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Tell-tale letdown: Mystery Poe visitor fails to return

BooksJan 20, 2011

BALTIMORE (AP) ― Telltale hearts beat with anticipation during a rainy, midnight dreary and beyond, hoping the mysterious visitor to Edgar Allan Poe’s grave would return after a one-year absence. Fo...
Jeju Weekly editor falls into journalism

Expat LivingJan 20, 2011

Canadian heads island’s only English-language newspaper In 2000 Todd Thacker came to Korea to pursue a graduate degree in Confucianism in Busan. Ten years later, the Ottawa-native is the managing e...
FDR tops list of successful U.S. presidents

PeopleJan 20, 2011

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II, has been voted the most successful of all time among U.S. presidents. According to the BBC report, the...
Sean, Jung to sponsor 100 Third-World kids

PeopleJan 20, 2011

Singer Sean and his wife, actress Jung Hye-young, have pledged to sponsor an additional 100 children through Compassion Korea on Tuesday. The couple has been giving support to 100 children, includin...
Korea-Israel association greetings

PeopleJan 20, 2011

The Korea-Israel Friendship Association held new year greetings and a membership party at the Diplomacy Center on the 12th floor of Forever Leader’s in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, on Jan. 18. Israeli Amb. ...
Prostate-shrinking drug may help cancer detection

FashionJan 20, 2011

A drug commonly used to shrink enlarged prostate glands also increases the accuracy of the test used to detect aggressive forms of prostate cancer, Washington University researchers have found. Dr. ...
Experts give tips on how to keep a fitter 2011 in sight

FashionJan 20, 2011

Another new year, another ― fill in the blank ― doughnut ditched, gym membership bought, resolution made, cute workout top purchased. A few weeks into January, though, resolve has a tendency to subs...
Cervical myelopathy hard to detect

FashionJan 20, 2011

A 65-year-old lady suffered walking difficulties for about five months. She visited five hospitals but was not diagnosed with any specific disease. Her symptoms only continued to get worse and finall...
Study finds pill effective against iron overload

FashionJan 20, 2011

A medical team led by a Korean doctor has succeeded in verifying the effectiveness and safety of an oral iron chelator in treating aplastic anemia a Seoul hospital said Wednesday. According to Seoul...
Growing number of migrant women seeks legal advice on divorce, child rearing

PeopleJan 20, 2011

(Yonhap News) Growing number of migrant women seeks legal advice on divorce, child rearing A growing number of migrant women living in South Korea sought legal advice on divorce and children last y...
‘Grow’ fresh air in office and home

FashionJan 19, 2011

Sitting in a stuffy office, you can start to lose concentration as the day drags on into the afternoon. The regular afternoon headache approaches, accompanied by that stifling feeling in rooms where ...
Writing on world to see Korea anew

PeopleJan 19, 2011

Popular cartoonist and author Rhie talks about writing overviews of world history According to ancient Greek sage Thales, the hardest thing is to know yourself and the easiest to advise others. Perh...
Ahn Jae-hwan to head Ajou University

PeopleJan 18, 2011

Professor Ahn Jae-hwan, of Ajou University’s department of chemical and new materials engineering, will head the university as its 14th president, the university board announced on Monday. The new p...
Jinju expats raise money for YWCA lunchbox program

Expat LivingJan 18, 2011

Around midterm week in the fall semester at Chinju National University of Education an inspiration turned into reality. Over a bowl of bibimbap with my colleague, Kerri Strothard, I brought up the i...
CICI honors Korea image promoters

TravelJan 18, 2011

Incheon International Airport, the U17 Korean women’s national soccer team, and French scholar Guy Sorman will receive awards Wednesday for promoting Korea’s image. Sponsored and organized by the Co...