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‘Pieta’
Last Saturday night I went to a movie theater near my house to watch “Pieta,” the winner of the top Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. It’s a small cinema with fewer than 200 seats. I found a few dozen people in the theater and luckily no one…
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Business
Patent troll?
Experts criticize Apple’s move to triple damage payment from Samsung The patent hearing between Samsung Electronics and Apple in the U.S. on Sept. 21 is expected to be when the world sees the American technology giant turn into a patent monster. The firm is preparing to request record damages from…
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Deadlocked Korea-Japan ties
Two countries need dialogue. Japan should look honestly at history to clear the past. After President Lee Myung-bak visited Dokdo, Korea’s easternmost islets, on Aug. 10, Tokyo recalled its ambassador to Korea, Masatoshi Muto, and announced it would take the issue of Dokdo to the International Court of Justice. Japanese…
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Society
Nostalgia for sights and sounds of the ’90s
In the early 90s, before the days of iPhones, rapper Psy and even the Internet, people still used evolving hi-tech communication, and were often star-struck by celebrities and, of course, had fun. To younger people, perhaps the famous figures and fashions of that time seem dowdy and find it hard…
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Business
Volvo Group launches UD Trucks in Korea
Volvo Group launches UD Trucks in Korea UD Trucks, the Japanese subsidiary of Volvo Group, the leading global maker of commercial trucks, announced the launch of its Korean business Wednesday, aiming to get a significant slice of the market for midsized trucks. The launch came as part of efforts for…
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Society
Divorce rate of older couples hits new high
Divorce rate of older couples hits new high More and more middle aged and elderly couples are choosing to split up, according to the Supreme Court. Statistics released by the court Wednesday showed that among 114,284 couples who separated in 2011, those married for more than 20 years accounted for…
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Will pension fund have more sway in chaebol?
Will pension fund have more sway in chaebol? Korea’s jumbo pension fund now controls a significantly larger chunk of chaebol than their chairmen, industry figures showed Wednesday. Whether it decides to pull its weight in corporate decision-making processes, however, remains to be seen. According to figures from Chaebul.com, a researcher…
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Can Ahn perform Obama magic?
Can Ahn perform Obama magic? Ahn Cheol-soo has launched his presidential bid as a fight between the future and the past; ordinary people and vested interests; change and the status quo. The 50-year-old Seoul National University professor portrays himself as an agent of change; a backer of the ordinary and…
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Lifestyle
Disabled painter renders hope, inspiration in exhibition
Dennis Han, 35, a Korean-American disabled painter, opened exhibition Tuesday (Sept. 18) at the Dream Forest Art Center to continue until the end of this year (Dec. 30). He has become famous by holding an exhibition at the UN Headquarters last April for the first time among the physically handicapped…
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