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Business
Shilla, Lotte in expansion mode
Hotels rush to build biz hotels for surging foreign tourists Lotte, Shilla and other hotel operators affiliated with large business groups have gone into expansion mode in recent years due to the surging number of Japanese, Chinese and other foreign tourists. They have renovated existing hotels to create more rooms…
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Politics
“NK Is On Our Palm”
This April 29, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows what appears to be the initial stages of construction of a rocket assembly building at Musudan-ri in northeastern North Korea. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies says this building and a nearby launch pad under…
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Society
‘Education key to economic growth’
South Korea’s Education, Science and Technology Minister Lee Ju-ho, sixth from left in the front row, and Muhamad Noor, left, executive director of the APEC secretariat, pose with the education chiefs of 21 APEC member economies ahead of their discussions at the Hyundai Hotel in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday.…
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Column
We deserve better FM
Yes, I am suggesting our present foreign minister be replaced with somebody who takes charge and vitalizes our foreign policy. Of course, it would be only natural to give Kim Sung-hwan a chance to better get on with his job but that appears to be a tall order for the…
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NK reaffirms nuke policy
North Korea vowed Tuesday to continue to pursue its nuclear program as long as the United States maintains a “hostile policy” amid ongoing tension over Pyongyang’s failed April 13 rocket launch. The North “will not stop for a moment in its nuclear deterrence as long as the United States continues…
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Business
BMW aims to lead electric car market
Drivers who watched last year’s Hollywood blockbuster “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” probably dreamt of owning a BMW i8, with its sleek, futuristic appearance. Alternatively, an increasing number of people concerned about their budget want electric cars as gas prices continue to rise. Soon, a combination of the two ideals will…
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Lifestyle
Documenting ‘hallyu’ to ensure longevity
The popularity of local culture, otherwise known as “hallyu,” has brought along new challenges in promoting Korea to the outside world. One of them is building online and offline database of hallyu, which the Korea Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), the state-run overseas PR agency, has started to embrace as…
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Engraving smells of May flowers in heart
It was raining as if bidding farewell to the spring on the wane when I stood at the Bundang Memorial Park in Bundang, some 20 kilometers south of Seoul, on May 16. I found myself standing at the tomb-side of the late Kim Hyun-sik (1958. 1.7 – 1990. 11.1), a famous singer, on the slope of…
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Conquering World’s Longest Suspension Bridge
MOSCOWㅡ Russian young people climbed world’s longest suspension bridge in Russian city of Vladivostok (MAY 21). 3 Russian young managed to climb to 324 meters high bridge. Bridge will be opened to service this year. Suspension Bridge is 324 meter-height and 1104 meters long. <Cihan> news@theasian.asia
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