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South Korea will not be attending a November memorial ceremony in Japan to honor people subjected to wartime forced labor in the Sado Island Gold Mines, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, citing differences with Tokyo. Japan agreed to host a memorial event each year to commemorate the forced labor victims in exchange for Seoul’s consent to having the network of mines on Sado added to UNESCO’s World Heritage register. What have Seoul and Tokyo said? The South Korean Foreign Ministry said South Korea had decided “not to attend the Sado mine memorial ceremony, scheduled for Nov. 24, taking into account various circumstances surrounding the event. “There was insufficient time to reconcile differing positions between the diplomatic authorities of both countries, making it unlikely to reach a mutually acceptable agreement before the ceremony,” it added, without giving further details. Masashi Mizobuchi, assistant press secretary at Japan’s Foreign Ministry, called the South Korean decision “disappointing.” He...

IN a decisive move to protect immigrant communities ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s anticipated crackdown on immigration, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a “sanctuary city” ordinance on Tuesday, November 19. The ordinance, which formalizes the city’s policy of non-cooperation with federal immigration authorities, is aimed at safeguarding residents without legal status from potential mass deportations. It stems from a motion introduced by Councilmembers Nithya Raman, Eunisses Hernandez, and Hugo Soto-Martinez and adopted unanimously in 2023. The ordinance bars city resources from being used for immigration enforcement and prohibits city departments from sharing personal information about individuals with federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). While Los Angeles already maintains policies limiting collaboration with immigration enforcement, Tuesday’s vote codifies these protections into city law. “I came to this country with my mother as an immigrant when I was six years old, arriving in the United States because we sought a...

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L’entrée de l’Ecole supérieure de journalisme de Paris, dans le 13e arrondissement, le 9 mai 2024. RICCARDO MILANI / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP Les experts en déontologie du journalisme n’ont pas fini de s’empoigner : une école de journalisme aux mains de grands capitaines d’industrie est-elle de nature à former des journalistes véritablement indépendants ? L’Ecole supérieure de journalisme de Paris (ESJ Paris) s’est réjouie, vendredi 15 novembre, de sa reprise par les entrepreneurs français les plus en vue. De la Financière Agache de Bernard Arnault (propriétaire du Parisien, des Echos et de Paris Match) à CMA Média (BFM-TV, La Provence) de Rodolphe Saadé, de la Compagnie de l’Odet de Vincent Bolloré (Canal+, Europe 1, Prisma, Le Journal du dimanche…) à Stanislas et Godefroy de Bentzmann (Devoteam, 189e fortune de France selon le magazine Challenges), du fonds d’investissement Koodenvoi de la famille Habert-Dassault au groupe Bayard Presse de la congrégation religieuse catholique des assomptionnistes… de...