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Lifestyle
‘Remember Me’ links memory to present
Art exhibition “Remember Me” is at the Hyundai Gallery featuring six artists, showcasing a range of media and artistic styles. It will run until Oct. 14 at Hyundai’s four exhibit spaces in Samcheong-dong, Seoul. The theme revolves around how memories relate to present realities, according to the exhibition’s pamphlet. However,…
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Lifestyle
Is it worth taxpayers’ money?
Korean F1 Grand Prix in gaping hole but organizers only talk about benefits Organizers of the Korean Grand Prix face the monumental task of plugging a gaping hole in its bottom line and turning its finances around. With this year’s event running from Friday through Sunday, two of its main…
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Column
‘I’m Korean,’ says Japanese in China
“Could you fly over here and help me?” a Japanese friend who runs a sushi restaurant in Beijing cried out over the phone. “Anti-Japanese demonstrators are throwing stones at my restaurant and the Beijing police are ignoring the violent actions against Japanese enterprises in the city!” “How can I help…
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Mitt Romney pulls October surprise
WASHINGTON ― Isn’t politics fun! We’ve been expecting an October surprise, and we got one! The Mitt Romney who demolished President Barack Obama in their first debate of the general-election season wasn’t the same candidate at all who has been campaigning for president for the last six years. Romney was…
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Column
Why US is heading for ‘emotional isolationism’
LOS ANGELES ― Foreign policy has suddenly surfaced, like a leviathan sea monster, crawling onto the beach of the U.S. presidential campaign. If I were an incumbent American president seeking re-election, I might be worried. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet empire, American…
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Europe’s trial by crisis
BERLIN ― Some 2,500 years ago, the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus concluded that war is the father of all things. He might have added that crisis is their mother. Fortunately, war between world powers is no longer a realistic option, owing to the threat of mutual nuclear destruction. But major…
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Business
How far can English education go?
For decades, Koreans’ zeal for learning English has been incomparable. Parents spend more than 20 trillion won ($18 billion) each year on private education for primary and secondary school students and about a third goes to English language education, government statistics show. The amount does not include money spent on…
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Business
Appealing to consumers desires’ and fears
Marketers decieve to win business #1 In the TV commercial of an instant coffee mix, “French Cafe” from Namyang Dairy Products, famous actress Kim Tae-hee drinks the mixed coffee and whispers with a smile, “This is the right time to choose this coffee mix as long as you care about…
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Business
‘Ice age’ in the offing
Economy trapped in prolonged slow growth The Korean economy has entered a phase of prolonged slow growth where no major shocks exist but a myriad of small risks combine to undermine economic fundamentals at a gradual pace. Simply put, Asia’s fourth-largest economy is not likely to undergo a major crisis…
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South East Asia
Philippine President Aquino III Announces Peace Agreement With Muslim Rebel Group
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III delivers a speech on national television at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Aquino said Sunday that his government has reached a preliminary peace agreement with the nation’s largest Muslim rebel group in a major breakthrough toward ending a…
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