Executive turned waiter shocks South Korea culture
Suh Sang rok, former vice chairman of Sammi Group, quit a top chaebol post to wait tables. He argues status should follow ability, not position, and his story highlights shifting values amid Korea’s economic upheaval. He writes, speaks, and promotes a broader view of success beyond elite corporate ranks.
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South Korea
Suh Sang-rok
Suh
Korea
Chaebo
Chaebol
Sammi Group
Sammi
California
Bushmen win back ancestral land in South Africa
Dawid Kruiper, head of the 500 member Khomani Bushmen, awaits a March 21 handover of 62,000 acres in the Kalahari to end decades of dispossession. The transfer would grant communal rights to hunt and live on ancestral graves, with plans to run park land and safaris alongside protection of culture.
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South Africa
Dawid Kruiper
Kruiper
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
Kalahari
Johannesburg
Srt Yeen
Angola
Namiba
Tweerieren
Belinda Matthee
Geoff Perrott
South African Law Institute
Roger Chennels
Perrott
Earthquake Shakes Central Japan Near Suzuka
A magnitude 5.1 quake struck central Japan near Suzuka at 4:43 p.m. local time, with the epicenter about six miles underground and 185 miles southwest of Tokyo. No damage or injuries were reported and there was no tsunami danger.
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Tokyo
Japan
Suzuka
Central Meteorological Agency
Aum cult resurges in Japan ahead of 1999 fears
Asahara's followers move to buy homes and set up offices across Japan, signaling a revived push by the Aum Shinrikyo sect. Police warn of sprawling fundraising, new meeting sites near the Tokyo Detention Center, and a potential revival amid Judgment Day prophecies. Village residents in Kitamikami address vigilance as authorities monitor real estate and fundraising activity.
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Japan
Messiah Shoko Asahara
Aum
Kitamimaki
Tokyo
Osamu Koyama
Asahara
Tokyo Detention Center
Public Security Investigation Agency
Kenji Kawashima
Keisen University
Russia cancels spacewalks amid funding crunch
Mir space station crew will cancel at least two spacewalks due to Russia's financial problems. Viktor Afanasyev and Jean-Pierre Heignere plan two more walks, while funding may force Mir's closure as early as August, with possible deorbit to the ocean after the crew departs.
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Russia
Mir Space Station
Mir
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Jean-Pierre Heignere
Viktor Blagov
Itar-Tass
Space Agency
Sergei Avdeyev
Yevgeny Primakov
U.S. Space Agency
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