News Headlines - 24 July 2019

▽Gov. Edwards declares statewide cybersecurity emergency

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a statewide cybersecurity emergency.
There’s an ongoing malware attack impacting three public school districts in North Louisiana - Sabine, Morehouse and Ouachita, the governor’s office reports.
In response, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has activated its crisis action team and the Emergency Services Function-17.

▽South Korea fails to drum up support at WTO in row with Japan - Reuters

South Korea’s bid to garner international support in a row with Japan by airing its case at the World Trade Organization brought no visible dividend on Wednesday, as no other countries took the floor to support either side, a Geneva trade official said.

▽Mystery about fate of Kim Jong-un's chef solved as pictures surface of him with British ambassador

he mystery of the whereabouts of Kim Jong-un’s former sushi chef was finally cleared up on Tuesday - he’s been making lunch for the British ambassador to Pyongyang.
Media reports that Kenji Fujimoto may have been arrested by the North Korean authorities sparked alarm last month... But in June, Japan’s Daily Shincho magazine reported that he had been detained, citing an intelligence official who suggested that the chef may have been seized for a “past betrayal.”

▽Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals will use recycled cellphones, electronics

With the opening ceremony for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo exactly one year from Wednesday, the medals are one thing organizers won't need to worry about finishing in time.
The Tokyo 2020 Medal Project sparked the collection of nearly 80,000 tons of mobile phones and small electronic devices around Japan, which will be used in the crafting of every gold, silver and bronze Olympic and Paralympic medal awarded to athletes at next year's games. There expect to be roughly 5,000 medals given out between the two games, according to Tokyo 2020.

▽Asahi makes biggest splash yet in premium beer market - Nikkei Asian Review

The agreement by Asahi Group Holdings to purchase Anheuser-Busch InBev's key Australian operation punctuates the Japanese brewer's strategy of capturing the promising premium beer market.
The buyout of Carlton & United Breweries announced Friday represents a marriage between the biggest brewers in Japan and Australia. The deal, valued at 16 billion Australian dollars ($11.3 billion), is also the largest outbound purchase by a Japanese beermaker to date.