Migrant women ask protection from husbands’ violence
Two married migrants women were killed by the violence of their Korean husbands during this month. It touched off a rally in front of Deoksu Palace in downtown Seoul Wednesday (July 18) by some 150 migrant women living here. According to the police, Lee Sun-ok, an ethnic Korean living in China, was stabbed to death […]
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“Marriage is the union of two different surnames, in friendship and in love, in order to continue the posterity of the former sages, and to furnish those who shall preside at the sacrifices to heaven and earth, at those in the ancestral temple, and at those at the altars to the spirits of the land […]
Park Geun-hye’s view of May 16 revolution cititicized
The recent remarks of Rep. Park Geun-hye, the presidential hopeful of the ruling Saenuri Party, about May 16 Revolution staged by her late father Park Chung-hee, invited criticism from some local newspapers. In a forum hosted by the Korea News Editors Association on July 16, she said “I think it was his best choice he […]
Credit card use tops 60% of spending
Koreans’ credit card usage accounted for more than 60 percent of the nation’s total private spending as more people use plastic to pay for goods and services, according latest data, Monday. According to the Credit Finance Association, a lobby group of credit card issuers, a total of 1.1 trillion won of goods and services was […]
Ahn steps forward presidential bid
A new book, “Ahn Cheol-soo’s Thoughts” was released Thursday detailing the information technology mogul-turned-professor’s thoughts about key campaign issues, including unemployment among young people, education, school bullying, North Korea and the Jeju naval base plan. It was written by Jae Jeong-im, a professor of Semyung University Graduate School of Journalism, based on conversations she had […]
Kim shows departure in leadership style
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently made a surprise visit to Pyongyang’s main airport to inspect a renovation project, a report said Thursday, in what could be another example of his emerging leadership style. The inspection by Kim, who was handed power following the death of his father Kim Jong-il in December, did not include […]
US saw NK involvement in KAL bombing: dossier
The United States has made public documents related to its investigation of the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger jet, which found North Korea to be behind the act, it emerged Thursday. Posted on the U.S. State Department, the dossier backs Seoul’s finding that the mid-air bombing of the Korean Air (KAL) 858 – […]
Scientists discover 15 species new to Korea
Scientists discovered 15 marine species that are new to Korean coastal waters, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. The newly-spotted species including shrimps, crabs and lobsters were found on coral and in rock crevices 60 meters below sea level around Jeju Island. The National Institute of Biological Resources conducted the six-month research project until May. […]
Adventure to a remote island
Leaving on a journey all on your own to an island far away from home is an exciting but risky adventure, especially when the island is not somewhere you can easily get to. How would you feel if you were stranded on an island far off the coast by accident and were stuck on the […]
SK chairman stresses Korea-China harmony
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has pledged to expand in China and contribute to improving ties between Korea and the world’s second largest economy. “We should not forget how the Korea-China relationship was forged two decades ago and how it has improved to today’s level,” Chey said in a congratulatory speech during an international seminar […]
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