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South Asia
Nepal : UCPN (M) vows to carry off peace, statute tasks
Top news in <The Kathmandu Post> : UCPN (M) vows to carry off peace, statute tasks KATHMANDU, JUL 17 – Top UCPN (Maoist) leaders on Tuesday vowed to complete the peace and constitution writing processes by keeping the party cohesive and correcting “past mistakes.” Speaking at the inaugural session of…
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South East Asia
Thailand : No detainees to be released
Top news in <The Nation> : No detainees to be released The detainees will not be allowed any visits from relatives. Meanwhile, Thai members of a joint border committee are in the process of getting the detainees’ belongings, but the process of escorting them back to Thailand will not be possible until…
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Politics
N. Korea names new vice marshal
Post of chief of general staff remains vacant North Korea announced Tuesday it has elevated an Army general named Hyon Yong-chol to the post of vice marshal, the latest move in a military reshuffle that has cast an air of uncertainty over the regime. The promotion came a day after…
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IT-Science
KT to commercialize VoLTE
Mobile carrier KT announced Tuesday that it will commercialize its voice over long-term evolution (VoLTE) service in October. Current voice calls are all transmitted through third generation (3G) networks but will use LTE networks once the service starts, allowing better quality and faster connectivity, company officials said. KT, though last…
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Many changes loom in NK under new leadership
After a few months of comparative calm, things have finally begun to move in North Korea. The recent dismissal of Vice Marshall Ri Yong Ho, the de facto supreme commander of the North Korean military, can be seen as the first significant purge of the Kim Jong Un era. This…
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East Asia
Tibetan Exiles Mourn Self-Immolated Tibetans
Tibetan exiles carry Tibetan flags and a portrait of the spiritual leader Dalai Lama, center, during a candlelit vigil in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 to express solidarity with Lobsang Lozin, an 18-year-old Tibetan monk whom they say died of self-immolation in southwestern China’s Sichuan province. The International Campaign…
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Culture
‘Hallyu’ — Korean teaching tool
Super Junior, ‘Winter Sonata’ as new primers NEW YORK ― For learners of Korean in the U.S., it’s goodbye to rote memorization and dull drills; hello to Super Junior and Bae Yong-joon. A new curriculum is set to revamp the traditional teaching method of Korean, a much-needed update aimed at…
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Column
Living in weird drinking culture
The average breadwinners in today’s society, mired in their own tasks, may struggle to get through a hectic day. Not to mention the usual burden of working overtime, they cannot overlook the designated meeting to drink with their coworkers. Plus, there is the physical inconvenience of the side-effects of a…
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Lifestyle
Decaying town eyes artful comeback
Sunset Janghang Festival kicks off town’s renaissance effort JANGHANG — The vacation traffic jams clogged up the main freeways out of Seoul last Saturday. But as this reporter’s car approached the smallish seaside town, only a few other cars were in sight, the promotional flags attached to lampposts outnumbering the…
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Society
Court bans sale of UN chief’s biography
The Seoul Western District Court has banned the sale of an “unauthorized revised edition” of the best-selling biography about U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, upholding the original writer’s claim to copyright. On Monday, the court granted an injunction to Shin Woong-jin, author of “Study like a Fool, Dream like a Prodigy,”…
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