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West Asia
Israel: Iran Is behind Suicide Attack In Bulgaria
A damaged bus is transported out of Burgas airport, Bulgaria, Thursday, July 19, 2012 a day after a deadly suicide attack on a bus full of Israeli vacationers. A daytime bombing that killed eight people and injured dozens on a bus full of Israeli tourists was most likely a suicide…
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Culture
Beginning Of Ramadan In Jordan
A Jordanian man looks at decorations for Ramadan in Amman, Jordan,Thursday, July 19, 2012. Religious authorities in Jordan declared that Friday will be the start of the holy month of Ramadan, a period devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and spiritual introspection. Ramadan begins around 11 days earlier each year. Its…
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Park Geun-hye’s view of May 16 revolution cititicized
The recent remarks of Rep. Park Geun-hye, the presidential hopeful of the ruling Saenuri Party, about May 16 Revolution staged by her late father Park Chung-hee, invited criticism from some local newspapers. In a forum hosted by the Korea News Editors Association on July 16, she said “I think it…
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Business
Credit card use tops 60% of spending
Koreans’ credit card usage accounted for more than 60 percent of the nation’s total private spending as more people use plastic to pay for goods and services, according latest data, Monday. According to the Credit Finance Association, a lobby group of credit card issuers, a total of 1.1 trillion won…
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Politics
Ahn steps forward presidential bid
A new book, “Ahn Cheol-soo’s Thoughts” was released Thursday detailing the information technology mogul-turned-professor’s thoughts about key campaign issues, including unemployment among young people, education, school bullying, North Korea and the Jeju naval base plan. It was written by Jae Jeong-im, a professor of Semyung University Graduate School of Journalism,…
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Politics
Kim shows departure in leadership style
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently made a surprise visit to Pyongyang’s main airport to inspect a renovation project, a report said Thursday, in what could be another example of his emerging leadership style. The inspection by Kim, who was handed power following the death of his father Kim Jong-il…
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Politics
US saw NK involvement in KAL bombing: dossier
The United States has made public documents related to its investigation of the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger jet, which found North Korea to be behind the act, it emerged Thursday. Posted on the U.S. State Department, the dossier backs Seoul’s finding that the mid-air bombing of the…
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Is Pyongyang changing?
South should help North shift to reform, openness Peeking inside a reclusive, authoritarian state is never easy. If the regime is an Orwellian communist dynasty, the job is harder still. Such is the analysis of what’s going on in Pyongyang now. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took the title of…
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Society
Scientists discover 15 species new to Korea
Scientists discovered 15 marine species that are new to Korean coastal waters, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. The newly-spotted species including shrimps, crabs and lobsters were found on coral and in rock crevices 60 meters below sea level around Jeju Island. The National Institute of Biological Resources conducted the…
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Society
Adventure to a remote island
Leaving on a journey all on your own to an island far away from home is an exciting but risky adventure, especially when the island is not somewhere you can easily get to. How would you feel if you were stranded on an island far off the coast by accident…
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