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East Asia
To be a good volunteer use your brain
There is probably an unwritten rule that a celebrity offering to do volunteer work for a good cause should immediately be embraced. Well, that’s not what happened to Jeong So-dam, the glamorous Korean cable TV announcer when our paths crossed on Nov. 29. Ms. Jeong was the MC of an…
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How Gallup missed the mark ― again
On the eve of Election Day, the Gallup Poll indicated that Mitt Romney would become president. His margin of victory: one percentage point ― 49 percent Romney to 48 percent Obama. This projection was based on telephone interviews of 2,551 likely voters in all 50 states and the District of…
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Allies may sanction N. Korea
North Korea notified nearby countries and an international agency of the trajectory of its planned long-range rocket launch this month, Tuesday, as South Korea sought consultations on how best to handle its neighbor’s actions. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) said that Pyongyang stated that the launch slated from Dec. 10…
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East Asia
Ban Ki-moon Speaks In Opening Of UN Climate Change Conference
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the opening session of the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 4, 2012. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres speaks during the opening session of the high-level segment of the…
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East Asia
Seoul to ditch US missile purchase
Seoul is considering eliminating a U.S. defense giant from its possible bidders for the purchase of 177 long-range air-to-surface cruise missiles due to Washington’s continued delay in issuing an export license, multiple sources said Tuesday. Korea has repeatedly expressed interest in the purchase of the Lockheed Martin’s the Joint Air-to-Surface…
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East Asia
Rotten Vegetable Leaves Turned Into Food For Insects In China
Workers sort mealworms at a feedlot breeding insects in Lijiazhuang Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China’s Gansu Province, Dec. 4, 2012. A worker tries dried mealworms at a feedlot breeding insects in Lijiazhuang Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China’s Gansu Province, Dec. 4, 2012. The feedlot was set up in…
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East Asia
Candidates aim to win ‘midfield’ battle
Conservative Park continues to lead, but Moon hangs within striking distance Let’s get one thing out of the way: Korea probably won’t see its version of Nate Silver in this presidential election and maybe not in the next. The idea of a poker player-turned-political forecaster winning fame after predicting the…
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West Asia
People Stand In Line For Bread Amid Fierce Fighting In Aleppo, Syria
A man makes bread as residents, background, stand in line in front of a bakery during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. A girl looks outside the window of her home during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters…
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West Asia
Worsening Air Pollution In Tehran Forces Gov’t To Close Schools For Two Days
An Iranian woman wearing a protective mask walks on a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 4, 2012. Iran’s government has announced that all government offices, universities and schools of Tehran closed for two days, Dec. 4 and 5, due to the alarming high air pollution in the city.…
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East Asia
Debate captures woman power
Korean politics is the domain of men or so many people believe. But Tuesday night’s televised presidential debate gave a strong rebuttal to this conventional wisdom. The main opposition Democratic United Party’s Moon Jae-in was sandwiched between two female candidates: the ruling Saenuri Party’s Park Geun-hye and the minor leftist…
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