South Korea passes law to ban anti-North Korea leaflets amid activists’ outcry
Seoul, South KoreaReuters South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Monday to ban the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, a move that was condemned by rights activists as a violation of freedom of speech. Groups run by North Korean defectors and other campaigners have for decades sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets – alongside food, medicine, […]
Big brands pledge to turn tide on global plastic waste
Thomson Reuters Foundation Big brands – from Coke to Kellogg – pledged on Monday to cut all plastic waste from their operations in what the United Nations called the most ambitious effort yet to fight plastic pollution. The initiative comes as public pressure mounts on manufacturers and retailers to pare back the deluge of plastic […]