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[Newsmaker] Nobel Prize rewards watchdog’s perseverance

World NewsOct 13, 2013

A photo taken in The Hague shows United Nations inspectors arriving in a van at the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. (AFP-Yonhap News) The winner of this yea...
[Newsmaker] New Fed nominee advocates low interest rates

PoliticsOct 10, 2013

Janet Yellen The White House has nominated Janet Yellen as the first woman to head the United States Federal Reserve, arguably the most important job in global finance. But the decision will likely ...
[Newsmaker] Former GE man tapped to salvage troubled CJ

Oct 9, 2013

Lee Chae-wook CJ Korea Express vice chairman Lee Chae-wook has been appointed chief executive of CJ Corp., the de facto holding firm of the embattled CJ Group. The conglomerate’s Oct. 8 personnel o...
[Newsmaker]Tong Yang chief target of public anger, probe

Oct 8, 2013

Tong Yang Group chairman Hyun Jae-hyun Tong Yang Group chairman Hyun Jae-hyun once worked as a prosecutor and is still a registered attorney of Seoul Bar Association. But amid recent woes at his co...
[Newsmaker] Elite school alumni dominate judiciary

Social affairsOct 7, 2013

(from top) Daewon Foreign Language High School, Hanyoung Foreign Language High School and Myungduck Foreign Language High School A handful of elite high schools here produced more than 10 percent of...
[Newsmaker] Progressives anxious about Sohn’s next move

PoliticsOct 6, 2013

Sohn Hak-kyu For the beleaguered Democratic Party, its senior adviser Sohn Hak-kyu has become one of only a handful of members that hold the key for its political countermove against its rivals. Si...
[Newsmaker] Saenuri picks Suh as by-election candidate

PoliticsOct 3, 2013

Internal conflict within the ruling Saenuri Party is escalating over its choice for a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary by-election. On Thursday evening, Saenuri picked Suh Chung-won, its form...
[Newsmaker] Hanyang dean ousted over admission fraud

Social affairsOct 2, 2013

Park Moon-il, the dean of Hanyang University’s College of Medicine, is to be removed from office for allegedly committing academic fraud to aid his son in entering the institution’s graduate school o...
[Newsmaker] Record number seek Samsung jobs

IndustryOct 1, 2013

The competition for jobs at Samsung companies in the second half of this year is expected to be the fiercest ever. The number of job seekers who applied for Samsung Group and its subsidiaries reache...
[Newsmaker] Mysterious investor key to SK case

Social affairsSept 30, 2013

Kim Won-hong Financial investor and shaman Kim Won-hong is adding a new twist to the convoluted SK Group embezzlement case. Kim, a former financial aide of SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won and advise...
[Newsmaker] Chin’s ups & downs as Park’s key ally

PoliticsSept 29, 2013

When Chin Young, one of the closest allies of President Park Geun-hye and a passionate advocate of broader welfare, was appointed to head the Ministry of Health and Welfare in March, it was considere...
[Newsmaker] Writer captured the spirit of his time

BooksSept 26, 2013

Late author Choe In-ho’s photograph is displayed in his wake being held at the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital in Seoul. (Yonhap News) Author Choe In-ho, a literary legend who...
[Newsmaker] Pantech "legend" quits troubled firm

IndustrySept 25, 2013

Park Byeong-yeop Park Byeong-yeop, founder and vice chairman of Korea’s third-largest mobile device maker Pantech Corp., decided to leave the firm to take responsibility for sluggish business. He i...
[Newsmaker] Tong Yang Group in crisis

Sept 24, 2013

Embattled Tong Yang Group is suffering through a liquidity crisis as creditors and its sister group refused to help the country’s 38th-largest conglomerate. Its condition is showing signs of improve...
[Newsmaker] Merkel cements EU position

Foreign affairsSept 23, 2013

German Chancellor Angela Merkel cemented her position as Europe’s de facto leader on Sunday by cruising to election victory for a third term in office. Having presided over a robust economy in a reg...