Sort by:
Date added |
Date Published |
Most Viewed
Headlines Tagged with Korea - South — 1,274 headlines found
10
Views
[Korea - South] South Korean smokers finally start to feel the heat
After decades of indifference, big businesses and the government are turning up the heat on smokers in South Korea, a nation with one of the developed world's highest male smoking rates.
May 23, 2012
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
added
May 23, 2012 05:14
9
Views
[Korea - South] Pakistan cracks down on South Korean cigarettes
Pakistani tax authorities took the unusual step on Friday of threatening retailers with heavy fines and prison unless they stop selling cigarettes smuggled from South Korea. The Federal Board of Revenue ran an advertisement in newspapers, warning that P
Mar 8, 2013
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
added
Mar 9, 2013 22:40
9
Views
[Korea - South] Tobacco talks on illicit trade end without duty free restrictions
However, there were worrying elements to the talks. Daily bulletins from the event organiser reveal a climate in which interested parties were denied access to discussions. Interpol - the international police organisation that works to identify, disrupt a
Nov 20, 2012
The Moodie Report (uk)
added
Nov 21, 2012 03:54
9
Views
[Korea - South] Global tobacco treaty concluded in Seoul
countries kicked Big Tobacco and its front group representatives out of committee meetings after members of civil society, including Corporate Accountability International, exposed the lobbyists who infiltrated the meetings under the guise of "public badg
Nov 20, 2012
Asia Sentinel (hk)
added
Nov 20, 2012 23:23
9
Views
[Korea - South] Last chance in Seoul (PDF)
Today is the day when everything has to come together, if this COP session is to be a full success. So far, the only decision we’ve had in plenary was to adopt the Illicit Trade Protocol. But we still await a decision in Committee B on what will happen t
Nov 16, 2012
Framework Convention Alliance (ch)
added
Nov 16, 2012 15:46
9
Views
[India, Korea - South] Soon, ban on cigarettes, tobacco may be for real
Nine years after its enactment, the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, (COTPA), 2003, it seems, would be enforced in letter and spirit.
Nov 15, 2012
Hindustan Times (in)
added
Nov 15, 2012 11:01
9
Views
[Korea - South] At conference, UN health chief urges more to be done in global anti-tobacco efforts
“I can think of no other undertaking that can make such a huge contribution to better health in every corner of the world. And that includes the health of young children and unborn babies,” the Executive Director of the UN World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 12, 2012
UN News Service
added
Nov 12, 2012 15:32
9
Views
[Korea - South] Fifth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Seoul, Republic of Korea, 12-17 November, 2012
Oct 25, 2012
Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (kr)
added
Oct 25, 2012 07:17
9
Views
[Korea - South] Tobacco packs to bear graphic health warnings
The government plans to require tobacco firms to put graphic images illustrating the health hazards of smoking on their packages beginning early next year.
Aug 7, 2012
Korea Herald (kr)
added
Aug 9, 2012 12:55
9
Views
[Korea - South] More Prominent Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs
Cigarette packages in Korea will soon be covered with health warnings, graphic images and a detailed list of harmful ingredients if a proposed law revision goes into effect next year.
Aug 7, 2012
Chosun Ilbo (kr)
added
Aug 7, 2012 14:10