The family had not received any compensation until April when the soldier’s sister was awarded 5,000 won ($4.33) under a law in effect during the war.The presidential Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission has called the decision “incomprehensible” and urged the government to review it.”We hope that this case will lead to forming a system of adequately compensating the families of Korean War veterans who continue to live with deep pain,” the commission said.The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs and the Defense Ministry said a new law was needed to pay more or adjust the sum to incorporate inflation and interest.Nearly 140,000 South Korean soldiers were killed in combat and as many as 130,000 are missing in action according to the Defense Ministry.

The measure would reverse 2007 legislation that barred experts who had financial ties to a company or its competitor from serving on an advisory panel without a waiver. There is also a limit on the number of waivers that keeps decreasing.A senior FDA drugs office official testified in August that the agency was having difficulty in recruiting highly qualified people for its advisory panels.The legislation also comes as medical device makers such as Boston Scientific and Stryker have criticized the FDA for strangling innovation with inconsistent regulation and lagging device approvals.”The legislation would restore the appropriate balance to conflicts of interest requirements by requiring the FDA to be subject to the same conflicts of interest requirements as the rest of the federal government,” according to a statement issued by the senators.Federal regulations allow those with conflicts to serve as advisers as long as the conflict is publicly disclosed and is “unavoidable.”“It is critical that we don’t allow regulatory burdens to get in the way of delivering lifesaving products to the patients who need them,” said Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota. “This legislation will help ensure that we have processes that promote safe, pioneering technologies that help save lives and create good jobs in Minnesota.”Minnesota, home to devicemaker Medtronic, has about 30,000 jobs in the medical device industry, according to AdvaMed, an industry trade group.Klobuchar proposed the bill along with Senator Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, and Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado. Similar legislation is likely to come from the House of Representatives in coming days, one congressional staffer said.Patient and consumer groups contend the FDA is simply not looking hard enough to find experts, and worry loosening the rules could jeopardize the independence of panels. They also point out the FDA does not use up all of its allotted waivers.

Some 3.2 million viewers watched Kardashian, 30, one of the highest earning reality TV stars, wed 26 year-old Humphries in a two-part episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” which aired in the United States this week.Asked on Thursday whether she had signed a pre-nuptial agreement, Kardashian said: “I don’t really talk finances. My father was an attorney and I’m a smart girl — I’d like to think so — you can do the math.”I wouldn’t worry about that.”Kardashian, who is in the glitzy Gulf Arab emirates for a series of promotional appearances, began dating Humphries in late 2010. The marriage is her second and his first.The newlywed, who stars with her two sisters and their mother in their eponymous TV show, is planning a foray into Bollywood and expanding her fashion business to the Middle East.Kardashian is thought to be the highest-paid reality star on U.S. television with 2010 earnings estimated at $6 million from the show and its two spinoffs, her clothing line, perfume, jewelry, tanning cream and other product endorsements and paid appearances.”We’ve had a few offers to help us bring a store out here, to the UK, Australia, all over the place,” Kardashian, clad in a sleeveless camel-colored dress and black and gold belt.