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US tightens licensing requirements for certain medical device exports to N. Korea

The Treasury Department building is pictured at dusk in Washington, Jun. 6, 2019. AP-Yonhap WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department has published a list of medical devices requiring “specific authorization” for export to North Korea, a Federal Register notice showed Friday, apparently tightening licensing requirements for the items amid North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile…

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Over 100,000 non-professional teachers risk removal — National Teaching Council

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has intensified efforts to sanitise the teaching profession as more than 100,000 non-professional teachers continue to teach in basic and private schools across the country without the required qualifications and licences. The council said the situation posed a major threat to the quality of education, particularly in rural communities where…

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