Month: March 2024

Japan Soccer Federation’s ’47-year-old former player’ is its new head

Japan, Asia’s soccer powerhouse, has made yet another transition. “National team captain and former J-League player Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (47, pictured) was officially inaugurated as the 15th president of the Japan Football Association,” Kyodo News and Nikkan Sports reported on March 23. Miyamoto, who served as the federation’s executive director, was selected as the candidate to …

Health minister makes last-minute appeal to medical professors as resignations loom

Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Friday made a last-minute appeal for medical professors not to resign en masse in support of a prolonged walkout by junior doctors, as their threat to resign is expected to further disrupt services at major hospitals.More than 90 percent of the country’s 13,000 trainee doctors have walked off the job …

Korean lawyer receives British Empire Medal for strengthening bilateral relations

British Ambassador Colin Crooks delivered a British Empire Medal to Park Jong-bak, partner at Pacific law firm, Thursday, in recognition of his instrumental role in revitalizing the alumni association of Chevening and fostering stronger ties between the United Kingdom and Korea. The association comprises individuals who have been recipients of the esteemed Chevening Scholarship. This …