• Business

    Samsung, Sony team up on OLED

    Sony is seeking to purchase Samsung Electronics’ next-generation advanced organic light-emitting diode (OLED) flat-screens for its new line of TVs. Sony wants its Bravia televisions ― to be marketed as early as next year ― to have Samsung’s OLED screens, officials of the Korean technology firm told The Korea Times,…

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  • Teacher assessment system

    Mr. Jeong, one of my colleagues who teaches art, was exasperated, showing me a paper where his evaluation score by students was the lowest. The reason that he got so angry was due to the absurd evaluation. As an art teacher, he had always prepared all the materials necessary for…

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  • Politics

    High expectations greet Filipina-Korean lawmaker

    Philippine envoy says community feels pride in Jasmine Lee The Filipino community here is abuzz with pride and high expectations of lawmaker-elect Jasmine Lee, the first naturalized citizen ever elected to the National Assembly in the history of Korea. “Jasmine Lee is a source of pride in Korea for Filipinos…

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  • East Asia

    Major news in China on April 23 2012

    Top news in <People Daily>: Govt may lower fuel prices soon   news@theasian.asia  

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  • Politics

    Governor declares presidential bid

    Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Moon-soo declared his presidential candidacy Sunday, becoming the first to announce a bid to compete in the ruling Saenuri Party’s presidential primary. “Today, I announce my decision to run for the presidential election,” he said during a press conference at the National Assembly. Kim said he…

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  • East Asia

    Major news in Japan on April 23 2012

    Top news in <Kyodo News>: Teenager thankful after tsunami-swept soccer ball was found off Alaska news@theasian.asia

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  • Business

    Hollande, Sarkozy heading to French vote runoff

    PARIS – Francois Hollande, a mild-mannered French Socialist who wants to take better care of the jobless and the poor, is heading to a presidential runoff election against tough-on-immigration Nicolas Sarkozy in a vote that could alter Europe’s political and economic landscape. Hollande heads into the May 6 second round…

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  • Jasmine Revolution, Korean style

    Korea has come of age, of sorts. Jasmine Lee, a naturalized Korean citizen originally from the Philippines, became the first foreign-born lawmaker. Granted, she didn’t run for a seat herself, but became a member of the National Assembly as a proportional representation candidate when the Saenuri Party won a majority…

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  • Korean church and repatriation issue

    Recently, there have been vigorous protests led by right wing evangelical churches against the Chinese government for its repatriation of North Korean refugees. In the United States, it is led by a consortium of conservative churches called the Korean Church Coalition. Let us examine how the problem of repatriation started,…

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  • Politics

    Predictions on Kim Jong-un era

    ‘Years 2015-2020 crucial to third-generation leader’ The launch of Kim Jong-un’s rule in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been a major theme in publishing in recent months, with many scholars, experts and journalists writing about it. Even the untested leader’s older brother Kim Jong-nam’s views on the…

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