Korea to showcase smart learning at APEC forum
Few would argue that Koreans’ zeal for education has been the driving force behind the country’s economic prosperity. Indeed, it has become a case example for many developing countries around the world. The nation is now seeking to establish a reputation as an educational powerhouse in the digital era by spurring the convergence of technology […]
Ex-President Medvedev Confirmed as PM
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was confirmed as the country’s new prime minister by a majority of votes in the State Duma on Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin submitted Medvedev’s candidacy for the post shortly after his inauguration as president on Monday. Medvedev occupied the presidential post in 2008-2012. United Russia and Liberal Democrats factions, all […]
U.S. to Continue Pressing for Assad’s Resignation
The United States will continue its efforts to make Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the country’s envoy to the UN, Susan Rice, said. “The United States remains focused on increasing the pressure on the al-Assad regime and on al-Assad himself to step down,” she said, adding that it was a legitimate aspiration of […]
A game of chicken
Samsung tussles with LG in OLED market Oversupply is slowing growth in the global display industry triggering another “game of chicken” in this already cutthroat market. The world’s top flat-screen makers ― Samsung and LG Display ― have been competing fiercely to take the lead in advanced displays called OLED (organic light-emitting diode). “Because global […]
‘Bo Xilai case affects China policy on N. Korea’
The apparent rise of reformers in the Chinese Communist Party raises the possibility of a tougher line on North Korea amid growing frustration over Pyongyang’s provocations, an expert said Tuesday. Analysts say the recent ouster of former politburo member Bo Xilai in connection with the suspected murder of a British businessman and a bugging scandal […]
North Korea says detainee died of hepatitis
North Korea has announced that Shin Sook-ja, a 69-year-old South Korean woman stranded in the Stalinist state for over two decades, has died and that her two daughters renounced their father who had escaped back to the South. In a response letter to the United Nations, Ri Jang-gon, the North’s deputy ambassador to the U.N. […]
Misfortunes strike Naver
NHN, the Internet search company that runs Naver, is weathering a sea of troubles, including corporate fund embezzlement and a massive brain drain. The two factors indicate that the firm’s management is losing its grip, experts said. According to NHN Tuesday, one NHN official is suspected of embezzling about 3.6 billion won. NHN reported the […]
Leftist party losing support base
In less than a month after the nation’s support for a left-wing party hit a record high of over 10 percent, its popularity began to burst like a bubble in the face of an escalating intraparty election scandal. According to a poll conducted Monday by the pollster Realmeter, the support rate of the minor opposition […]
More than luck helps Australia beat US in beef war
Why is Australian beef popular in Korea? It is more than its image of being clean and healthy with its cattle ranging free on vast farms, thereby avoiding exposure to feed that could cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. It requires history to explain because Australian beef got its foothold thanks to […]
Woman bites off bag snatcher’s finger in Sapporo
TOKYO — A mugger who attacked a woman in Japan fled empty-handed—and with one finger missing—after the intended victim chomped off his pinkie. The 59-year-old woman fought back after a man snatched her bag as she arrived at her apartment in the northern city of Sapporo, police said Tuesday. The woman gave chase as her […]
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