Criticism of the government’s policies allowed
NEC permits criticism during election campaigns Four Major Rivers Restoration Project was at the centre of controversy in 2010 and the National Election Commission banned all kinds of public referring to it during election campaigns and even 180 days before the launch of campaigns. The Commission believed that just a mention of the Project could […]
Nepal Former Minister Arrested for Kidnapping
Police in Nepal arrested a Member of Parliament and former Minister for Supplies Shyam Sundar Gupta on suspicion of organising the kidnap of a prominent businessman in December. According to police, Mr. Gupta ordered the kidnap of Pawan Sanghai at a temple in December and then released him, reportedly after a ransom was paid. Mr. […]
Diamond and Diplomat
Relatives of a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade allegedly bought stocks of a Korean firm before the Ministry announced in 2010 that it had won a right to develop a diamond mine in Cameroon. Kim Eun-seok, a senior diplomat in charge of energy and resource diplomacy, disseminated the press release […]
Former Actor’s Debut as a Politician
Moon Sung-keun, famous as a charismatic actor and a TV presenter made an impressive debut on a political stage on Sunday as one of the new leaders of the main opposition party. The 59-year-old former actor gained second most votes in the Democratic United Party’s leadership vote, following after former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook. While […]
Shortlist Announced for IPAF 2012
Six shortlisted authors for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) 2012 were announced on 11 January at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt and they are Jabbour Douaihy, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere, Rabee Jaber, Nasser Iraq, Bashir Mufri and Habib Selmi. This year’s shortlist includes a number of different themes, ranging from exile and questions […]
Women Writing a New History of Korean Politics
Women are writing a new history of party politics in Korea. Ms Han Myung-sook, Former Prime Minister of Korea won the election on 15th for party chairperson of the Democratic United Party, the biggest opposition party in Korea. She was the Prime Minister under the Roh Moo-hyun administration and received the most votes of the […]
Park Jong-chul “Scent of Jasmine 25 Years ago”
On 14 January 1987, a 22-year-old young man who was taken to the Namyoung Police Department and interrogated died.His name was Park Jong-chul, the third year linguist of Seoul National University. The police announced his death as natural since he suddenly died surprised by a thump. However, with a doctor’s testimony, it was disclosed that he died of […]
‘CES 2012’ Opens on Jan.10
Mooly Eden, Corporate vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group of Intel Corp., demonstrates a two-screen Ultrabook laptop during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the United States, Jan. 9, 2010. The world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show runs from Jan. 10 through 13. <Photo: Xinhua/Yang Lei> […]
Copper King released but how about his human rights?
Korea Taxpayers Association, “National Tax Service has tried unreasonable imposition counting on anti-haves sentiment” Violations of human rights of a taxpayer… Billion wons of consulting tax agents Reckless media reports on a pending case of evasion in favour of the NTS It is claimed that the National Tax Service frequently wages tax investigations for political […]
Media Moguls’ New Year Message
The CEOs of the Korean media companies forecast that both crises and opportunities will come and go in 2012 due to a radically changing media environment. General election in April, presidential election in December, appearance of Kim Jong-un, global economic recession, unpredictable development of SNS and a wide variety of platform will all help transform […]
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