Ed note: Starting today, professionals in Malaysia, Indonesia and Korea can now sign-up for LinkedIn in their very own local language. This is a post from Arvind Rajan, Managing Director and Vice President of APAC and Japan at LinkedIn.

Today, I am pleased to share LinkedIn.com is now available in in three new local languages – Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia and Korean. As a truly global professional network we continue to grow and deepen our footprint in the Asia Pacific region, by being more local and relevant to professionals in each of these different countries.

There are now more than 20 million members in Asia Pacific and Japan who have already established their professional identities and are building their networks and gaining access to insights and opportunities on LinkedIn.  We believe that this member base will continue to grow strongly. In addition to the launch of Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia and Korean today, we’ve also recently launched LinkedIn in Japanese and opened offices in Singapore and Japan earlier this year.

So, if you’re a professional in any of these three countries, all you’ve to do to start accessing LinkedIn is to create a LinkedIn Profile in Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia or Korean by going to , , or . Current L

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Horses are like puppies and kittens – there aren’t enough homes for them all

Some of my collaborators already know about all the emergencies and drama last month and my regular readers may have noticed I mention horses once in a while.

Today I am going to do something I have never done before – ask for your help.

Truth truly is stranger than fiction and if I wrote a novel about what happened to my closest friend in the offline world last month it would not be believable enough to get published.

If you have the time, you can read all about it in the saga of 11 missing horses and an ambulance? WHAT in the world?

Here’s the short version. My friend who works full time as a nurse in a hospital and does home health care too is part of an official non-profit pet rescue, but also rescues horses on her own because she can’t bear to see pregnant mares and foals end up at killer plants.

She can’t save them all, but she saves some of them – and during a drought when hay prices are 4 times normal and hay is hard to find – is not the best time to be supporting a lot of horses.

Few realize that horses are like puppies and kittens. There are a

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They serve our country every day. Now is your chance to give something back. Today, were kicking off the first ever Veterans Hackday. We are calling all hackers to work together and create projects that can improve any aspect of a veterans life.

To encourage you, weve got a phenomenal lineup of judges, including Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Sumit Agarwal and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, who will get together on November 29th to pick the winners and award some awesome prizes.

Who

• Anyone!
• Find teammates using the Veterans Hackday Group
• This hackday is one of the initiatives from LinkedIns partnership with the White House to help veterans

What

• Any project that benefits veterans
• Check out the Ideas Page and Data Page for inspiration
• Brainstorm ideas on the Veterans Hackday Group

When

• Hacking starts November 11 (use the event page to add it to your calendar)
• Hacks are due November 14
• Judging will be on November 29

How

• Hacks must be submitted online via the Veterans Hackday Website
• Form teams, discuss ideas, and ask questions on the Veterans Hackday Group
• Follow @LinkedInEng for updates

Youve got your mission. Now go grab some

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To celebrate this unique status, Western Union is calling for Africas most globally connected individuals to step forward and take the Western Union Network Challenge at

The search will be fuelled by a new interactive, online Application called Your World which Western Union has created to mark its birthday. It visualises Facebook fans global connections and users receive a score that shows how globally connected they are. They can compare their ranking against their Facebook Friends; against others in their country and against others in the world.

Launching the Network Challenge, Western Union President and CEO, Hikmet Ersek, said:
When we were thinking how best to celebrate our landmark 160th anniversary and the role we play in connecting people across the globe, Your World made perfect sense.

Were incredibly proud that people across the globe have been inviting us to be part of their lives for 160 years. Today, were online, on mobile and landlines, around the corner in over 400,000 Agent locations and around the clock, potentially touching the lives of one sixth of the worlds population. That gives us a privileged and unique perspective on the world. Full Post…