• Society

    Songdo leads fight against climate change

    Incheon City plans to provide 15 floors of I-Tower, a 35-story skyscraper being built inside the Songdo International Business District, for free to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), if it is chosen as the host of the U.N.-operated fund. The building, which houses regional offices of some 10 international organizations,…

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  • Chinese fisherman killed by Coast Guard

    Rubber bullet fired to calm violent resistance A Chinese fisherman was killed and another was wounded Tuesday during a crackdown on dozens of Chinese fishing boats operating illegally in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Sea, according to the Korea Coast Guard (KCG). The guard’s regional headquarters…

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  • Society

    Be extra careful what you download

    Internet users up in arms over vague guidelines on child porn crackdown “Jjanggu,” the popular character in Japanese animation series “Crayon Shin-chan (“Jjanggu the Unstoppable”), often takes his pants off to perform a butt-revealing dance. The kindergarten student’s cute trademark dance has recently become the subject of an online dispute…

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  • Lifestyle

    Revival of Korean movies

    This is the 14th in a 15-part series on the stars and trends in “Hallyu” or Korean wave, which is gaining global popularity in Southeast Asia and Latin America. The Korea Times produces this special project in cooperation with the Korean Foundation and CJ E&M. ― ED. If the 10-million…

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  • People

    Kim Jung-man recreates Magritte’s paintings

    Renowned photographer Kim Jung-man, 58, is showing 23 photographic works recreating the surrealist Rene Magritte’s works through photography at KT&G SangSang Madang in Seoul. Kim is known for realistic photos such as in the “Stone Heart” and “New Image of Korea” series. He became famous as a commercial photographer who…

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  • LG Uplus, Google team up for new TV service

    Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and U.S. tech giant Google Inc. said Tuesday they plan to launch a new program incorporating the two companies’ television services. The program, called “u+tv G,” will combine the No. 3 mobile carrier’s existing Internet Protocol (IPTV) service with the Android giant’s “Google TV”…

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  • East Asia

    [The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Siapa Yang Memipin Tiket Moon-Ahn?

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai pemilihan umum presiden Korea Selatan pada Desember mendatang. Join kandidasi merupakan pilihan yang tersedia untuk mengalahkan kandidat presiden Park. Kedua kubu dari calon presiden Ahn Cheol-Soo dan Moon Jae-In telah melewatkan pilihan ini. Namun skenario aliansi berdasarkan pembagian kekuatan dapat…

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  • Column

    [Indonesia Report] Makassar breaks record in attracting most participants to “Gangnam Style” dancing

    Korean Pop Singer, Psy, invades the world with his fun and humorous song, titled ‘Oppa Gangnam Style.’ The video clip broke the record of most liked clip in Youtube’s history and spread the Horse Dancing Style to everywhere in the world. Indonesia is one of the countries, full of Psy’s…

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  • Column

    Malala, the girl who stood up against Taliban

    Malala Yousafzai is your average 15-years-old girl; she plays with her little brothers, watches cable TV, dreamt of being a doctor and loves going to school. All of that change with her first blog post associated with BBC Urdu, she begins her trip to politics, which eventually led to an…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistani Muslims Set Up Livestock Market In Islamabad For Celebration Of Sacrifice Feast

    Pakistani boys gather next to animals loaded on trucks arriving at a livestock market set up for the upcoming Eid al-Adha feast on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Muslims worldwide will celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by the sacrificial killing of sheep,…

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