‘MB should do something to improve South-North relationship’
A survey showed that some 60 percent of South Korean people are pessimistic about the improvement of relationship between South and North Korea next year as a result of regid attitude of Lee Myung-bak government toward the North in the last five years. The survey was conducted recently over the telephone by the Hyundai Research Institute (HRI) on some 1,000 people about […]
Suh vs. Oh
KAIST chief rejects board chairman’s call for resignation KAIST President Suh Nam-pyo rejected calls from the school’s board to resign voluntarily Monday, claiming the demand was a politically motivated attempt masterminded by senior education officials who dislike him. He criticized the board’s Chairman Oh Myung for leading the move to oust him, saying he committed […]
Property-rich celebrities saddled with huge debt
Celebrities are envied for owning expensive buildings in rich neighborhoods. Some may live in the lap of luxury but behind the gaudy exteriors a closer look at the books shows not all is necessarily well and good. Bad luck seems to have some stars sinking in debt with sky-high mortgages due to plummeting real estate […]
May 16, 1961 coup was ‘inevitable’
Rep. Park defends father’s legacy but a tad less strongly Rep. Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party, the current frontrunner presidential candidate, defended the May 16, 1961 military coup by her father Park Chung-hee, describing it as an “inevitable choice.” Park dismissed Ahn Cheol-soo, a computer vaccine maker whose popularity could make him a […]
N. Korean military chief relieved
North Korea said Monday it had relieved military chief Ri Yong-ho, a key aide to leader Kim Jong-un, of all his posts due to “illness” ― a move likely to significantly impact Pyongyang’s power structure. The news raised eyebrows as Ri, 69, had been among the top of a small coterie of elite officials guiding […]
Samsung, Apple shares ‘decoupling’
The stock prices of Samsung Electronics and Apple, which used to move in similar patterns, have started to decouple. The world’s two leading smartphone manufacturers have moved in an opposite direction since early June with Apple shares jumping about 5 percent with Samsung’s plunging about 9 percent. The results can be seen unusual as the […]
Samsung, LG in legal tussle
12 ex-officials charged with technology theft Samsung Display vowed Monday to continue its legal fight with LG Display after the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office charged 11 former senior and low-ranking technicians over involvement in the leak of cutting-edge OLED technology to LG. “This is intolerable. All key OLED technologies were leaked to LG. This is […]
[India Report] India, neighboring nations need to curb population
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India and its surrounding countries like, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are so similar in culture and climatic conditions that the region is sometimes called the Indian sub-continent. Though Sri Lanka was never a part of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the countries which were once included in India but at the end of British Raj, […]
Bihar has more phones than toilets
KOLKATA, India, July 16 (Xinhua) — More than half of the population of the eastern Indian state of Bihar live below the poverty line and have no toilets but around 56 percent of families have either a mobile or landline telephone. It is a paradox that while the state has made great leaps in infrastructure […]
[Indonesia Report] 7 billion world population: Is it boon or bane?
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A century ago, world population was just about a billion. In October last year, it reached 7 billion in total. This rapid grow could be a celebration for some or a disaster for others living together on this planet. People around the world celebrated the birth of the world’s seven billionth baby. Mass media in United States, Philippine […]
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