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[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] 2 Bulan Penting Dalam Transisi Presiden Korea Selatan

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] 2 Bulan Penting Dalam Transisi Presiden Korea Selatan

Halo, saya Meidyana Rayana. Berikut adalah berita dari dalam negeri Korea Selatan. Dalam politik Amerika, dikatakan bahwa keberhasilan pemerintahan baru sering tergantung pada apa yang dilakukan dalam 100 hari pertama. Sebaliknya, di Korea, 67 hari pertama dari pemilihan hingga pelantikan sebagai presiden dapat menentukan nasib suatu pemerintahan baru. Sejak pemilihan Presiden yang lalu, Presiden terpilih […]

Memory of Kim Jong-il on the occasion of the first anniversary of his demise

Memory of Kim Jong-il on the occasion of the first anniversary of his demise

One year has passed since the untimely demise of Marshall (posthumously promoted to Generalissimo) Kim Jong-il. Thus it is probably an appropriate time to say a few words about the deceased dictator, and perhaps to focus less on his shortcomings and focus more on the nicer parts of his personality and politics (and as we […]

13 wishful actions Asian leaders hoped to take this year

13 wishful actions Asian leaders hoped to take this year

1. Could I have a dream that Mr. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; President-elect of the People’s Republic of China, will play a greater role in the global peace of the yellow continent and the world? Shops and houses are filled with Chinese goods, but China’s interest in […]

Three culinary arts students introduce kimchi to world

Three culinary arts students introduce kimchi to world

Do kimchi and buses mix? For three culinary science students from the tourism college of Kyung Hee University, the answer is yes. Ryu Si-hyeong, 29, Kim Seung-min, 29, and Jo Seok-beom, 25, have remodeled their “kimchi bus” and driven some 50,000 kilometers across Europe and North America to promote Korean food culture. They traveled to 130 […]

Who will shine in biz circle in 2013?

Who will shine in biz circle in 2013?

With most firms completing year-end reshuffles, attention is now on who will lead their respective conglomerates to the top in Korea’s growing industries. Electronics duopoly Samsung and LG Electronics and automobile giant Hyundai Group have the best outlook for the new year with the longest standing businesses among local players and have named what they […]

We won’t stop here

We won’t stop here

The Korea Times has conducted a major renewal changing its whole appearance ranging from design and typeset to size of font and layout. It is a beginning of a journey we are inviting our readers to take with us ― our journey of perpetual change and constant reinvention. The overhaul, implemented from our New Year’s […]

N. Korea’s blackmail missile

TOKYO ― The Unha-3 rocket launched from Sohae in North Korea on the morning of Dec. 12 passed through Japanese air space over the island of Okinawa 12 minutes later, and crashed into the Pacific Ocean roughly 300 kilometers east of the Philippines. The launch could be considered a mild surprise, because South Korean intelligence […]

New leaderships to reset NE Asia relations

New leaderships to reset NE Asia relations

Park to move cautiously amid regional spats, analysts say With the election of Park Geun-hye as the next president, South and North Korea, Japan and China have all elevated new leaders in a series of rapid-fire transitions. Northeast Asia’s political perfect storm is here, and analysts warn the confluence of change could prompt either a […]

Invitation to President-elect

“I regard a rising India as a factor of peace and stability in the world and expect her role to get bigger progressively” observed Madame Park Geun-hye when I called on her last May, soon after she had led her party to an impressive victory in the National Assembly elections. Stately, polite and warm, I […]

NK leader calls for better ties with South

NK leader calls for better ties with South

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un emphasized improved inter-Korean relations during a rare New Year’s address, Tuesday, and vowed to spur “radical” improvements in his country’s outdated economy. In the first such address since 1994, when Kim’s late grandfather Kim Il-sung spoke, the young leader urged Seoul to reaffirm its commitment to previous inter-Korean declarations. Analysts […]

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