• Column

    Jim Yong Kim deserves being head of World Bank

    File photo taken on March 23, 2012 shows Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim attending the nomination ceremony as the next president of the World Bank, at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States. <AP/Newsis> On April 16, Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, was elected as…

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  • Politics

    Foreign minister in knotty mission in Myanmar

    South Korea’s top diplomat will hold talks with the foreign minister of Myanmar this week as the resource-rich Southeast Asian country draws a flurry of high-profile visits from European countries and the United States. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan will sit down with his counterpart Wunna Maung…

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  • Underdogs challenge Park

    Several politicians, whose support rates combined are lower than that of Park Geun-hye, are forming a collective front against her by declaring their bid to run in the Saenuri Party primary for December’s presidential election. The contenders, including Rep. Chung Mong-joon and Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-soo, are dreaming of a…

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  • Column

    Ban Ki-moon’s nostalgic visit to India

    Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, right, shakes hand with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his wife Yoo Soon-taek, looks on at Gandhi’s residence in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 27, 2012. <AP/Newsis> He came, saw and conquered 1.2-billion Indian hearts. The occasion was Delhi’s Jamia Milia University conferring on this…

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  • East Asia

    Military Way of Labor Day Celebration?

    NANJING–Soldiers perform folding quilts to celebrate the Labor Day which falls on May 1 in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, April 29, 2012. <Xinhua/Li Ke> news@theasian.asia

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  • Business

    Naver’s monopoly challenged

    Local giant to cultivate collaborative ecosystem Over the past 13 years, the local search giant like Naver has focused on providing Korean-language content and serving the local audience. Unlike Google which originally specialized as a search engine that acted as a conduit of existing Web content, Naver started from scratch…

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  • Lifestyle

    ‘Korea got worst draw in London’

    Korean Olympic football manager Hong Myung-bo and his team will face Mexico, Switzerland and Gabon in the group stage at the London Olympics. Despite favorable outlooks for the Korean football team’s bid for the first-ever Olympic medal, its coach said that his side is faced with a tough draw. Nine-time…

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  • Lady Gaga ‘Born This Way Ball’ playful but not shocking

    U.S. pop star Lady Gaga enters the stage on a horse for the first song of the night, “Highway Unicorn,” at the opening night of her second world tour, the “Born This Way Ball,” Friday, at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, southeastern Seoul. Her next stop is Hong Kong, where she…

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  • Business

    Keangnam to develop infrastructure in Sri Lanka

    Keangnam Enterprises, a mid-size local construction company, is making a foray into the Sri Lankan market by helping the country develop its infrastructure. The firm said Sunday that its Chairman Sung Woan-jong agreed with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to cooperate on infrastructure projects of the Southeast Asian country during…

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  • Business

    Wrong message

    Kakao Talk scrambles after service disruption Millions of smartphone users complained of disruption Saturday after Kakao Talk, the country’s leading instant messenger service for mobile Internet devices, was paralyzed for several hours. Kakao Talk, which boasts more than 40 million subscribers here, abruptly alerted its users around 2:50 p.m. that…

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