Author: The Korea Times
Death toll confirmed 64
The death toll from a sunken ferry off South Korea’s south coast rose to 64 early Monday as search operations were set to resume for a sixth day following the […]
Korean government loses trust
Families attempt protest march to Cheong Wa Dae JINDO — Over 100 people tried to make their way to Seoul to see President Park Geun-hye Sunday morning. Most of them […]
Drama sets becoming ‘ghost towns’
The sensational drama series “My Love From the Star” is elevating “hallyu” or the Korean wave to new levels. It has created a positive overflow, particularly in the tourism sector […]
Collective insensitivity to safety
Once again human error was behind the nation’s biggest maritime disaster in over two decades. Experts said Friday that the capsizing of the ferry Sewol involved violations of many regulations […]
Death toll rises to 36, no new survivors found
JINDO ― Only sobs and moans sounded in a gymnasium in Jindo, South Jeolla Province, where friends and family of passengers who went missing in the ferry Sewol’s accident gathered […]
Please, be alive
JINDO ― An odd sense of helplessness mixed with hope prevailed at Paengmok Port, Friday. The families of more than 200 students and other passengers in the sunken Sewol ferry […]
Jeju Island: a true traveler’s gem
This is an article written by a foreign student participating in the “Must-See Routes” program organized by the Visit Korea Committee. It is the final of three articles published in […]
Korean games popular in China, Japan
Critics argue tough regulations curb growth potential K-pop’s rise is fast and furious, representing the country’s booming cultural industry. Yet this doesn’t mean K-pop is the most profitable export item […]
Five-year-old girl the only survivor of family
Among the youngest survivors rescued from the ferry Sewol that sank off the southwestern coast was a 5-year-old girl, and her story touches many. Her mother, father and older brother […]
Captain, gov’t under fire
The captain of the ill-fated Sewol ferry is the focus of public outrage after it became known that he and six other crewmembers were among the first to be rescued […]