CEOs pick favorite wines to give, receive and drink
For some businessmen, wine is much more than just fermented grapes. Doubling as a drink and status symbol, it tends to go hand in hand with doing business, providing a delightfully disarming charm to conversations between corporate suits and bringing out the best in the “three-fork” dinner in front of them. It’s not entirely absurd […]
North Korea upgrades rocket launch pad
This April 29 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows what appears to be the initial stages of construction of a rocket assembly building at Musudan-ri in northeastern North Korea. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies says this building and a nearby launch pad under construction are upgrading facilities so the […]
Russia opposes NATO’s missile defense system
In dual press conferences held on Monday evening after the closing of NATO’s historic summit in US President Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Obama discussed NATO missile defense program and developments in Afghanistan and Yemen. One of the most contentious issues which Obama and Rasmussen touched on […]
Shilla, Lotte in expansion mode
Hotels rush to build biz hotels for surging foreign tourists Lotte, Shilla and other hotel operators affiliated with large business groups have gone into expansion mode in recent years due to the surging number of Japanese, Chinese and other foreign tourists. They have renovated existing hotels to create more rooms or build low-priced business hotels […]
“NK Is On Our Palm”
This April 29, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows what appears to be the initial stages of construction of a rocket assembly building at Musudan-ri in northeastern North Korea. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies says this building and a nearby launch pad under construction are upgrading facilities so […]
‘Education key to economic growth’
South Korea’s Education, Science and Technology Minister Lee Ju-ho, sixth from left in the front row, and Muhamad Noor, left, executive director of the APEC secretariat, pose with the education chiefs of 21 APEC member economies ahead of their discussions at the Hyundai Hotel in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. The threeday APEC Education Ministerial […]
NK reaffirms nuke policy
North Korea vowed Tuesday to continue to pursue its nuclear program as long as the United States maintains a “hostile policy” amid ongoing tension over Pyongyang’s failed April 13 rocket launch. The North “will not stop for a moment in its nuclear deterrence as long as the United States continues its hostile policy,” a foreign […]
BMW aims to lead electric car market
Drivers who watched last year’s Hollywood blockbuster “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” probably dreamt of owning a BMW i8, with its sleek, futuristic appearance. Alternatively, an increasing number of people concerned about their budget want electric cars as gas prices continue to rise. Soon, a combination of the two ideals will be available after the German […]
Documenting ‘hallyu’ to ensure longevity
The popularity of local culture, otherwise known as “hallyu,” has brought along new challenges in promoting Korea to the outside world. One of them is building online and offline database of hallyu, which the Korea Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), the state-run overseas PR agency, has started to embrace as key responsibilities. In a recent […]
Engraving smells of May flowers in heart
It was raining as if bidding farewell to the spring on the wane when I stood at the Bundang Memorial Park in Bundang, some 20 kilometers south of Seoul, on May 16. I found myself standing at the tomb-side of the late Kim Hyun-sik (1958. 1.7 – 1990. 11.1), a famous singer, on the slope of Mt. Youngjang being showered by the […]
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