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NPS to diversify overseas investmentSocial affairsJul 19, 2011The national pension fund will invest more overseas to guarantee a profitable yet secure source of interest for subscribers, the National Pension Service said Tuesday. Having focused on overseas bon...
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National pension embraces unemployedSocial affairsJul 19, 2011Choi Sun-hee, a 56-year-old housewife, recently bought the national pension policy, although she was not obliged to. She will be paying around 140,000 won a year for the next 10 years and will start... -
International Pension Conference enhances NPS global statusSocial affairsJul 19, 2011Korea hosted the International Pension Conference to discuss issues surrounding the world’s most influential investment funds from July 11-13. The forum drew 37 heads of pension services worldwide w... -
Man steals wife’s car to pay debtSocial affairsJul 19, 2011A man in Gwangju was charged with stealing his wife’s car from their apartment parking lot, the police said Tuesday. The man identified by his surname Oh was in deep debt and decided to put his wife...
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Personality affects body weightScienceJul 19, 2011People with personality traits of high neuroticism and low conscientiousness are likely to go through cycles of gaining and losing weight throughout their lives, according to an examination of 50 yea... -
‘Photo on North Korea suffering from flood is fake’North KoreaJul 19, 2011A photo that shows Pyongyang residents suffering from heavy rain has been digitally altered, the Associated Press said in a letter to editors and other subscribers Monday afternoon. The news agency ... -
Nominees face uphill battle for confirmationPoliticsJul 18, 2011President Lee Myung-bak’s nominees for chief prosecutor and justice minister look set to face an uphill battle to win the parliamentary and public confirmation, with opposition politicians gearing up... -
Lee to underscore national harmony in Aug. 15 speechPoliticsJul 18, 2011Buoyed by sucessful PyeongChang’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, President Lee Myung-bak is likely to highlight national harmony in his Liberation Day speech on Aug. 15, Cheong Wa Dae off...
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Eyes on Koreas at regional security forumPoliticsJul 18, 2011Official says Seoul will not highlight N. Korea’s attacks in chairman’s statement An unofficial meeting between top diplomats of the two Koreas during a regional security forum this week may pave th...
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Lee calls for efforts to curb consumer pricesPoliticsJul 18, 2011President Lee Myung-bak called Monday for concerted efforts to curb rising consumer prices, instructing aides to set up a prices-monitoring team and to make the issue a fixture on the agenda for week...
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Female crime rate rises sharplySocial affairsJul 18, 2011The crime rate among women has hit a five-year high, largely affected by a surge in offenses committed for the sake of livelihood, according to the Ministry of Justice on Monday. Data released by th... -
Marine Corps to take stringent steps to stamp out abuse at barracksDefenseJul 18, 2011Measures to include disbanding of units found to have serious problems The Marine Corps is seeking to introduce a set of severe measures to stamp out physical and verbal abuse in its units, which ha...
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Consulting firm offers tips on U.S. university admissionSocial affairsJul 18, 2011As more South Korean students try to get into top American colleges, they have started to turn to admission consulting companies which provide application assistance and help design extracurricular a... -
Taiwan candidates ‘like’ SNS campaigningPoliticsJul 18, 2011Taiwan’s 2012 presidential campaign candidates have been actively interacting with supporters online, and they are taking advantage of social networking websites differently, research reveals. Resul... -
S. Korea, Japan to begin consultations on return of looted royal booksInternationalJul 18, 2011South Korea and Japan will start working-level consultations early next month on the return of more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean royal archives that Japan took during its 1910-45 colonial rul...
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