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[Newsmaker] Puerto Rico votes to become state

InternationalNov 8, 2012

Puerto Ricans voted to become a U.S. state Tuesday, but as pundits pick apart the results of the referendum, the actual implications of the vote become more unclear. The inhabitants of the U.S. terr...
[Newsmaker] 4 retail chiefs shirk assembly hearing

IndustryNov 7, 2012

Four chiefs of major retail giants were ordered to attend a parliamentary hearing Tuesday. But none of them showed up, citing overseas business trips. Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin was visiting...
[Newsmaker] Nuclear plant fiasco a matter of public trust

Nov 6, 2012

Shinwolseong nuclear power plant in Gyeongju. (Yonhap News) Distrust with the government is deepening following the shutdown of two nuclear reactors on Monday for using 230 substandard components. ...
[Newsmaker] Hu to leave China stronger, but less certain

World NewsNov 5, 2012

As Chinese President Hu Jintao prepares to leave office, his likely successor Xi Jinping faces pressure to bring change that never came under Hu. During his time in office, Hu has seen China grow in...
[Newsmaker] Bloomberg blinks on NYC marathon

Foreign affairsNov 4, 2012

A call to carry on as normal in a time of crisis can be taken as an invocation of hope and strength. Or it can be interpreted as insensitivity to others’ plight. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
[Newsmaker] Wen becomes headache for party

InternationalNov 1, 2012

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. ( AP-Yonhap News) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has been the focus of international scrutiny since the New York Times last week reported that his family had squirreled away ...
[Newsmaker] Nami Island foreign visitors hit 500,000

TravelOct 31, 2012

Nami Island, the small half-moon-shaped island in Chuncheon, is rising as one of the must-visit tourist destinations in Korea, attracting more than 500,000 foreign tourists so far this year. The isl...
[Newsmaker] Lawmaker in hot seat for sexual remarks

PoliticsOct 30, 2012

Kim Kwang-jin, 30, stepped into the limelight when the activist from the remote southern city of Suncheon became the 19th National Assembly’s youngest member in April. The baby-faced rookie legislato...
[Newsmaker] Key questions surround president’s eldest brother

Social affairsOct 29, 2012

Lee Sang-eun Lee Sang-eun, President Lee Myung-bak’s eldest brother, will be summoned by special investigators on Wednesday in a widening investigation into a property scandal surrounding the first ...
[Newsmaker] Berlusconi defiant after conviction

InternationalOct 28, 2012

After giving up prime ministerial ambitions Wednesday, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi responded to his conviction for tax fraud Friday with typical defiance, vowing to stay in politi...
[Newsmaker] President’s only son probed as suspect

Social affairsOct 24, 2012

President Lee Myung-bak’s only son will face questioning by a team of independent investigators Thursday as part of an escalating probe into his father’s now-scrapped retirement home plan. Lee Shi-h...
[Newsmaker] Yahoo’s latest CEO hopes to break cycle of failure

Social affairsOct 23, 2012

Marissa Mayer (Bloomberg) Marissa Mayer wants to revive the flagging fortunes of Yahoo Inc. by returning to its roots. The recently appointed CEO, a former Google executive who joined Yahoo in July,...
[Newsmaker] Climate fund boosts hopes for Songdo City

Foreign affairsOct 22, 2012

The Central Park in Incheon, near Songdo I-Tower, where the secretariat of the Green Climate Fund will be located ( Yonhap News) After years reeling from a lack of foreign investment and a moribund ...
[Newsmaker] Jeongsu Foundation’s legacy too big to ignore

PoliticsOct 21, 2012

Jeongsu Scholarship Foundation (The Korea Herald) It was perhaps what the ruling Saenuri Party’s presidential candidate Rep. Park Geun-hye has been dreading the most. Following her successful presid...
[Newsmaker] A fall from loyal aide to heaviest burden

PoliticsOct 18, 2012

Choi Phil-lip, head of Jeongsu Scholarship Foundation Choi Phil-lip, the 84-year-old chairman of the board for the Jeongsu Scholarship Foundation, has become seen as a public enemy. Son of a slain ...