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Wed, December 19, 2018 | 14:22

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When child is born so are grandparents

Jane Han, reporting from New York for The Korea Times, now a happy and busy mother of twin girls, said in her Mom Spot column on June 21 that her grandparents, who came from Korea, treated her babies with complete lenience. And the young mother was concerned if grandma, in partnership with grandpa, would spoil her babies.

2014-06-24 16:54

Double-faced government

I have become increasingly angry by what recently happened; two plainclothes policemen had dogged the bereaved families without any agreement until they were spotted. It appears that the authorities of the Korean police think that they are above the law and don't know that no one should be put under surveillance without due process of law. If not, how on earth could such an inconsiderate incident happen?

2014-05-27 16:55

Time to stop blaming government, crew

The whole country has blood on its hands and is responsible for the ferry disaster. People need to stop blaming the government and the Sewol crew and instead concentrate their efforts on eradicating the ills that plague Korean society: corruption, bribery, lax moral standards and reckless disregard for public safety, just to name a few.

2014-05-20 16:53

'I pushed my daughter into water'

Mr. Huh, a 50-year-old factory worker, has seen several female corpses every time rescue divers brought bodies back from the sunken ferry Sewol and onto the rescue wharf. He believes his daughter will come back to him as there are still some 20 passengers trapped in the water-filled cabins. By the way, he was scared that he might not recognize his daughter even if she is brought onto the wharf.

2014-05-20 16:51

Complaints about Gmarket

I am a Hong Kong customer of Gmarket. I ordered a few winter clothes and cosmetics on Gmarket in November 2013. However, due to some problems of Gmarket delivery, I still did not receive my parcel (now in May 2014).

2014-05-18 17:06

Leaning building of Asan

A leaning officetel (office-hotel) in Asan, south of Seoul, shown on the page 3 of The Korea Times (May 13) resembles the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the freestanding 56 meter tall bell tower known worldwide for its unintended tilt to one side. The Tower of Pisa began to sink slowly after construction had progressed to the second floor. This was due to mere three-meter foundation, set in weakened unstable subsoil. The design was flawed from the beginning. After a decade of corrective reconstruction and stabilization efforts, the tower was reopened to the public in 2001, and was declared stable fo...

2014-05-14 16:53

Public response to disast

An article written by Lee Chang-sup on May 2 touches on the deepest part of the nation's heart, and my mind as an expat who dearly loves this country. It shows insight in the analysis and incompleteness in the resolution of the Sewol tragedy, which is the truth.

2014-05-11 15:53

"It is the beauty of equilibrium, the word which I can never pronounce properly," the tour guide started her interpretation breathlessly in her French-accented English in front of the ancient Greek statue Venus de Milo at Palais Royal Musee du Louvre in Paris. The shoulders of Venus leaning slightly to right with her head inclining to some 20 degrees, the beautiful lady submits her bending left leg in front to balance herself to keep the centerline of gravity within the bound of her left foot. The tour guide was correct to emphasize the appeal of equilibrium because if Venus stood straight s...

2014-05-08 16:54

Bieber's visit to Japan war shrine

Not that I particularly care for his infamous manner of speech and eccentric behavior, which have troubled many across the globe, but Justin Bieber touched on a very sensitive line of emotion when he visited a Japanese war shrine. Whether the Canadian singer described the shrine as"beautiful" may fall under the freedom of speech category, but photos showing him praying in the shrine are beyond allowed freedom.

2014-05-02 16:16

Tokyo's sushi diplomacy

President Obama and Prime Minister Abe met at the Sukiyabashi Jiro sushi house in Ginza. The rather small pure sushi restaurant, with some 10 stools surrounding the kitchen on the basement floor of a Tokyo building, is so famous among Japanese and foreigners that you must wait a month to get a stool. The menu includes several kinds of fresh raw fish and laver sushi, and costs some 30,000 yen ($290) a dish.

2014-04-25 16:50

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