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Wed, January 29, 2020 | 17:15

Falsification in film

Having just seen this film set against the 1991 Table Tennis World Championships in Chiba, I looked up the Times preview (by your excellent critic Kwaak Je-yup) from a few weeks ago. The article mentions "the sweat- and tear-soaked trail to victory," but looking up the records for Chiba 1991, I see that the women’s doubles champions were in fact Chen Zihe and Gao Jun of China.

2012-05-23 17:24

Eurozone crisis

Things are going from bad to worse in Europe after recent elections in France and Greece. In Greece no party is able to form a government and the battle of words is still going on between different parties. All three party leaders in Greece have opposed new austerity measures demanded by the EU.

2012-05-18 16:55

Are Korean Army nurses disciplined?

Teaching English at the Korean Armed Forces Nursing Academy in Daejeon seemed to be an interesting teaching opportunity. I've worked for several universities, and I was certainly curious to see how well the Korean Army nurses performed as students.

2012-05-17 17:19

Obama's support for same-sex marriage

I am disappointed that President Obama has become the first U.S. president to "come out" in support of same-sex marriage. Even more disturbing is his pointing to his Christian faith as a motivation for his position. This is to mock Christianity for the Bible clearly and unequivocally condemns homosexual acts. The Golden Rule does not sanction the approval of any kind of moral...

2012-05-15 17:28

Suicides in KAIST

KAIST, which became the focus of much attention last year due to five suicides, has again suffered the loss of another student who took their own life. The press attributes the cause of these deaths to extreme competition within the institute. People outside KAIST also consider students here as pitiful studying machines living in a heartless and competitive society.

2012-05-11 16:49

Death of Terry Spinks

Last week saw the death of Britain’s youngest-ever Olympic gold medalist. Terry Spinks took time off from his job as a dustman in the East End of London to win the flyweight boxing title at the 1956 games in Melbourne at the age of 18.

2012-05-08 17:10

In memory of late Prof. Chang

Professor Chang, how is your life in the heaven? Do you know May 9 is the 3rd anniversary of the day that you left us?

2012-05-08 17:08

On redundancies

To be less concise but more precise, perhaps I should write ``Mr. Executive Managing Director.’’ I do understand and appreciate your complaint about lack of concise expressions. Redundancies can grate on the nerves. But I wonder where English literature would be if Shakespeare had been told by his editors to be more concise.

2012-05-07 16:55

People are all equal

I lived in Michigan, U.S., when I was 6-7 years old.

2012-05-02 16:58

Open primary a disaster for Koreans

This is in response to the article, “Governor declares presidential bid,” appearing on April 22, 2012.

2012-05-01 16:59

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