Overeducated, Underemployed
South Koreans are second to none in their passion for education. They attach great importance to this, especially for their children. Education has been the driving force behind what Korea is today. In fact, most Koreans managed to get out of poverty through education in the 1960s and 1970s. There is no doubt that the […]
Park the Peacemaker
It was 99 years ago when Europe, at the height of its prosperity and global influence, suddenly plunged into a calamitous conflict. There were many reasons for the outbreak of World War I, although the main cause was that the rise of Germany posed a challenge to the traditional European powers of Great Britain, France […]
Global leaders pledge better world for intellectually disabled
PYEONGCHANG – International figures, including Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, committed to fighting discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities Wednesday that she said are deprived of the rights to make choices in their lives. The participants issued a joint declaration, whose core message is to protect rights of the intellectually disabled by giving […]
Self-made rocket due 2018
Following the success of Naro, or the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) Korea will speed up its efforts to join the league of global space power by bringing forward its plan to launch a rocket entirely built using local technology. At a press conference Wednesday, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) President Kim Seoung-jo said that […]
Korean Air, Hanwha contribute to Naro launch
The successful launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), popularly known as Naro here, would have been impossible without the support from scores of corporate giants and laboratories here. Nearly 150 companies and 45 universities and research centers spent nearly a decade developing core technologies for the rocket, precisely the second stage and its […]
2 Koreas locked in rocket race
South Korea’s successful delivery of a satellite into orbit, Wednesday, carried by the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) attracted additional attention because it came so soon after a similar attempt by North Korea. Officials from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute said the Science and Technology Satellite-2C began transmitting beacon signals to a ground station in […]
The exhilarating 30 minutes
Korea takes first confident step in space exploration GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province ㅡ At long last, Korea’s ten years of work to launch a locally assembled rocket into space paid off Wednesday. The nation took the first legitimate step in the global space race. The emotional toll on everyone ㅡ government officials, reporters, and the […]
Naro launch is blazing success!
Satellite payload in orbit GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province ― South Korea was third time lucky in its aspirations to join the Asian space race Wednesday after successfully launching a two-stage rocket from its Naro Space Center on the country’s southwestern coast. Korea is the 11th country joining an elite group of nations capable of sending […]
Syrian Activists Find About 65 Bodies On The River Bank In Aleppo
This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Revolution Against Assad’s Regime which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows dead bodies on a street in Aleppo, Syria Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Syrian activists say at least 65 bodies, some of them with their hands tied behind their back, found on […]
Singapore’s Population Is Forecast To Grow To Around 6.9 Million By 2030 From Current 5.3 Million
Passengers exit one of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations in Singapore, Jan. 29, 2013. The Singapore government is looking to grow its population to between 6.5 million and 6.9 million by 2030, from the current 5.31 million, it said in a white paper on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Then Chih Wey>
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