Park Ji-sung hopes to retire at Manchester United
Park Ji-sung made it clear Thursday that he has no plans to leave Manchester United, despite his uncertain future at Old Trafford. “It is true I want to retire at Manchester United,” the 31-year-old told reporters on his arrival in Korea. “But what I want does not always translate to reality. It becomes more feasible […]
More foreigners seek medical services
Three year-old Trepova Malika from Kazakhstan is in Korea to receive treatment for cancer from a hospital in Seoul. Treatment in her own country to remove the tumor near her hip was ineffective and her condition showed no improvement. With no other options, she checked into Yonsei Severance Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in […]
KT CEO blasts big firms for ‘free riding’
KT Chief Executive Lee Suk-chae has urged the government and the nation’s leading technology companies LG and Samsung Electronics to pay for using its networks. “Korea needs a new paradigm. The digital revolution has changed everything. Despite heavy data traffic amid rapid rises of data-intensive devices such as tablets and smartphones, no one is […]
Blind dates going instant, shallow
Young adults flock to ‘booking bars’ in search of dateing partners Dozens of young people in their early 20s were standing in line outside a bar on Friday night. Although there was a two to three hour wait for those toward the back to enter the bar in the Hongdae area of Seoul, most of […]
Yonsei to compete with Ivy League
Local universities have adopted ambitious globalization programs, creating more all-English classes and attracting students and professors from abroad. The education ministry has backed such moves under a long-term plan to nurture world-class universities and meet the growing needs of students and parents for a globalized education. Some private colleges, however, have taken advantage of it […]
Chaebol under siege
Conglomerates targeted in lame duck presidency As the economy turns from bad to worse with income polarization widening and inflation soaring, large family-controlled business groups, known here as chaebol, have become public enemy No.1. Despite the prolonged global economic downturn, Samsung and other leading conglomerates have earned record overseas profits through exports of electronics, cars […]
Meltdown of Korean diplomacy
What does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade do? Four activists were detained in China but the ministry appeared to be at a loss. Reports, although denied by its spokesman, are that China talked to North Korea while excluding Seoul in taking the four into custody. The foreign ministry has long argued about the […]
Informal CIS summit opens in Kremlin
The leaders of 11 former Soviet republics have begun their informal summit in the Kremlin. Last year’s “shirt-sleeves” summit in Moscow on December 20 marked the 20th anniversary of the post-Soviet CIS alliance, a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday. Addressing the summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the economic and cultural ties between CIS nations. […]
Medvedev proposes cabinet lineup
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday submit proposals on the structure and composition of a new government to President Vladimir Putin. Putin was sworn in as president for a third nonconsecutive term on May 7. His previous two terms had been in 2000-2008. Medvedev, who was Russia’s president in 2008-2012 when Putin was the […]
Turkish leader defines Syrian crisis as humanitarian issue
ANKARAㅡ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the crisis in Syria is not an outcome of sectarian clashes between Alawites and Sunnis, but a result of the government’s response to the Syrian people’s humanitarian demands. Speaking at his Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday, Erdoğan drew attention to […]
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