| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday June D VJorld Nation £St 11 2001 — AS J Korean firms bring jobs culture clashl to Russia’s Far East Roods strand — ARTYOM Russia (AP) In this crumbling former ' ' industrial center in Russia's Far Eastwhere lemons of unemployed depend cm meager government handouts Svetlana Kovalenko is Messed with a steady job that even pays for lunch But the sewing work has its drawbacks including degrading punishment After the flu kej her home for two weeks Kovalenko was forced to standby a wall near her South ' Korean boss’s office for four hours She won’t miss work " again Where else can I find she asks ajob7” Kovalenko stitches at one of nine South Koreanowned clothes factories in the city of Artyom whose own garment industry collapsed after the 1991 Soviet breakup The foreign owners bring desperately needed jobs and tax revenues — and a clash of cultures With deadlines tight in the global report business Korean managers have little patience for workplace habits dating back to the Soviet era “In Korea if someone has the flu they work anyway half million In Bangladesh And employers certainly don’t have die right to make their workers stand in the comer like errant schoolchildren DHAKA Bangladesh (AP) But economic reality gives — Floods caused by weeklong die factories a lot of influence monsoon rains stranded nearly Seamstresses start at $40 a half a million people washed ' month plus a $12 lunch subaway mud embankments and sidy — not bad pay for the rice crops in northdamaged area The factories employ eastern Bangladesh officials 2000 of Artyom’s 113000 said today residents Lee said tax pay- - " Nine deathEs have been : ments added$7 million to reported since the floods government coffers last began on June 5 Schools have year — a sizable amount by been closed in some villages Russian standards ' All the rivers in the region For die foreigners Primoryc the Monu Khowai and is a bargain Eighteen South Kushiara — have burst their Korean sewing plants opened banks and in some places in the region after a global washed away mud embankfinancial crisis hit Russia in ments meant to protect vil1998 and sparked a sharp lages from flood waters devaluation of the ruble curofficials at Dhaka’s Flood rency driving down labor Forecast and Warning Cater costs ' said The region is on the borThe businesses woe attractder with the eastern India ed to die region’s ports and state of Assam which has l members of the ethnic Korean been affected by floods minority who can serve as Despite difficulties translators in the factories Bangladeshis are used to monAnd operating in Russia soon floods Marooned people ' allows South Korean busiusually use boats to get nesses to circumvent restricaround Displaced people tive US import quotas on shelter in schools or on highAsian textiles ways until the waters recede '1r Pri-mor- ye — AP photo Russian women work at KA International sewing firm in Ihe cMy of Artyom Russia KA International is Korean-owne- d textile companies to set up shop In Artyom a town of 113000 one of nine 8outh ' because they know their wages depend on profits” said Lee Yong Moon chair man of the South Korean Sewing Association in die Pacific coast region of where Artyom is locat-ed ‘Here people don’t work Pri-moi- ye but they are required to be paid” he said adding that up to 10 percent of the garment factories’ workers are out sick on a typical day The factories in Artyom 4000 miles east of Moscow make shorts and underwear from impaled rts export to retailers such as Gap and JC Penney Russian workers still enjoy broad protections from Soviet times — at leastformally Attempts to fire them often result in court battles with judges siding with workers Spindly: Cigsuretite adls foiliinig tobacco ffigintt WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Camel may be gone but dgarette makers are sdll coming up with ads that haves greater impact on young peomes- ple than sages said a study released today Exposure to cigarette ads leads young people to identify smokmg with popularity and relaxation and these associations are stronger than any perceived risk picked up from ads die Univer-- v sity of Pennsylvania's Annep-berg Public PdicyCeater reported seeing antiads Such messages smoking did increase awareness about the risks of smoking but they did not stop people from trying cigarettes if other ads had already formed positive images about smoking the report said year-ol- anri-smolo- ng MoMtinuf AUUUKW important finding agers are less responsive to information about health risks titan they are about tip overall psychological viewofsmob ing that's fostered by tobacco marketing” he said The report said young people had misconceptions about the risks of smoking For example it said 63 percent of young peopleincorrectly thought there were more deaths each year due to drug and alcohol abuse than to tobacco -f- ITlIeresi s ed Your time is valuable Bank and invest effortlessly with Key Privilege Please come to a 50 surprise party for Sat June 16 teen-age- rs integrates your banking and investing needs And it all begins with a sweep account An innovative feature that automatically transfers all available checking funds to your choice of investment Itis just one of the many benefits of Key optipns Privilege You'll also receive expert advice from a dedicated relationship manager Take advantage - 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