The head of South Korea’s top sports body has apologised for a litany of sexual assault cases between young athletes and their coaches and vowed to impose lifetime bans on offenders. The move comes after double-Olympic short-track gold medallist Shim Suk-hee, 21, accused her former coach last week of raping and sexually molesting her multiple times, prompting several other victims… Read more »
A sexism row engulfing Japan’s medical schools has deepened after two more universities admitted discriminating against female applicants, months after it was revealed that Tokyo Medical University had manipulated exam scoresto favour male candidates. Juntendo University and Kitasato University, both in Tokyo, said this week that they had set a lower pass mark for men than for women in order to secure a… Read more »
Chang’e-4 is second spacecraft in Chinese mission to land on far side of the moon China’s lunar lander Chang’e-4 has successfully entered orbit around the moon. After a voyage of 240,000 miles (385,000km) that lasted 110 hours, the spacecraft fired its retrorockets on 12 December while just 80 miles above the lunar surface. This placed it in a stable elliptical… Read more »
Pacific countries vulnerable to climate change have urged Australia to abandon coal power generation within 12 years, and to prohibit new coal plants or expansion of existing plants. The call from 15 small Pacific island states came one day after the Australian government called for expressions of interest in new power generation projects, indicating it would be prepared to use taxpayer… Read more »