Wandering of a teenager Upon first sight, the boy appeared to be shy and young for his age. He had been absent from school for two weeks after the induction ceremony. So, his homeroom teacher called his mom to come to school with her son. Even if he does come to school, h..
Learning to yield The roundabout or traffic island comprises a significant and fearful element of the English driving test. But I'd never realized the extent to which it is a mini tutorial in behaviorism until, that is, Changwon city authorities built a couple of sm..
Governments tell lies Lies and more lies, everywhere. Yoon Chang-jung, the former government mouthpiece, keeps lying and Cheong Wa Dae does not seem innocent either, if the news reports are true.
To be a good educator I know a vice principal. I have worked with several principals and vice principals but the one I am talking about was one of the hardest to work with.
Shameless and impudent In his famous book Guns, Germs & Steel," UCLA Professor Jared Diamond said the grammar and vocabulary of the Korean and Japanese languages were 15 percent similar. That linguistic relationship points to a separation from each other about 5,000 ye..
Will President stand by her election pledge? I'm sure none of us were really surprised by the recent arrest of the American child rape suspect wanted in the United States who had been teaching children in Korea for almost a decade.
How K-pop can make it in US In the last 20 years K-pop has become globally recognized with acts such as Rain, Wonder Girls, and Psy creating a window of opportunity for Korea's celebrated pop culture.
Deprived but devoted In the 1970s and '80s, the developing countries in Asia were busy with electric power generation and distribution projects trying to catch up with rest of the modern world.
Waving Korean flag, Taegeukki I am disheartened to learn that a growing number of people are inclined to make light of the Korean national flag.
Remorseless Japan From time to time Japan's political leaders visit the Yasukuni Shrine where Class A war criminals are included on the list of remembrance, then make controversial remarks that deny or gloss over the acts of aggression that Japan committed in the fi..
America: still the world cop? I have a professor colleague and friend, a neo-conservative, i.e. he articulates a desire to overtly express American power, often through military means. What are we doing about Syria? This is the question Senators McCain, Graham (from my h..
Cho Yong-pil tops music chart Korean people have heard two good news items about Korean singers recently. First, Psy's new single ranked highly on the Billboard music chart. Second, veteran singer Cho Yong-pil's new single has topped the domestic Korean music charts.
Wandering along Congo River Aisle seats on aircraft have two advantages; you can access the toilet without jumping over someone's legs, and easily attract the attention of flight stewards.
A valuable lesson from 'The Origin of Species' It was about four months ago that I finished reading "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin.
Kudos to Korean parents Korea was one of the poorest countries in the early 1960s. Today, Korea boasts the world's 15th largest economy with per capita annual income exceeding $20,000. Indeed Korea has come a long way and is now the envy of less-developed countries
To be rich or to be honest? A significant number of Korean youths (40 percent) are prepared to forgo values of integrity in the pursuit of wealth. Thus, anti-corruption education is vital in schools and educational institutes to reverse this trend.
The Nazis of the East I dare to call those Japanese leaders who cannot express regrets for their ancestors crimes against humanity "the Nazis of the East."
