Coexistence The government has shown allergic reactions to critical voices. It seems it can't stand those who think differently. From journalists to entertainers, many are being purged, apparently for having beliefs that clash with the administration.
Story of 2 Golfers Michelle Sung Wie has good looks. The 19-year-old Hawaiian native, born to Korean parents, is a Venus on the fairway (Wie is 185 centimeters tall, comparable to the larger-than-life Venus de Milo marble sculpture at the Louvre, which stands 203 cen..
Saving Newspapers Almost all industries are feeling the pinch of the economic crisis around the world and newspapers are no exception. In late March, Bloomberg News shed light on the plight of American newspapers undergoing severe financial woes.
Its NK, Not Iran Let's skip the ``I-told-you-so'' part. But a lesson that U.S. President Barack Obama should learn from North Korea's rocket launch is that there is a need to readjust priorities concerning his nonproliferation policy.
Things That Fade In, Fade Out Rising temperatures are affecting the nation's farming. Korea has recently launched a study on annual double crop rice farming. Two months earlier than usual, farmers planted rice seedlings in Iksan, in the southwestern Jeolla region.
A Sheet of Paper The World Baseball Classic (WBC) final, between South Korea and Japan, was a tension-filled four-hour game between bitter rivals worth watching.
Case Study on Loneliness I don't intend to emulate Nietzsche or Freud but the advent of spring tempts one to be a two-bit philosopher, or do some psychobabble. Adding to the mix is a string of suicides by entertainers against the gloomy background of an economic slump.
Taming Cyber Warriors Internet commentator Park Dae-sung, better known as ``Minerva,'' has been put behind bars for more than two months, completely cut off from the cyber world where he had created his kingdom and followers in recent years.
Lockheed Should Do Its Part What upset me more than Japan's 2-14 rout of Korea in the ongoing World Baseball Classic was the crash of the T-50 Golden Eagle advanced tactical trainer in a two-way dogfight to get a $1.3 billion deal offered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Silver Lining After 6 Months Nearly six months have passed since Lehman Brothers went bust. Its impact has been deeper and broader than thought earlier. The United States, the epicenter of the latest global economic crisis, is groaning under the stress of bad legacies: soaring..
Fighting Bad Press I was intrigued to find sizable headlines in Korean vernacular newspapers last week accusing some international media outlets of renewed Korea bashing. So I crosschecked the original articles in question to see what all the fuss was about.
Unjustified Acts Lawmakers resorted to force again during the National Assembly session that ended Tuesday.
Meaningful Resonance ``Bibidibabidi Bu,'' is the incorrigible sentence uttered by top stars Jang Dong-gun and Rain at the end of a commercial for a local carrier.
Cardinal and Tin Pot America lost its hope on Nov. 22,1963, when JFK was killed by an assassin. It took eight different presidents, or 25 years, to get a glimpse of it back when Barack Obama was elected as its first African-American head of state last November.
A Sad School Story Tens of thousands of foreigners are teaching English here. They became an important ingredient on the Korean education front. Many of them have experiences teaching students in different countries. They will eventually come to develop their own vie..
Daewoos African Dream ``We can't eat semiconductors or auto parts.''
War of Ideology On Feb. 1, thousands of people staged a rally in central Seoul, accusing President Lee Myung-bak of rolling back democracy and shouting ``down with dictatorship.'' The rally, which continued late into the night, was held to condemn Lee and his cons..
