Delegation to discuss tensions as Trump hints at openness to meetingSEOUL - Moon Jae-in, the Republic of Korea president, will send special envoys to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Monday, the first such move in 11 years.Chung Eui-yong, Moon's top national security adviser, will lead the contingent, composed of five delegates and five working-level officials. Suh Hoon, director of the country's intelligence agency, was included in the delegation.The group will make a two-day trip to Pyongyang for dialogue with senior DPRK officials on issues to improve inter-Korean relations and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, according to the ROK Blue House.The move is the latest chapter in a remarkable Olympics-driven detente between the countries.An intense rapprochement saw the neighbors march together at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that ended on Feb 25, with the DPRK's top leader Kim Jong-un sending his sister as a special envoy to the event.Kim Yo-jong's appearance at the Games' opening ceremony made global headlines, marking the first visit to the ROK by a member of the Kim family since the end of the Korean War.Moon has sought to use the Pyeongchang Games to open dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang in the hopes of easing a nuclear standoff that has heightened fears over global security.The special delegates will have extensive discussions over issues including creating conditions for DPRK-US talks to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula and improving inter-Korea ties, Moon's spokesman Yoon Young-chan told reporters.The ROK representatives will meet with high-level North Korean officials during the two-day trip, and then fly to the US to explain the result of the talks to officials in Washington, Yoon added.The DPRK on Saturday said dialogue with Washington is possible but urged the US to remove any preconditions, such as denuclearization, which they have previously insisted on.It is the consistent and principled position of the DPRK to resolve issues in a diplomatic and peaceful way through dialogue and negotiation, the Korean Central News Agency quoted a Foreign Ministry official as saying.The official said the DPRK wants dialogue designed to discuss and resolve the issue of mutual concern on an equal footing between states.In the decades-long history of the DPRK-US talks, there has been no case at all where we sat with the US with any precondition, and this will be the case in future, too, he said.Open to idea Trump seemed open to the idea at the annual lighthearted Gridiron Dinner over the weekend.Trump suggested that the US will be meeting with the DPRK but has told Pyongyang it must first denuke.We will be meeting and we'll see if anything positive happens, he added.Trump dished out sharp one-liners throughout his comments on Saturday night, occasionally lapsing into recurring themes about the 2016 election and media bias.Nobody does self-deprecating humor better than I do. It's not even close, said Trump, who skipped last year's dinner. He also said: I was very excited to receive this invitation and ruin your evening in person. That's why I accepted.Xinhua - Afp - Reuters wristbands canadacustom silicone bracelets canadarubber bracelets canadasilicone bracelets canadasilicone wristbands canadacustom wristbands canadacanadian wristbandswristbands canada
Members of the post-95 generation are increasingly interested in working in tier-two or tier-three cities and they are more willing to work out of interests and hobbies, according to a report released by Tencent and 58 Group, Beijing Morning Post reported Wednesday. The report focused on job seekers' behavioral characteristics at middle or basic level from 2017 to 2018, revealing the temptation of tier-one cities is dropping. The percentage of post-95s that want to work in tier-two or tier-three cities has increased to 41.3 percent. Post-95s think highly of emotional release, self-expression and spiritual freedom when seeking employment compared to material benefits including salary and welfare. According to the report, 16 percent of post-95s are willing to leave their own provinces to work. The top five provinces in terms of labor force export are Anhui, Sichuan, Henan, Jiangxi and Hunan, with Jiangxi province contributing the most. 300 post-95 generation women apply for Hainan Airlines' cabin crew in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, on Feb 27, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com] In the first three seasons of 2017, post-95 job hunters occupied 32 percent of the overall crowd, making them the core group in the job-hunting market. Post-95s prefer working in service industries such as Taobao, sales promotion, shop assistance and beauty salon, while other applicants tend to work in sectors such as driver and transportation services, logistics and storehouses, homemaking and security. According to a white paper of post-95 and post-00 college students' interests released by Yidianzixun and Wuhan University, interests and hobbies have become a main factor in the job hunt.Fifty-two percent of post-95s want to choose jobs matching with their interests and hobbies, and 18 percent of them regard interests and hobbies as the most important factor. Referring to consumption behavior, 72 percent of post-95s are willing to pay for their interests and hobbies, while 60 percent of them have already spent a large amount of money on their interests and hobbies.
