Koo Yong-hyun, a 35-year-old office worker in Seoul, has never had to face down masked homicidal guards or competitors out to slit his throat like the characters in the show do. But Koo, who binge-watched “Squid Game” in a single night, said he empathised with the characters and their struggle to survive in the country’s… Read More »
Loading the player… President Joe Biden is not going to achieve his hoped-for goal of getting 70% of Americans to take at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Sunday, July 4. At the same time, at an alarming rate, Black Americans are behind the curve when it comes to getting vaccinated. COVID-19 vaccination data… Read More »
Domestic abuse continues to torment many of our friends, family members, colleagues and neighbours behind closed doors. Abuse is felt by many from all areas of society but women are disproportionately impacted – with the 2020 Crime Survey for England and Wales noting that 1.6 million women reported experiencing domestic abuse. Through campaign work, offering… Read More »
The federal government remains well behind its initial COVID-19 vaccination targets nearly a fortnight into its rollout. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in January he “anticipated optimistically” 80,000 Australians would be vaccinated every week at the beginning of the rollout, before the effort was “scaled up”. But almost two weeks after the first vaccine was… Read More »