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Column
Presidential candidates: Are you mad?
So the candidates are declared. Park Geun-hye, Moon Jae-in and Ahn Cheol-soo are running for Korea’s top office. All eyes are on Dec. 19; the games have begun. Why are these candidates running? Perhaps, they are ego-maniacs, seeking to wield the national puppet strings in the most prestigious job in…
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Column
North Korea: confused and confusing
Is North Korea heading towards a food crisis in the winter of 2012? Yes! Will it be a “great famine” like in the 90ies? No! Why so? Rumor has been that the North Korean government decided to “reform” its markets. Of course, when the North Korean regime speaks about markets…
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Society
University chiefs seek new educational models
Leaders of 50 universities around the globe will gather in Seoul today to discuss emerging changes in higher education in the 21st century and provide new educational models utilizing the rapidly advancing information technology. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is hosting the 2012 International Presidential Forum…
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Society
KAIST initiates ‘smart education’
The nation’s most prestigious university in the field of science and technology is adopting a new “smart education” model to incorporate rapidly advancing technology and meet a growing demand from students for better education. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) introduced its new program “Education 3.0” early…
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Lifestyle
Enter ‘Garden of Learning’ in Busan
BUSAN — The Busan Museum of Art (BMA) can be easy to miss, next to the enormous BEXCO, department stores and towering buildings. The facade, which has been covered in black fabric squares, may even make one wonder if the museum is open. But yes, it is open and the…
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Society
Korean campaign ‘bans’ voting in US
NEW YORK ― Management of a political campaign is already hard enough, but imagine running one that bans the mention of any candidate’s names, let alone the use of images that even hint at party affiliation. Sounds like some kind of reality show challenge? It’s no show, it’s a challenge…
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4,000 N. Koreans working in Kuwait
Some 4,000 North Koreans are working in construction jobs in the suburbs of Kuwait’s capital city, an official said Monday, the latest estimate pointing at the rapid expansion of Pyongyang’s foreign labor force. The North dispatches tens of thousands of workers abroad in a bid to raise hard currency for…
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Politics
Will woman CEO aide help or hurt Rep. Park?
Kim Sung-joo, who recently joined the election team of Park Geun-hye, the ruling Saenuri Party’s presidential candidate, was criticized Monday over her view of the economy and women’s issues. Rep. Park is said to have recruited Kim, a successful and some say eccentric businesswoman, to balance out her own icy…
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IT-Science
Better product design
KT chief looks to boost global recognition KT Chairman Lee Suk-chae said Monday that the firm plans to consolidate its edge in the information technology industry, with its sights further focused on going global through product design. Lee said the overall plan is to create a product identity where consumers…
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USFK mail used as drug supply line
The U.S. military postal system is being used as a supply channel for new kinds of drugs entering Korea, according to an opposition lawmaker Monday. To put the brakes on the runaway rise in drugs sent here, it is crucial the Korea Customs Service (KCS) steps up surveillance and inspections…
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