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smart bins measuring food waste in South Korea
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...te-south-korea

RFID bins, designed to make disposal both more precise and more transparent, were introduced in the early 2010s and are now widespread across cities. The fee – 130 won (about 7p) a kilo in Seoul – is automatically added to monthly maintenance bills.

Seoul operates 27,289 RFID units, serving 81.6% of apartment residents. Overall coverage across all housing types stands at 37.9%. Nationally, 150,738 units serve 8.54 million apartment households across 186 of the country’s 229 municipalities. The shift has produced measurable results: since citywide implementation began in 2013, Seoul’s food waste has fallen by 23.9% in a decade.

From the bins, the waste is taken to resource circulation centre, where incoming waste is shredded, and foreign materials such as metal fragments or onion mesh bags extracted before the waste moves deeper into the system. It is then pressed to extract water, and the separated liquid feeds into anaerobic digesters. The resulting biogas powers the facility’s drying process and odour control systems.

The remaining solids – about 10% of the original volume – are dried, screened again for contaminants, and processed into chicken feed that is sold nationwide and even exported. National figures show that around 42% of recycled food waste becomes animal feed, 33% compost and 16% biogas.

Ai ơi đừng bỏ đồ ăn
Bao nhiêu ký rác ký vàng bấy nhiêu
(Ca dao)

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South Korean president urges public health cover for hair loss
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...over-hair-loss

South Korean president Lee Jae Myung has instructed his government to consider extending public health insurance to cover hair-loss treatments, arguing that baldness has become a “matter of survival” rather than a cosmetic concern for young people.

The proposal has highlighted South Korea’s intense cultural focus on physical appearance. A 2024 survey of young adults found that 98% of respondents believe attractive people receive social benefits. The cultural pressure is particularly demanding and acute for women, who face strict expectations about makeup, skincare and body shape.

For men, the issue is less openly discussed, but some with a receding hairline opt to grow out their fringes to disguise hair loss, or seek expensive treatments.

Tóc người mai mốt không ra nữa
Tuổi trẻ qua nhanh rụng hết rồi…
(Xuân điệu)

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Leaked footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-leaked-online

General Xu Qinxian’s refusal to take his troops from the PLA’s prestigious 38th Group Army, a unit based on the outskirts of Beijing, into the capital has been the stuff of Tiananmen lore for decades.

The six-hour video recording of Gen Xu’s court martial hearing the next year sheds light on the rare act of defiance. In the video, Xu said he refused because he did not want to become “a sinner in history”.

The video “confirms the legend about Xu Qinxian”, said Zhou Fengsuo, a leader of the Tiananmen demonstrations who now lives in exile in the US. “This is the first time that we have a clear first-person view of this period,” he added.

Xu was expelled from the CCP and sentenced to five years in prison. He lived the rest of his life exiled from Beijing and died in 2021 at the age of 85.

The source of the video is unknown. It was first posted online last month and has more than 1.2m views on one YouTube account alone. Wu Renhua, a historian of the Tiananmen movement who took part in the protests, was one of the first people to share it online. He said it was provided to him on one condition: that he keep his source secret.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQ9EySgUfg

Thà làm phó thường dân chứ không thèm làm tướng đất Bắc.

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Iran sets stage for harsher crackdown as protest movement swells
https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...ovement-swells

Protesters were “ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy … because he said he would come to their aid”, Khamenei said, referring to Donald Trump who has threatened American intervention in Iran if authorities kill protesters.

The protests started after a sudden depreciation in the value of the country’s currency, but demands for political reform and an end to the regime’s rule quickly emerged.

In Tehran’s Sadatabad district, people on Friday banged pots and chanted anti-government slogans including “death to Khamenei”, a video verified by AFP showed.

Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights, raising a previous toll of 45 issued the day earlier, said at least 51 protesters, including nine children, have been killed by security forces and hundreds more injured.

The US-based Human Rights Activists news agency said that at least 50 people have been killed in the violence surrounding protests, while more than 2,270 others have been detained.

Lấy dân làm đích.

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The US-based Human Rights Activists news agency said that at least 50 people have been killed in the violence surrounding protests, while more than 2,270 others have been detained.

Lấy dân làm đích.

"Ngồi xổm" trên nhân quyền thì gọi là lấy dân làm đít cơ.

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Access to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service is now free in Iran as regime continues brutal crackdown on protests

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now providing free internet access via its Starlink satellite service to users in Iran as the country’s regime continues its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests, according to a tech expert in touch with Iranian Starlink users.

Starlink accounts in Iran that were previously inactive now have connections and their subscription fees have been waived as of Tuesday, said Ahmad Ahmadian, executive director at the technology nonprofit Holistic Resilience. “It’s plug and connect … just put [the satellite terminal] somewhere that has access to a clear view of the sky, and you’re good to go,” he told CNN.

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Trump says U.S. to raise tariffs on South Korean cars, other imports to 25%

KYODO NEWS - Jan 27, 2026 - 10:26


File photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump shaking hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju, South Korea in October 2025. (AP/Kyodo)(Photo not for sale)


WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he has decided to raise tariffs on automobiles and other goods from South Korea to 25 percent from 15 percent, venting his frustration that last year's "historic" bilateral trade deal has not yet been approved by the Asian nation's legislature.

Besides autos, Trump's abrupt announcement on social media said lumber and pharmaceuticals from South Korea, as well as other imports targeted by his so-called reciprocal tariffs, will face the increased rate.

"Our Trade Deals are very important to America. In each of these Deals, we have acted swiftly to reduce our TARIFFS in line with the Transaction agreed to. We, of course, expect our Trading Partners to do the same," Trump wrote.

Trump did not specify when he would raise those tariffs. South Korea's presidential office said there was no official notification or explanation of the plan from the U.S. government in advance.

In addition to hastily convening an interagency meeting, the office said trade minister Kim Jung Kwan will visit the United States to discuss the issue with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

Trump's latest threat again demonstrates that even important U.S. allies can easily earn his ire.

Trump accused South Korea's parliament of "not living up" to the agreement the two countries reached in July last year and reaffirmed three months later during his trip to the Asian country.

He questioned, "Why hasn't the Korean Legislature approved it?"

In late October, he and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed on the details of the deal, under which Seoul committed to investing $350 billion in the United States in return for Washington's reduction of sweeping tariffs from 25 percent to 15 percent.

The 15 percent tariff rate was the same as that imposed on Japan and the European Union, South Korea's major competitors in the auto industry, both of which struck similar trade deals with the Trump administration before the one inked by Seoul.

As with Japan, South Korea's planned investment in the United States is focused on strategic sectors, including a $150 billion commitment to help the Trump administration revive the American shipbuilding industry.


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Indonesian woman caned 140 times under sharia law
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...0-times-faints

The couple, a man and a woman, were struck on their backs with a rattan stick in a public park while dozens of people watched, according to an AFP reporter at the scene. The woman fainted after enduring her punishment and was escorted to an ambulance.

In total, the pair received 140 lashes: 100 for sex outside marriage and 40 for consuming alcohol, the head of Banda Aceh’s Sharia police, Muhammad Rizal, told AFP.

Caning is implemented in Aceh to punish a range of offences, including gambling, drinking alcohol, having gay sex and having sexual relations outside marriage.

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