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KABUL (BNA) In a significant development for Afghanistan’s tourism sector, the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, affiliated with the Ministry of Information and Culture, has reopened its doors to students.

Average annual salaries at Naver and Kakao went down last year due to a sharp decline in their stock vaulations caused by decelerated growth experienced after the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory filings showed Friday.

U.S. workers’ remote workdays have stabilized after spiking during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The average U.S. worker spends 3.8 days per month working from home, down from 5.8 in 2020 but higher than the 2.4 average from 2019. Among the smaller sample of workers who have ever worked remotely, the figures are an average of 7.7 remote days per month currently compared with 11.9 in 2020 and 5.8 in 2019.

Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar, the Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, recently held a meeting with a Kyrgyzstan investor. During the meeting, Delawar emphasized that investments in Afghanistan’s mineral resources should be made with full transparency and confidence.

Cautious optimism is growing that Korean shipbuilders will be able to increase their overall share in the global market, as the sector has become the latest battleground in the ongoing U.S.-China strategic rivalry, according to industry officials, Sunday.

Schools are finding beds, providing showers for pupils and washing uniforms as child poverty spirals out of control, headteachers from across England have told the Observer.

Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar, the Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, held a meeting with Ali Wahid Atechi, a representative from Turkey’s Holdenc Oil Diesel Company. The company has shown interest in investing in Afghanistan’s mineral resources.

As the price of Bitcoin sets new records every day, the fervor among investors in Korea is fueling a notable overheating of the market. Concerns are rising as the soaring demand is pushing up the "kimchi premium," a phenomenon where cryptocurrency in Korea trades above the global rate.

The 20-year deal provides Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia with a total of $7.1 billion in funding, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says.

Twenty years ago, I was lucky enough to attend a high school that offered Advanced Placement economics, consisting of semester-long courses in microeconomics, the study of individual economic decisions, and macroeconomics, the effect of large-scale economic actions. I didn’t know much about economics, but it struck me as an opportunity to gain some more practical skills. I (incorrectly) assumed an economics class would teach me about the stock market and how to balance a checkbook. I figured that knowledge was worth the cost to my sleep; the class was only offered as an “early bird” and started at 7:10 a.m., 40 minutes before the official start of the school day.  I have never been a morning person, so losing that hour of sleep was a big sacrifice. I had unknowingly just had my first lesson in opportunity cost.