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Society
Cash or card?
Tax evasion underlies preference of store owners A few days ago, Kim Yoon-mi, a 25-year-old freelance translator, had an unpleasant moment at a small restaurant near her office in central Seoul. She wanted to grab a quick bite before rushing to meet a client. Kim ordered two rolls of “gimbap”…
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Shatter glass ceiling
Firms need to sharply increase female executives Women have come a long way to almost equal men in schools and entry- level job markets in male-dominated Korea. But female executives are still a novelty in corporate boardrooms here, meaning they have even a longer way to go to make the…
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Society
Language learning should be natural
Learning a foreign language should be a natural and instinctive process, like learning one’s first language, said Stephen Swad, chief executive officer (CEO) of Rosetta Stone. “The acquisition of vocabulary and expressions should take place without having to link them to translations,” he said during an interview with The Korea…
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Falling euro forces Samsung into emergency mode
Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that it has shifted into emergency mode to better cope with the fallout from the deepening eurozone economic crisis. This is the first time in four years that the electronics giant has declared a need for “crisis management’’ since the company first adopted the scheme in…
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Business
SC Bank to press on with meritocracy
The chief of Standard Chartered Bank in Korea hinted that the bank will soon introduce a performance-based wage system to build a more meritocratic corporate culture and turn SC into the nation’s best international lender. In an interview with The Korea Times last week, Richard Hill, CEO of the Korean…
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East Asia
China-te bird flu-r udrek
Namaskar, ami Sudhanya Ghosh, karmomukhi shikhsharthi, AJA, Asia Journalist Association. Uttar-paschim chiner Xinjiang Uygur namok swashashito ancholer poultry gulite pher Bird flu-r udrek hoyeche bole sombar krishi montraloyer torofe janano hoyeche.Akhono porjonto 1600 murgir mrityu ebong 5,500 murgi akranto hoyeche bole jana gache.Flu choriye pora rukhte sthanio kortripokhho elakatir shudhdhikoron…
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Society
[India Report] India to share Jundal dossier with Pakistan
Abu Jundal is one of those accused in connection with Mumbai attack which took place on Nov. 26, 2008. It was coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, the largest city in India, by Islamist terrorists who came from Pakistan. The attackers allegedly received reconnaissance assistance before the attacks. Ajmal Kasab,…
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East Asia
Bideshira aro shokto aporadh mulok o swastha porikshar mukhomukhi
Namaskar, amiSudhanyaGhosh, karmamukhishiksharthi, AJA, Asia Journalist Association. Dakhshin korea sarkar bideshi kormocharider deshe probesh korar niomabolike aro dhriro korar shidhdhanto niyechen. korear bhibashan porisheba(KIS) theke sthir kora hoyeche j somosto swalpo daksha karmochari, nabik ebong alpo diner jonno nijukto karmocharider tader swasth oebong aporadh sonkranto somosto khoborakhobor janate hobe agami…
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South East Asia
Major news in Philippines : 661 Manholes ‘Missing’
Top news in <Manila Bulletin> : 661 Manholes ‘Missing’ MMDA Says They’re Partly Blamed For Flash Floods MANILA, Philippines — Flash floods, like the ones that happened on Tuesday, were blamed partly on 661 manholes and drainage inlets, which have been plugged by private contractors of the Department of Public Works…
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Politics
Russia-Japan territorial row flares up following Medvedev’s second visit to disputed islands
MOSCOW, July 3 (Xinhua) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has braved both unpredictable weather and quite predictable reactions from Tokyo by visiting for the second time the disputed Southern Kuril archipelago in the Far East. Analysts here say his trip on Tuesday to Kunashir (called Kunashiri in Japan) islet…
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