South Korea, U.S. to discuss new visa category as detained workers set to head home, Yonhap reports

South Korea, U.S. to discuss new visa category as detained workers set to head home, Yonhap reports

South Korea and the United States will discuss establishing a new visa category for Koreans, Seoul’s foreign minister was quoted as saying. Kim Hong-ji | Reuters South Korea and the United States will discuss establishing a new visa category for Koreans, Seoul’s foreign minister was quoted as saying, after a U.S. immigration raid saw 475 workers rounded up at a Hyundai Motor site. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun also said…

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Movie Review: The Crawleys — and their matriarch — get a loving sendoff in final ‘Downton Abbey’

Movie Review: The Crawleys — and their matriarch — get a loving sendoff in final ‘Downton Abbey’

Change comes slowly to the Downton Abbey universe and its Crawley family. Just watch Robert Crawley go flat-hunting in London. Wait, what? FLAT-HUNTING? The Earl of Grantham? Well, yes, and it’s the most amusing scene in “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (a self-announcing title if there ever was one). Just look at proud and starched…

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Hawaiian Airlines CEO Joe Sprague to retire, Diana Birkett Rakow to step in

Hawaiian Airlines CEO Joe Sprague to retire, Diana Birkett Rakow to step in

Diana Birkett Rakow speaks during a Boeing Co. ecoDemonstrator program tour at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hawaiian Airlines CEO Joe Sprague will retire effective October 29 and will be succeeded by Diana Birkett Rakow, the airline’s parent company Alaska Air…

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Asia markets open mixed after Wall Street gains on positive inflation data

Asia markets open mixed after Wall Street gains on positive inflation data

 Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Thursday after Wall Street continued to reach record highs over Fed-rate cut hopes and positive inflation data. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.23% in early trade, while the Topix index retreated 0.18%. South Korea’s Kospi advanced 0.67%, and the small-cap Kosdaq was up 0.2%. Over in Australia, the ASX/S&P 200 declined…

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