genuine switch-up, with threatening bass and an uncharacteristically deadpan performance from singer Christie Simpson as she picks apart an ADHD diagnosis, but soon blossoms into billowy, even dreamy, layered vocals and luminous guitar. Continue reading...
The week in wildlife Week in wildlife: a rescued owl, a brave blackbird and Fukushima boar babies This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
The week in wildlife Week in wildlife: a rescued owl, a brave blackbird and Fukushima boar babies This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
Four points separate first from eighth in the Ekstraklasa and the aim is to establish Europe’s most interesting league as its sixth biggest The temperature will be far below zero when Zaglebie Lubin and GKS Katowice restart Poland’s top flight on Friday evening. A bitter new wave of winter is about to hit central and eastern Europe, forecasts suggesting this is only the start. When the surprise Ek...
Four points separate first from eighth in the Ekstraklasa and the aim is to establish Europe’s most interesting league as its sixth biggest The temperature will be far below zero when Zaglebie Lubin and GKS Katowice restart Poland’s top flight on Friday evening. A bitter new wave of winter is about to hit central and eastern Europe, forecasts suggesting this is only the start. When the surprise Ekstraklasa leaders, Wisla Plock, play Rakow Czestochowa two days later the thermometer may plummet to -12C. It will take serious resolve to make these games happen but, after a break of almost two months, appetites to get back up and running are strong. Why would they not be? The Polish league is in its best shape for at least 30 years, feeling the benefit of a booming economy that is outperforming most of its European Union peers. Attendances are soaring and its football infrastructure, whose transformation was catalysed by co-hosting Euro 2012, sets standards for much of the continent. Then there is the remarkable way in which this season’s competition is poised. The gap between first and eighth is only four points; even Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, at the bottom, are only 11 points from the summit. Continue reading...
Shares of Micron Technology have surged since the start of the year, and one top executive appears to be taking profits—but his returns could have been even bigger. A securities filing on Monday shows that Manish Bhatia, Micron’s executive vice president of global operations, sold a total of 26,623 shares through six separate transactions on Jan. 22. The transactions were conducted at prices rangi...
Shares of Micron Technology have surged since the start of the year, and one top executive appears to be taking profits—but his returns could have been even bigger. A securities filing on Monday shows that Manish Bhatia, Micron’s executive vice president of global operations, sold a total of 26,623 shares through six separate transactions on Jan. 22. The transactions were conducted at prices ranging from $388.41 to $395.905 a share, amounting to more than $10.4 million worth of company stock.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shares have had a really impressive month, gaining 30% after a shaky period beforehand. The annual gain comes to 143% following the latest surge, making investors sit up and take notice. Even after such a large jump in price, Intel may still be sending bullish signals at the moment with its price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 4.6x, since almost half of all companies ...
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shares have had a really impressive month, gaining 30% after a shaky period beforehand. The annual gain comes to 143% following the latest surge, making investors sit up and take notice. Even after such a large jump in price, Intel may still be sending bullish signals at the moment with its price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 4.6x, since almost half of all companies in the Semiconductor industry in the United States have P/S ratios greater than 5.8x and even P/S higher than 15x are not unusual. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the reduced P/S. How Intel Has Been Performing Intel could be doing better as its revenue has been going backwards lately while most other companies have been seeing positive revenue growth. Perhaps the P/S remains low as investors think the prospects of strong revenue growth aren't on the horizon. If this is the case, then existing shareholders will probably struggle to get excited about the future direction of the share price. free report on Intel What Are Revenue Growth Metrics Telling Us About The Low P/S? Want the full picture on analyst estimates for the company? Then ourwill help you uncover what's on the horizon. Intel's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver limited growth, and importantly, perform worse than the industry. If we review the last year of revenue, the company posted a result that saw barely any deviation from a year ago. The lack of growth did nothing to help the company's aggregate three-year performance, which is an unsavory 16% drop in revenue. Accordingly, shareholders would have felt downbeat about the medium-term rates of revenue growth. Shifting to the future, estimates from the analysts covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 5.5% per annum over the next three years. With the industry predicted to deliver 30% growth per year, the company is positioned for a weaker revenue result....