In South Korea, free subway rides for the elderly become a political headache
Seoul, South KoreaReuters Every day, 71-year-old Park Gyung-sun delivers flowers, documents and other packages around Seoul – a job popular among senior citizens who are entitled to ride the city’s subways for free. The work, dubbed “silver delivery” in South Korea, earns Park, a former market stall owner, up to 700,000 won ($US550) a month. […]
Scotland first in the world to make sanitary products free
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Scotland this week made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such a step against “period poverty”. The measure makes tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies, at an estimated annual cost to […]
OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY: RESISTING DISTRACTIONS
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his look at I Timothy with a look at a passage with advice to slaves (and masters), a statement on good teaching and a warning against the “love of money” – and how it all links together…