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Column
Thoughts on the day of Chuseok
Waves of the East Sea and the East China Sea are high due to aggravating disputes on territorial sovereignty over the Dokdo Islands and the Senkaku/Diaoyudao Islands. China, Japan and Korea are involved in these disputes. Nonetheless, these three nations share the same tradition of observing Aug. 15, Full Moon’s…
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Sad portrait of this era
One evening, when I came home earlier than usual, I happened to notice that a neighbor who had lived on the same level of my apartment building was moving to another area. However, the method of moving was disturbing because it involved a high-volume quarrel between a middle-aged woman and…
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East Asia
People’s Changing Life Style In Major Cities Of North Korea
Three North Korean men play chess at a Folk Street in Sariwon, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. A North Korean girl looks at her fingers at a game booth at a Folk Street in Sariwon, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. In this Sept. 22, 2012 photo, North Koreans…
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World
Funeral Held For Israeli Soldier Killed By Islamic Militant
Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of their comrade Cpl. Netanel Yahalomi, 20, during his funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin, early Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Yahalomi was killed Friday in a shootout between Islamic militants and Israeli troops along Israel’s southern border with Egypt. The Israeli troops returned fire,…
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Column
Patent war of Apple vs. Samsung has yet to over
Later this year, it’s expected to hear the last of the ongoing war between Samsung and Apple, over patent rights. People have been going on about the technicalities and how Samsung ripped Apple’s rights, but let’s take a deeper look, shall we? How it all started: Firstly, for those who…
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Putin’s Kulturkampf
MOSCOW ― August is often an unlucky month in Russia, particularly President Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Submarines have sunk, neighbors have been invaded, and forests have burned out of control. But, this August, the crisis was purely man-made ― indeed, made by one man. The conviction of three members of the…
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Psy and K-pops
Few Koreans will want to make little of or speak ill of the global sensation Psy has touched off. Still, one can hardly deny some bewildering elements in the worldwide frenzy about this Korean singer-rapper and his mega hit, “Gangnam Style.” We Koreans, who understand the delicately nuanced messages in…
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Society
Mutual relations witness steady developments
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ahmad Al-Barrak contributed the following article to The Korea Times on the occasion of the 82nd National Day of Saudi Arabia. — ED. The 82nd celebration of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the year 2012 comes while the…
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World
Yemen Starts Probe On Brutality During Anti-Gov’t Protest Last Year
A Yemeni walks past pictures of protesters allegedly killed during the 2011 uprising against former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, at the Change Square in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 23, 2012. Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday issued a decree to investigate alleged human rights violations that occurred during protests last…
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West Asia
Iranians Protest Against Anti-Islam Caricature At French Embassy
Iranian protestors chant slogans in front of the French Embassy during a demonstration to condemn a French magazine caricaturing prophet Muhammad in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. <AP Photo/Vahid Salemi> news@theasian.asia
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