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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Roubini sees spread of EU debt crisis as key 2011 risk
Nouriel Roubini, the New York University economist who predicted the global financial crisis, said a key risk to the world economy in 2011 is the likely spread of Europe’s debt crisis. “One of the most important risks is financial contagion in Europe if the euro zone’s problems spread, as seems likely, to Portugal, Spain and Belgium,” Roubini wrote in an article in the Australian Financial Review
IndustryJan. 18, 2011
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Foreign investment in China rises to record
Foreign direct investment in China rose to a record $105.7 billion last year, underscoring confidence that rising incomes will boost demand in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Investment climbed 17.4 percent from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement in Beijing to Tuesday. Spending in December rose 15.6 percent from a year earlier to $14 billion. Estimates of five
IndustryJan. 18, 2011
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Singapore’s export growth slowed in Dec.
Singapore’s exports rose at a slower pace in December, ending a year in which shipments jumped the most since 2003 as the global economic recovery boosted demand for the island’s goods. Non-oil domestic exports climbed 9.4 percent from a year earlier, after a revised 9.9 percent gain in November, the trade promotion agency said in a statement in Singapore Monday. The median forecast of 14 economis
IndustryJan. 18, 2011
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Ahn Jae-hwan to head Ajou University
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 president earned his bachelor’s degree in metal engineering at Seoul National University, and a master’s and doctoral degree in material engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Ahn Jae-hwa
PeopleJan. 18, 2011
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[Editorial] Looming crisis
An experts’ report on the future of the nation’s health insurance system offered an extremely grim outlook ― a 16 trillion won ($14 billion) annual deficit by 2020 even if salaried workers steadily increase their insurance premium payments. The long-term estimate by the Health Insurance Policy Institute under the National Health Insurance Corp. sounded like an answer to the opposition Democratic P
EditorialJan. 18, 2011
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[Editorial] Mercy killing
Children cry watching the TV news as a dozen piglets and their mother are shown being dumped into a hole in a farm in a foot and mouth disease-infected area. Internet users are saddened to read the diary of a young man in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, who had to kill and bury 121 cattle because a truck that visited his farm the day before was found to have earlier stayed in a confirmed FMD-infected pla
ViewpointsJan. 18, 2011
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The use of yuan as international currency
The dazzling steps China has taken recently to expedite wider and better use of the yuan in cross-border trade and investment mark the country’s latest efforts to make its currency truly international. This accelerated pace to internationalize the yuan was long overdue. But given the complexity and problems with the global financial and currency systems, Chinese policymakers need not go too fast o
ViewpointsJan. 18, 2011
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A new culture of giving as a social movement
The year of the rabbit has just begun, but in the first few weeks of 2011, it has been the tiger gaining all the attention. In a spontaneous Tiger Mask movement, anonymous citizens throughout Japan have been donating school backpacks and other items to orphanages and child welfare centers in the name of Naoto Date, the hero of the “Tiger Mask” manga and anime popular some 40 years ago. Date, a wre
ViewpointsJan. 18, 2011
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[Matthew Lynn] Portuguese bailout will make euro crisis worse
New year, new crisis. No sooner had Europe’s bond traders, politicians and central bankers gotten back to their desks than it was time to begin tussling over the fate of a small economy on the periphery of Europe.This time around, it’s Portugal. And yet the script seems very similar to the one played out already in Greece and Ireland. Bond yields surge. The government denies furiously there is any
ViewpointsJan. 18, 2011
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[Aryeh Neier] Is blasphemy a form of hate speech?
NEW YORK ― The assassination of Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab province in Pakistan and an outspoken critic of religious extremism, has focused attention on his country’s draconian blasphemy law. Adopted in its present form by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq’s military dictatorship more than three decades ago, the blasphemy law imposes a mandatory death penalty on anyone convicted of insulting
ViewpointsJan. 18, 2011
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[Albert R. Hunt] GOP’s immigration stance bodes 2012 risk
Republicans, riding high in Washington and in most state capitals, are sitting on a time bomb: immigration.There’s a division coursing through the party; many of the Tea Party types and social conservatives believe the tough-on-immigration posture paid dividends in the November congressional elections and want to ratchet up the pressure. Congressional leaders want to put the issue on the back burn
ViewpointsJan. 18, 2011
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[Ann Woolner] Appealing a case against Facebook
In the film, “The Social Network,” one of the Winklevoss twins digs in his heels when his furious brother urges a lawsuit against a fellow Harvard student for stealing their idea and turning it into Facebook.(Which twin was which, I don’t know. Who could tell the difference between Cameron and Tyler, played by the same actor?)But one of them, along with their partner, really, really wanted to sue
ViewpointsJan. 18, 2011
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[Kim Seong-kon] American counterparts to the seven enigmas of Korea
Reading my recent column, “Seven enigmas of Korea to Westerners,” Ogan Gurel, a medical doctor who had been affiliated with Harvard and Columbia until recently joining Samsung, sent me feedback in which he insightfully compared the Korean enigmas with American culture. As for the first enigma concerning candlelight vigils, Dr. Gurel writes: “There were no candlelight vigils when Ronald Reagan died
ViewpointsJan. 18, 2011
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Jinju expats raise money for YWCA lunchbox program
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 idea of having a fundraiser for the holiday season. Both of us were the newest members to the CUE English Department and knew very little about Jinju or the locals. I had built my roots in Korea from Gwan
Expat LivingJan. 18, 2011
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Can Max’s acting break TVXQ losing streak?
When TVXQ member Max makes his major acting debut in SBS’ new series, “Paradise Ranch,” on Jan. 24, the public will most likely wonder whether or not he will be able to break the losing streak of fellow TVXQ member U-Know’s and member-gone-independent Park Yoo-chun’s respective television series debuts. U-Know made his small screen debut in MBC’s “No Limit” in 2009, a series that brought in abysma
TelevisionJan. 18, 2011
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Shin returns home to face police probe
Troubled TV celebrity Shin Jung-hwan who is accused of illegal gambling abroad, is expected to return to Korea on Wednesday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced Tuesday that 36-year-old Shin will arrive at Incheon International Airport on Wednesday morning and head to the police agency for investigation. Shin Jung-hwanThe singer-turned-TV personality is accused of playing Baccarat at W
TelevisionJan. 18, 2011
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More immigrants in Korea enjoy cultural activities
Immigrants in Korea have become more active in enjoying cultural activities, a government survey showed Tuesday.According to the survey on 1,017 immigrants aged over 20 randomly picked by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the percentage of the respondents who enjoyed stage arts, classical music concerts and dance performances at least once in the past year tripled to 22 percent in 2010
PerformanceJan. 18, 2011
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CICI honors Korea image promoters
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 Corea Image Communication Institute, the annual CICI Korea awards previously honored female weightlifter Jang Mi-ran, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Cheonggye Stream and singer Rain.This year, In
TravelJan. 18, 2011
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Choreographer to bring out mysticism in ‘Giselle’
French choreographer Patrice Bart said Tuesday he would help the Korea National Ballet Company reproduce the 19th century French classical ballet “Giselle” next month in Seoul.“There have been different versions of ‘Giselle’ performed in the U.K. and Russia since late 19th century. But I think it is important to stage the original version of the 19th century French classical ballet,” Bart, first b
PerformanceJan. 18, 2011
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Outspoken Morgan isn’t afraid to stir it up with celebs
NEW YORK ― “Piers Makes Enemy of Madonna.” That’s the newspaper headline that’s pinned above Piers Morgan’s desk, as if it were an inspirational quote from the Dalai Lama.“I’ve said that Madonna can only come on my show if she gets on bended knee in Times Square and makes a public apology to me for crimes against humanity,” explains Morgan, grinning.Sitting in his office, which looks out over the
TelevisionJan. 18, 2011