• Lifestyle

    Does plastic surgery change destiny?

    “Where should I get plastic surgery on my face?” or “I want to have a nose job, will it be ok?” These are two of the most frequent questions I get asked during face readings. People also ask my opinion about whether plastic surgery is related with one’s destiny. My…

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  • Lifestyle

    Nightscape of Busan

    BUSAN ― Autumn is a romantic season. Of the three months that are counted as autumn, October lies in the middle and is perhaps also the peak season of romance. Spending the season of romance at the “city of romance” may maximize the love story. The sparkling lights along Gwangalli…

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  • Business

    Winner’s curse?

    Can Woongjin chairman save troubled group? With Woongjin Holdings applying for court receivership, Wednesday, attention is being paid to how Woongjin Group Chairman Yoon Seok-keum will weather the biggest crisis of his business career. It seems that there are few options for the chairman. Given that he decided to put…

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  • Business

    Scientists aim to start stem cell therapy of Alzheimer’s by 2016

    A team of Korean scientists are striving to develop a stem cell therapy for Alzheimer’s disease by 2016 based on their latest discovery of how to grapple with the degenerative illness. The team, led by professor Suh Yoo-hun at Seoul National University and RNL Stem Cell Research Institute head Ra…

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  • Column

    Print media will never die

    Print media will not and cannot die. This is not my argument but that of a much more qualified individual. I don’t have the expertise to make this declaration but he does. I remember attending a lecture by Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist who dropped out of Harvard to establish…

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  • Ominous signs from the north

    Kim’s attention should turn inside, not southward There has always been the so-called North Korean factor or risk in major economic and political moments in South Korea. The upcoming presidential election seems to be no exception. President Lee Myung-bak held an emergency national security meeting at Cheong Wa Dae Wednesday…

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  • Column

    [World Report] Scientists: Indo-Autralian plate boundary may be breaking up

    Nature Journal on Wednesday (Sept 26) published three papers on scientists finding of hint of new tectonic plate boundary. A pair of earthquake that occurred in the Indian Ocean on 11 April 2012 signaled the latest step of the formation according to the Nature. Seismologists have suspected since 1980s that…

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  • Society

    Ko Un, candidate for Nobel literature prize, gets famous in Mideast

    “I wanted to become a poet, and I became a poet. I clung to my name as a poet because I committed so many sins by wasting time. Being a poet is a punishment of life imprisonment rather than a choice I made”. This is part of what Ko Un…

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  • Column

    [Indonesia Report] Wire tapping mechanism added on corruption eradication investigation regulation

    Illustration of phone tapping (Photo: www.kompas.com) Indonesian House of Representative is drafting a mechanism of tapping by Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission(KPK). According to Kompas.com, Indonesian House of Representative is drafting a revision on Regulation no. 30 year 2002 on Commission of Corruption Eradication. In the current regulation of article 12…

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  • Lifestyle

    ‘Gangnam style’ through foreigners’ eyes

    “Gangnam Style” catapulted Psy to overnight global stardom. He is now on top of the world with the unprecedented popularity of his latest single that became the most-liked video in YouTube history. In the three months since the hit song was released it has attracted more than 260 million YouTube…

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