Longtime CBS News photographer Derek Williams has died. In June 1989, Williams and CBS News correspondent Richard Roth were detained by Chinese authorities during the Tiananmen Square massacre. They would eventually be released, relatively unharmed. These were the reports they filed through the chaos. Source link
Even President Lee Jae Myung has weighed in, saying in a post on X last week that he was “outraged by this inhumane and disgraceful behavior by profiteers who deny the values of the South Korean community, fundamental human rights and democracy.” The marketing misfire comes at a sensitive time politically, as South Korea prepares … Read more
Seoul, South Korea — South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faced a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980. Chung, chairman of Shinsegae Group, which owns … Read more
Utility company DTE Energy says its trimmers are keeping the power on. That’s not good enough for the canopy-loving residents of Tree Town. Source link
NEW YORK — It wasn’t until his junior year of college that civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about a devastating massacre that took place in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His African American studies professor lectured about what is known today as the Tulsa Race Massacre — the days in 1921 when white mobs … Read more
Pulse nightclub was demolished on Wednesday, nearly ten years after a gunman walked into the Orlando gay club and committed one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history. With at least half a dozen police cars nearby, an orange crane struck the dark gray stone building where 49 people were killed and dozens others wounded, … Read more