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Business
Misfortunes strike Naver
NHN, the Internet search company that runs Naver, is weathering a sea of troubles, including corporate fund embezzlement and a massive brain drain. The two factors indicate that the firm’s management is losing its grip, experts said. According to NHN Tuesday, one NHN official is suspected of embezzling about 3.6…
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Politics
Leftist party losing support base
In less than a month after the nation’s support for a left-wing party hit a record high of over 10 percent, its popularity began to burst like a bubble in the face of an escalating intraparty election scandal. According to a poll conducted Monday by the pollster Realmeter, the support…
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Politics
More than luck helps Australia beat US in beef war
Why is Australian beef popular in Korea? It is more than its image of being clean and healthy with its cattle ranging free on vast farms, thereby avoiding exposure to feed that could cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. It requires history to explain because Australian beef…
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Business
Yeosu not expo-ready
Shortage of hotels, inadequate transportation threaten world fair Yeosu Expo organizers aim to achieve the ambitious goal of drawing 10 million visitors to the small southwestern port city in South Jeolla Province during the three-month event. They say they are ready for the largest global event ever hosted by the…
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Will Smith returns with ‘Men in Black III’
“Men in Black III,” the third movie of this franchise — a decade after its prequel — premiered in Seoul. Stars Will Smith and Josh Brolin along with director Barry Sonnefeld greeted fans at a press conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Yeoksam-dong, southern Seoul, Monday. “Anyeonghaseyo,” Will Smith said to…
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Business
CEO Min seeks to invigorate Kookmin
KB chief sees turnaround for BCC in coming years The rap sheet on KB Kookmin Bank was simple: A big, but boring bank that punches below its weight and gets routinely beaten by quicker rivals in new markets. The company’s response to its reputation problem was to hire a CEO…
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‘North Korea may have aborted launch’
North Korea may have intentionally crashed its long-range Unha-3 rocket last month due to problems in staging, a U.S. missile expert said Monday. David Wright, a senior scientist and co-director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, put forward the possibility among a range of scenarios…
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Politics
Power struggle grips leftist party
Lee Jung-hee, a co-leader of the Unified Progressive Party (UPP), rejected a call for her resignation, Monday, proposing a hearing and reinvestigation of a primary vote rigging case. A task force had earlier released findings of their investigation that showed rigging and irregularities were quite prevalent. Thus, the struggle for…
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Society
Teenagers spend more time online
A third grader at a middle school in eastern Seoul, surnamed Kang, plays online games for about one to two hours per day. Actually, he spends fewer hours on cyber games than other schoolchildren because he attends a hagwon, or cram school, in the evening. “I usually play the games…
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Lifestyle
Ok-wonder woman of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
Ok Jin-ju will answer your email inquiries about anything from catching a cold to having heart surgery, make sure you fill out any necessary paperwork, and nag other doctors to get you an appointment. The director of the International Health Center at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital takes every opportunity to…
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