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Sat, April 21, 2018 | 16:37

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Good year for China-Singapore relations

China and Singapore share a long history of relations, among which friendly cooperation has always been the mainstream.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-02-07 17:55

The confusion of tongues

For some time our lab conducted experiments using a particular sea drug, holothurin. We were getting nowhere with it; it affected the protozoan and the mouse little. We had collected every piece of English language literature available on its use.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-02-06 15:07

Seoul's commercial real estate sector remains strong

While 2017 can be viewed as a challenging year for Korea in a geopolitical and economic sense, the commercial real estate sector as a whole remained strong and ended on a higher note. In fact, commercial real estate transaction volume was up 50.2% in the fourth quarter of 2017 quarter-on-quarter, while stable office leasing demand provided for a slight increase in rent in Seo...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-02-05 17:54

The story from Choi Soon-sil's point of view

By Nam Sang-so That female prison guard bullies me and has no manners. She shouts out “#628,” instead of calling me “Miss Choi.” She never says “Excuse me, but I must cuff your hands and tie your arms,” when it’s time to go to the court house. She always maintains an irate face, and I know why ― she works eight hours a day, or a ...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-02-04 16:54

A centenarian woman's remarkable life and demise

At 11:30 p.m. Jan. 5, the first Friday in 2018, my 105-year-old (103 years and eight months by Western count) mother passed away. The date of her death was registered Jan. 6, just after midnight at the Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, upon the examination of her body by a doctor in charge at its emergency medical center.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-02-02 18:00

'The New Koreans'

“Boy, those English: They have a word for everything!” Anti-miscegenetic was the longest and most difficult expression the English author used in his latest hardcover work: The New Koreans, which was gifted to me and read during the 2017 end of year holidays. Aside from the mentioned adjective (basically meaning to oppose mixed marriages and children thereof), you will find M...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-02-01 17:09

Hahoe masks of Andong

I recently returned to Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, where I did six weeks of basic military training in early 1974. The city exudes the spirit of traditional Korea, the heart of Korean Confucian culture, which values justice, righteousness and the preservation of civilizing customs. Many prominent scholars such as Lee Hawang (penname Tae-gye ) and Ryu Seong-yong thrived...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-01-31 16:36

Learning English in Korea

I learned English in Korea. Not until I left Korea did I realize what I learned was American English. The first batch of English-speaking settlers (that is, 102 Puritans from Plymouth, England) arrived in what is now the United States in 1620 by Mayflower. They were later followed by successive waves of immigrants from England as well as other parts of Europe who brought thei...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-01-30 17:11

South Korea's military problem

I recently had a conversation with the mother of a college-aged man who, when discussing her son's upcoming conscription period, referred to it as his “military problem.” I told her that this was an opportunity, not a problem, as he would be allowed to serve and defend the nation. She dismissed that concept and stated it was the responsibility of the U.S. military to protect ...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-01-29 18:23

A journey in search of freedom, myself and the unknown

Last Christmas, I saw the movie “Becoming Who I Was” a story about a boy in Ladakh, India, and an old monk who lovingly took care of him for a long time, as they began a long journey to Tibet together. The last scene features the old monk, who parted from the boy, standing alone on top of a high snow-covered mountain. The scene prompted me to set out on my own life-changing j...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-01-28 17:15

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