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Donald Trump News Today: Ex-President Mocks Biden For 14th Row Seat At Queen's Funeral
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Donald Trump, who had not been invited to Queen Elizabeth II's funeral at Windsor Castle, took a dig at Joe Biden and scoffed at the president's placement in the 14th row.
"This is what has happened to America in just two short years. No respect!" the former president wrote on Truth Social on Monday.
He added: "In real estate, as in politics and in life, location is everything!"
This comes after Mr. Biden said over the weekend that the FBI's discovery of top-secret documents in Mar-a-Lago in August raised concerns that sensitive data was being compromised by Mr. Trump who was holding hundreds of documents, calling it " irresponsible".
Mr. Trump also berated FBI agents for allegedly walking on his bedroom carpet in Mar-a-Lago with their shoes on last month when he returned to his South Florida estate.
The former president also attacked the federal office for leaving the scene in a way that meant his Florida home "will never be the same," as Axios revealed why his attorneys called Raymond Dearie, a rumored FBI "skeptic," special master in the case brought against him by the Ministry of Justice.
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Trump mocks Biden for 14th row of seats at Queen's funeral
Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden Monday for his 14th row placement at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral at Windsor Castle.
"This is what has happened to America in just two short years. No respect!" the former president wrote on Truth Social on Monday. "But a good time for our president to get to know the leaders of certain third world countries."
"In real estate, as in politics and in life, LOCATION IS EVERYTHING," Mr Trump added.
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McCain's allies responded with a sweeping push to reassert control of the Arizona Republican Party. Censorship supporters were ousted or reduced, and McCain defeated his far-right challenger in a blowout in the 2016 primaries.
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Fujimori finally gets his–extradition to Peru
Posted on September 23, 2007 April 23, 2008 by Debito Arudou, Ph.D.
Hi Blog. Good news. A wanted former dictator, er, president of Peru finally gets his.
The saga so far: After buggering off to Japan in 2000, resigning his office, claiming Japanese nationalty (in fact, using it as a cloak against extradition), then swanning off back to Chile in 2005 to try and contest a Peruvian election, then trying even to get elected in Japan last July, Alberto Fujimori, in my view a megalomaniac in the mold of Napoleon and Mexico's Santa Anna (both of whom kept popping up after exile trying to restore themselves back to power; Fujimori has clearly been less successful than they), has finally been ruled an undesirable ("on human rights and corruption charges") by Chile's Supreme Court. He was extradited to Peru yesteday.
More background on Fujimori why he matters to Debito.org here.
About bloody time. Give him his day in court. Let's see what the trial brings out.
Here's the AP's view. Debito in Sapporo
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Fujimori returns to Peru to face trial
AP correspondent Monte Hayes reports Alberto Fujimori still has strong support in Peru.
By MONTE HAYES
Courtesy Daily Yomiuri Sep 23, 1:15 AM EDT
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former President Alberto Fujimori returned to Peru on Saturday to face charges of corruption and sanctioning death-squad killings, a grim homecoming for the strongman who fled the country seven years ago as his government collapsed in scandal.
The plane carrying the 69-year-old former ruler landed in a heavy mist at Lima's Las Palmas air force base, a day after Chile's Supreme Court authorized his extradition. He was then flown by helicopter to a police base, where he is to be held until a permanent facility is prepared for his detention.
Some 700 supporters who gathered outside the police air terminal across town to greet him were frustated when his plane was diverted to the air base.
"We have come to welcome Fujimori, to tell him that we are with him and will accompany him wherever he goes so that he feels he has the support of his people," his daughter Keiko Fujimori, who was elected to Congress in 2006, told The Associated Press.
Fujimori's extradition from Chile has provoked reactions ranging from elation to indignation.
Some Peruvians believe he should be tried for his controversial crackdown on the bloody Shining Path insurgency and alleged corruption during his 1990-2000 presidency.
But Fujimori maintains a following in Peru. A recent poll showed that 23 percent of Peruvians want to see him back in politics and some worry his return could provoke turmoil in a country emerging from decades of political and economic chaos.
"There will be a sector of the country that will identify with him, and he will play a destabilizing opposition role," said congressman Javier Valle Riestra, a leader of President Alan Garcia's Aprista party.
Fujimori was widely admired for ushering in economic stability and defeating the Shining Path rebel movement during his 1990-2000 government, but his presidency increasingly came under fire as it drifted toward authoritarianism and evidence surfaced of corruption.
He was flying to Peru under police custody Saturday, a day after the Chilean Supreme Court ordered his extradition on human rights and corruption charges.
Fujimori's followers and foes alike were stunned in November 2005, when he landed in a small plane in Chile and revealed his ambition to run for president in the 2006 elections, even though Peru's Congress had banned him from seeking public office until 2011. He was promptly arrested.
Fujimori had earned a reputation as a cool-headed strategist in handling multiple crises as president. But he may have miscalculated when he decided to leave his safe refuge in Japan, where he enjoyed immunity from extradition because of his Japanese nationality, inherited from his migrant parents.
It "will be interesting to see how Houdini gets out of this one," said Michael Shifter, a Latin America analyst at the Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington.
Peru wants to try Fujimori on corruption and human rights charges, including sanctioning the death-squad killings of 25 people.
Fujimori, who calls the charges politically motivated, said on the eve of his departure that while his government made mistakes, he has a clear conscience.
"This does not mean that I've been tried, much less convicted. … I hope that in Peru there exists the due process to clarify the accusations against me," he told the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio.
He noted that while the Chilean Supreme Court authorized his extradition, it significantly reduced the charges for which he can be tried in Peru. According to the extradition treaty between the two countries, he can only be tried on the charges for which the extradition was approved.
Fujimori also suggested that he's eyeing a political comeback, saying, "I still have majority support from a very popular political current.
"I assure you that there will be a political heir if I am no longer around," he added. "There will be a Fujimori movement for a long time. I guarantee that there will be some Fujimori in the next presidential race."
He said his daughter Keiko, who was elected to Congress last year with 600,000 votes, far more than any other legislator, has "what it takes" to be president.
On Friday, Keiko, 32, who is six months pregnant with her first child, demanded that he not be mistreated while in custody and urged supporters to greet him at the airport.
"Fujimori was the one who brought peace to this country, who defeated terrorism, and it seems a paradox that today Fujimori is being tried for human rights," she said.
The Fujimori-allied Congressman Rolando Souza predicted that if the former leader does not receive a fair trial and is sentenced to a long prison term, indignation among his supporters would propel his daughter into the presidency in 2011.
"I'm completely sure of it," he said.
Peruvian prosecutors are seeking 30 years in prison for each human rights charge, and up to 10 years for the corruption charges. But prison terms run concurrently under Peruvian law.
Some Peruvians say Fujimori's controversial crackdown on the bloody Shining Path insurgency was justified.
"Maybe it's a crime now, but there was a war going on then," said Miguel Capac, 40, a civil engineer who voted for Fujimori. "And in a war it's hard to say who is guilty and who is innocent."
But for others, his administration's alleged crimes outweigh its successes.
"He has done good things. No one denies that. But that doesn't allow him to get away with the acts of corruption he committed," said Maria Huaman, a 35-year-old architect.
Many believe Garcia did not want Fujimori extradited, fearing he could become a powerful opposition leader. Garcia's political opposition is fragmented, giving him a free hand to rule, and he maintains a fragile control of the 120-seat Congress with the backing of 13 legislators allied to Fujimori.
Larry Birns, director of the Washington think tank Council on Hemispheric Affairs, said the trial also could prove embarrassing for Garcia. He said human rights violations were even greater during Garcia's first term in 1985-1990 than in Fujimori's administration, "and I think Fujimori is going to use that as his defense."
The trial "will open up not one but many cans of worms because corruption in Peru was endemic at that time," Birns said.
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Good news against dictatorships everywhere, and exiled dictators everywhere –
prior to this only Hissein Habre of Chad in Senegal, Taylor, and Chile's own Pinochet
were subject to this kind of treatment. The more there are, the more that systems
to deal with then will be established and strengthened.
Not having a safe exile, while sometimes can exacerbate a problem (who would flee
if there's no safe place to flee to, better to dig in one's heels and kick more heads),
but on the other side it might make dictators think twice before STARTING to kick
heads. ("I don't want to end up in the dock at the Hague one day…")
This is an EXCELLENT trend.
It reflects well on Chile for extraditing him – a country already worthy of our
respect for a variety of other reasons.
AND…finally… it reflects TERRIBLY on the part of the Japanese Foreign/Justice Ministry
and minority population who gave him shelter. Being of the same race or citizenship should NEVER trump real justice.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-09-22-voa10.cfm
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is now being extradited from Chile to Peru to face charges of corruption and human rights abuse.
The 69-year-old former president was flown out of Chile to Peru Saturday morning.
Chile's Supreme Court ruled Friday that he must be sent back to Peru, saying it had agreed to seven of the 13 charges filed by Peruvian prosecutors against him.
Prosecutors in Peru accuse Mr. Fujimori of corruption and sanctioning the killing of 25 people by paramilitary squads during his decade-long presidency, which ended in 2000. He has denied the charges.
The former president has not been back to Peru since the collapse of his government. He spent five years in exile in his ancestral homeland of Japan, then moved in 2005 to Chile, where he was arrested.
He has spent the last two years fighting extradition.
Human rights groups have hailed the decision to extradite Mr. Fujimori so he can face the charges against him.
A GOOD ROUNDUP OF THE ISSUES FROM THE ECONOMIST (WITH VERY LITTLE REGARDING HIS QUESTIONABLE STATUS IN JAPAN; JAPAN'S RESPONSIBILITY IN ALL THIS SEEMS TO BE SWIFTLY BEING FORGOTTEN BY THE MEDIA). DEBITO
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A landmark extradition sees Alberto Fujimori facing justice
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FOR much of his decade as president between 1990 and 2000, Peruvians saw Alberto Fujimori as a saviour. He conquered the hyperinflation bequeathed by his predecessor, Alan García, and restored growth. With Vladimiro Montesinos, his shadowy intelligence chief, he crushed the Maoist terrorists of the Shining Path and locked up their leader, Abimael Guzmán. Now the saviour has joined Messrs Montesinos and Guzmán behind bars.
There was always a dark side to Mr Fujimori. Though twice freely elected, he shut down his country's Congress in 1992 and used other strong-arm methods. He fled to Japan in 2000 after trying fraudulently to win a third, unconstitutional term. In November 2005 he flew to Chile, in an apparent bid to slip back into Peru and rally his supporters for last year's presidential election. There he was arrested at the Peruvian government's request.
In a decision hailed by human-rights campaigners, Chile's Supreme Court ruled on September 21st that Mr Fujimori should be extradited to Peru to face seven sets of charges. These include complicity in the actions of the Colina Group, an army death squad that killed 25 civilians in two separate incidents (one of them involved the slaughter of those attending a barbecue which the intelligence service believed was to raise funds for Shining Path). Most of the charges relate to corruption: the most sinister feature of Mr Fujimori's rule was the unlimited power granted to Mr Montesinos to bribe and extort on a scale that prosecutors say topped $1 billion.
Mr Fujimori claims not to have known the doings of his spy chief. But Mr Montesinos, who has already been found guilty on several charges and is serving a 20-year jail sentence, will be a key figure in his trials. Mr Montesinos and several members of the army are still being tried for the actions of the Colina group.
The Fujimori case had the potential to strain Peru's relations with Chile, which while much improved are easily inflamed by hurt from defeat in 19th-century wars. But Chile's Supreme Court stuck to the letter of the country's law. In approving extradition while rejecting six of the charges, it mainly based itself on Chile's own penal code rather than on international norms.
Nevertheless, some lawyers see the verdict as a wider turning point. The court followed the ruling of Britain's House of Lords in the case of Chile's former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, in dismissing defence arguments that Mr Fujimori, as a former head of state, enjoyed immunity from criminal prosecution.
José Miguel Vivanco of Human Rights Watch, a New York-based group, points out that the Fujimori case marks the first time that a court has extradited a former head of state for trial in his own country, rather than by an international tribunal. In doing so, Chile's Supreme Court, one of the more formalistic and conservative in Latin America, has up-ended the region's long tradition of granting political asylum to former rulers. Under that tradition, Panama shelters several disgraced presidents, including Haiti's Raoul Cédras.
Another former Haitian dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, this week asked forgiveness of his country. Mr Duvalier, in exile in France since 1986, is believed to want to return home after running out of money. But the country's president, René Préval, said his government would press ahead with efforts to recover money he believed was stolen during Mr Duvalier's rule.
Mr Fujimori's case will be a test for Peru's judges and for Mr García who, in an irony of history, is again its president. The judiciary was undermined when Mr Fujimori appointed pliant judges in the 1990s. It has since taken steps towards greater professionalism. The defendant enjoys certain privileges: as a former head of state, he will be tried by the Supreme Court, and under international law he can be tried only for those matters on which the Chilean judges approved his extradition.
In 1992 Mr García himself sought asylum in Colombia, fearing corruption charges from Mr Fujimori (they were eventually dropped). Since winning last year's election, having campaigned as a free-marketeer, he has relied for a legislative majority on the backing of Mr Fujimori's supporters. They are now led by Mr Fujimori's daughter, Keiko, who won 603,000 votes in Lima, three times more than any other congressional candidate.
That alliance is now under strain. Mr Fujimori is being held at a police base, rather than under house arrest as he hoped. Mr García says his former adversary's fate should be decided strictly according to the law. Ms Fujimori, who is likely to run for the presidency in 2011, calls her father the victim of a vendetta.
In trying to return to Peru, Mr Fujimori seemed to hope that he would again be greeted as a saviour. But Peru has moved on: in polls, a majority say they would never vote for him. Ms Fujimori has some of her father's political talents, and Peru's politics is notoriously unpredictable. But rather than the return to the presidential palace he dreamed of, it may be Mr Fujimori's fate to join Mr Montesinos and Mr Guzmán in the high-security jail he himself ordered built in a naval fortress.
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From its fresh local produce, meats, seafood, honey, dairy products and ready to eat meals to its artisan breads, pastries, plants, soaps and more, the German Coast Farmers' Market is a one-of-a-kind experience that offers its patrons a bevy of shopping options.
The market will celebrate its 19th anniversary at a celebration planned for June 18 from 8 a.m. until noon.
Free giveaways are planned for the anniversary celebration, which will be held at the St. Charles Parish East Regional Library, located at 160 West Campus Drive in Destrehan. The event will also feature Chef Richard Kiral from Ormond Plantation Restaurant hosting a cooking demonstration, JoJo the Clown and Balloon Twister and ASAP Band featuring Bobby Stephens on acoustic guitar, piano and vocals
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Market Board of Directors President Ann Montgomery said the market's founding committee – whose key members were Joan Becnel, Jara Roux, Faye Louque and Marilyn Richoux – had the foresight and desire nearly two decades ago to continue the tradition of the agricultural heritage of farming and German customs.
"Our parish had several farmers who were direct descendants of early German settlers," Montgomery said. "In 2001 the planning process began with the assistance and support of the parish department of economic development, parish officials and members of the community."
The German Coast Farmers' Market, a non-profit organization operated by a volunteer board of directors, opened its east bank market in 2003 and a west bank location in 2007.
"We wish to thank these founders for their foresight in the initiation of our now well established and thriving farmers' market—a genuine attraction each Saturday morning and Wednesday afternoon in St. Charles Parish," Montgomery said.
The market, which is funded by the United Way of St. Charles, is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the St. Charles Parish East Regional Library in Destrehan and every Wednesday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the West Bank Bridge Park in Luling.
With the Market Match Program, shoppers with SNAP benefits are given $1 in Market Match tokens for every $1 spent at the market using their EBT card. The program is valid for up to a $20 match per market day. Tokens can be used to purchase any SNAP eligible products available at the market and have no expiration.
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He was born and raised in Springfield, Mo. He earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology and Religious Studies from Brown University in Providence, R.I., in 1975. After ordination from the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute Religion in Cincinnati, Rabbi Federow served as the rabbi in Greenville, Mississippi, from 1982-1987. He then went on to serve Beth Knesset Bamidbar ("the Synagogue In The Desert") in Lancaster, California, from 1987 to 1989.
Rabbi Federow then came to Houston and served as the executive director of the Hillel Foundation of Greater Houston until 1995. Hillel supports the religious and social needs for Jewish college students from campuses throughout Houston.
He has taught an Introduction to Judaism at Houston Baptist University. Rabbi Federow received a doctor of divinity (D.D.), Honoris Causa from the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Oh, on June 3, 2007. This marks the celebration of Rabbi Federow's 25 years since his ordination, and of service and contribution to the Jewish community. In 2012, he will have reached the 30th year of being a rabbi.
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Q: Will fs.readFile() cache the file's contents in the server's memory after the first read? I would like to know if the following code would cache the file's contents in the server's memory after reading it once. The reason I ask is because I don't want to have to re read the file every time the user requested the page. I would prefer to have it cached after the first read.
fs.exists(fileName, function (exists) {
        if (!exists) {
            console.log("== 404 error");
            resp.writeHead(404, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
            resp.end(pageError);
            return;
        }

        fs.readFile(fileName, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
            if (err) {
                resp.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});
                resp.end(pageError);
                return;
            }

            var contentType = getContentType(req.url);
            var mimeType = mimeTypes[contentType];

            resp.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": mimeType});
            resp.end(data);
        });
    });

NOTE ** I only want to know how to do this using internal Node JS modules (no express)

A: You shouldn't use fs.exists() as its deprecated; instead, use fs.stat() if you only want to check existence. If you are going to open and read a file after checking for existence, then just use fs.readFile() and handle the passed error accordingly for a not existing file. This is noted within the fs docs for fs.access() but still applies to fs.stat() as well. Below is the excerpt from the Node.js docs.

Using fs.access() to check for the accessibility of a file before calling fs.open(), fs.readFile() or fs.writeFile() is not recommended. Doing so introduces a race condition, since other processes may change the file's state between the two calls. Instead, user code should open/read/write the file directly and handle the error raised if the file is not accessible.

fs.readFile() does not do any caching for you, this is something you'll need to create/manage yourself. The below example shows how to create a file cache using a JS Object as a dictionary to keep the file contents indexed by filename. Its important to note that you shouldn't be putting gigs of data in the fileCache object, instead this will be good for lots of smaller files.
fileCache just needs to be in scope of getFileFromCache() and in a place that won't be garbage collected during runtime.
const fileCache = {}
const getFileFromCache = (filename, cb) => {
    if (fileCache[filename]) {
        return cb(null, fileCache[filename])
    }

    fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
      if (err) {
        return cb(err)
      }

      fileCache[filename] = data
      return cb(null, data)
    })
}

A: You could store the file data in a variable, or in a global variable (by using global.<varname> = <filedata>) if you want to access it across multiple modules.
Of course, as George Cambpell said, anoy modification to the file won't be noticed by your program, since it won't re-read the file.

 So I would do something like this:
function sendResponse(data) {
    let contentType = getContentType(req.url);
    let mimeType = mimeTypes[contentType];
    resp.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": mimeType});
    resp.end(data);
}

if(global.fileData) {
    return sendResponse(global.fileData);
}

fs.readFile(fileName, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
    if (err) {
        resp.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});
        resp.end(pageError);
        return;
    }

    global.fileData = data;
    sendResponse(global.fileData);
});

The first time global.fileData will be empty, so you'll proceed with fs.readfile, store the file content in global.fileData, and send the response.

The second time global.fileData will contain stuff, so you just send the response with that stuff, and you won't read the file again.

For further reference take a look at the official NodeJS documentation: https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#globals_global

Another thing you should do is replace fs.exists with fs.access or fs.stat (I usually use fs.access), because the exists method is deprecated.
https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_stat_path_callback
https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_access_path_mode_callback

Happy coding!

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Will fs.readFile() cache the file's contents in the server's memory after the first read?

No.  fs.readFile() itself does no caching.
But, the underlying operating system will do file caching and as long as there isn't so much other file activity going on that the cached read gets flushed, then the OS will probably fetch the file from a local memory cache the 2nd, 3rd times you read it.
If you want to assure the caching yourself, then you should just store the contents yourself once you first read it and from then on, you can just use the previously read contents.


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Chief Keef was sentenced to 60 days in juvenile detention on Thursday in a Cook County courtroom.
The Chicago rapper, a breakthrough star in 2012 thanks to the track "I Don't Like," was found in violation of his probation on a gun conviction.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Judge Carl Anthony Walker said the MC had disregarded the court orders on more than one occasion, citing a visit to a New York gun range filmed by music website Pitchfork over the summer. The video has since been removed.
"I'm sorry about all the wrong I have done," Keef, A.K.A. Keith Cozart, told Walker, asking him to give him a chance. "I am a very good-hearted person." His 18-month probation had been ordered after he'd pointed a gun at a policeman. The 17-year-old, previously in the custody of his uncle and grandmother, was also made a ward of the state on Thursday.
During the sentencing, the prosecution pointed to the violent lyrics of Keef's "Love Sosa," which his own lawyer defended as part of his rap persona.
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US ambassador visits Coupang fulfillment center in Daegu
Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce giant, on Wednesday showcased the investments and innovations it made over the past decade at its Daegu fulfillment center, one of Asia's largest. The event was attended by US Ambassador Philip Goldberg and Korean government officials, including the deputy mayor of Daegu Metropolitan City and officials from the Science and ICT Ministry. Kang Han-seung, the representative dire...
By Shim Woo-hyun
Coupang's fulfillment center in Daegu (Coupang)
Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce giant, on Wednesday showcased the investments and innovations it made over the past decade at its Daegu fulfillment center, one of Asia's largest.
The event was attended by US Ambassador Philip Goldberg and Korean government officials, including the deputy mayor of Daegu Metropolitan City and officials from the Science and ICT Ministry. Kang Han-seung, the representative director of Coupang, and its Chief Administrative Officer Harold Rogers also joined the event.
From left are Lee Jong-hwa, Daegu's vice mayor of economic affairs, Harold Rogers, Coupang's chief administrative officer, Philip S. Goldberg, US Ambassador to S. Korea and Kang Han-seung, Coupang's representative director of business management pose for a picture at a Coupang fulfillment center in Daegu, Wednesday. (Coupang)
Under the title of "Creating WOW: Showcasing Coupang's Investments & Innovations Across Korea in 2022," the event outlined the company's win-win business model that has benefited customers, workers and small businesses.
Coupang called the fulfillment center "one of the hallmarks" representing the firm's investments in South Korea.
The 300 billion won ($228 million) fulfillment center, which opened in March, is one of the largest in Asia, spanning across land the size of some 46 soccer fields, according to Coupang. The center is also equipped with the latest technologies, including artificial intelligence and custom robotics.
It has also helped revitalize the local economy, creating over 2,500 jobs at the fulfillment center, as well as around 10,000 jobs related to the logistics processes linked to the Daegu center.
An automated warehouse system built in Coupang's fulfillment center in Daegu (Coupang)
Its end-to-end logistics infrastructure has also helped small- and medium-sized enterprises grow. SMEs on Coupang, which account for around 70 percent of all sellers on the platform, saw their sales grow approximately 140 percent in the third quarter this year, compared to the corresponding period in 2019, according to the company.
"The US-Korea alliance has fast become a global technological and economic partnership, and Coupang is the leading testament to that development," said Goldberg. "Coupang's direct investment brings jobs and continuing innovation to Korea, benefitting the lives of everyday South Koreans."
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"We will continue working to create value for customers, workers, and local communities alike, as well as to create jobs, develop the local economy, and serve as a foundation for small businesses to grow," said Kang, Coupang's representative director of business management.
By Shim Woo-hyun (ws@heraldcorp.com)


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Persona 5 Royal: With Colors Flying High
November 30, 2021 November 30, 2021 Dewbond2 Comments
I came to this game and this series late, but I am glad I did. Persona 4 Golden remains one of my favorite JRPGs in a long while, a brilliant game with an even more brilliant cast. Even well over a year later I still find myself thinking about their adventures and how well they endeared themselves to the cast. I also knew that the sequel had been universally beloved for being even better. Well once I snatched up a PS5 the first game I knew to get was gonna be it. So after the cut, let's finally take a dive into Persona 5 Royal.
My thoughts on Persona 4 Golden are right here!
Vigilantism never wore so much spandex.
Like with my review of the last game, I want to split things up into three sections. While I am not a game reviewer, I do believe that it should be held apart from the story itself. While they are connected, I do think it is important to view them as separately as they can be. So with that said…
The Gameplay
Aside from the jump from Mass Effect to Mass Effect 2, I do not think there has been a game that has universally succeeded in improving itself than Royal. Everything from the fast paced combat, to the options, to the way it is styled is an improvement over the previous entry. Atlus stepped it up on every single level and the love, spit and polish shows in ever single moment. I rightly criticized Golden for being too grindy, with too much of a focus on the RPG mechanics. Royal still has that and there are still moments of 'the grind', but the combat has been sped up and the addition of guns, combo attacks and more keep things fresh.
The combat has just enough command variety to keep things fast paced and fresh. A rarity for the usual exhaustion of some JRPGS.
But most of all, is the sheer amount of respect the gameplay shows. Whether it is easy warp points to get around parts of town or skipping battles if you are over leveled. Royal has done everything it can to make the game easy to get into, and fun for those who may not care for turned based combat. I was floored again and again at how this game respected my time. Gone was the endless randomized dungeons of Golden and instead jumping back to places was just a few button clicks. I have lost a lot of my patience over the years for needlessly complicated things, so seeing Royal step up like this was a god send. This is one of the most efficient, polished and smoothly running RPGs in literal decades.
Which is good, because the story and characters are….
Now let me 100% crystal clear here. This is my personal opinion, and I don't expect people to share my view. But I have to be honest, and the truth is that I didn't find myself falling in love with the characters of Royal like I did with Golden. Part of that is probably that you never forget your 'first love' when entering a new series, but also I think that there was something missing. While the adventures of Joker, Ann, Makoto and the rest were fun, funny and touching. They didn't have the charm or chemistry that I saw in Golden. There you saw a group of people become real true friends and the fluffy filler moments endeared you to the cast so much.
The central characters take a bit longer to grow on you. These aren't Golden's life long friends, but kindred spirits fighting for what is right.
In Royal, that element is still there, but the nature of the story means there isn't as much time for it. The rise of the Phantom Thieves and their struggle for justice and fairness is a good one. There is much to be said for teenagers realizing that the adults they trust can fail them and trying to fight the system on their own. And to its credit, Persona 5 Royal believes this, but doesn't go whole hog on it. The Phantom Thieves get a little too deep at times, and realize that not every person they meet is a total asshole. There are moments of reflection and questioning, wondering if what they are doing is correct. I was grateful for that, because too often "fight the power" shows rarely take time to address what happens after you smash the system.
Haru is the character most shafted by the storytelling system of Persona. She just doesn't get enough time with the cast.
In terms of the characters, again there is much to enjoy, even if I didn't love them like I did Golden. Whether it was Yusuke being the constant starving artist, Futuba being every gamer boy's dream, Ann being the dumb blonde, or the myriad of enjoyable confidents. Persona 5 had something for everyone and I can see why so many have latched onto these characters. Sadly like with Golden, the linear nature of the year-long story line does mean some characters get shafted. Haru in particular comes into the story far too late and doesn't have any real time to gel with the group which is a shame. Then there is the additions made by Royal which…
The biggest change to Royal, aside from several gameplay and quality of life updates is the addition of a new playable character Kasumi. Who, until the exclusive content in the post game, can be pretty much be summed up as this.
Now don't get me wrong, Kasumi is a fun character and her backstory is typical, but well done. It is just that she feels so shoved into the main story, yet has no real part in it. She shows up on random days but does nothing to change the overall plot, feeling very much like she was edited in. It sticks out like a sore thumb and by the time you get to her big part in the post-game, the whole feels damn anti-climactic. Royal's other big character Dr. Maruki suffers the same way, but he is at least able to blend far more seamlessly into the main story that you'd be forgiven to think he was there in the first version. In all honesty, the whole Royal addition feels very much like an end of series anime movie, think very much Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, or Naruto: The Last. Great to have, but does very little to change your opinions of the game.
Dr. Maruki has an interesting story that honestly, might have better served as the game's actual ending.
The Persona series was always a niche thing before, but this was the game that shot it to mainstream attention. Persona 5 Royal is a game that earns all the accolades it gets and feels like it will be a touchstone among JRPG fans for decades to come. As a game it is by far the most polished and developed improvement for a sequel I have ever seen. As a story it is gripping, creative and clever, but there is something that Persona 4 Golden had that this game is never able to replicate. Regardless if you are in the market for an anime JRPG, then this game should be the first or second choice on your list. It is a special experience and I can see why even Atlus is scared of creating a sixth installment. Give it a look for yourself, and see those colors flying high.
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2 thoughts on "Persona 5 Royal: With Colors Flying High"
i think my brother is really into persona, im just going to borrow his games xD this is a franchise ive been meaning to get into for forever now, all bc of cute masked guy ❤ lolol
Dewbond says:
You are in for a real treat.