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West Asia
Rival Rallies By Opponents And Supporters Of Egypt’s President Get Intensified In Cairo
Chairman of Egypt’s Judges’ Club Ahmed al-Zend (C) speaks during a press conference in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2012, four days ahead of a nationwide referendum on the new draft constitution. Ahmed al-Zend said that “90 percent of Egyptian judges refuse to supervise the referendum.” <Xinhua/STR> Protesters climb a wall during…
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East Asia
North Korea defies warnings, launches long-range rocket
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a giant step forward in its quest to develop the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead. The United States, South Korea and Japan quickly condemned…
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East Asia
Artist-in-residence in Kumho Art Hall
Many concert halls around the world, such as London’s Wigmore Hall, run artist-in-residence programs for a deeper musical dialogue between artists and their audience. Kumho Art Hall joined this trend last week, becoming the first Korean concert venue to conduct an artist-in-residence program. It appointed Leipzig-based pianist Kim Da-sol as…
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East Asia
Last princess revived in exhibition
Deokhye (1912-1989), the fateful last princess of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910), has almost been forgotten. Her life reflected the ups and downs of her country’s fate and is shown at a special exhibition of the National Palace Museum in Gyeongbok Palace, Seoul, that opened Tuesday and continues through Jan. 27.…
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Lotte seeks to buy POSCO’s retail units
Lotte Group, the country’s fifth largest family-controlled conglomerate specializing in retail and leisure industries, is in talks with POSCO to take over the world’s fourth largest steelmaker’s three retail units here and abroad, according to industry sources Tuesday. They include Diamond Plaza, a hybrid residential and commercial building in Vietnam,…
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East Asia
Foreign IT companies leaving
Motorola, HTC pull out of Korea on lackluster performances Foreign smartphone manufacturers are packing their bags as they are losing out to strong local brands. On Monday, Motorola said it will withdraw from Korea as part of its global restructuring. The U.S. technology giant came to Korea in 1967 and…
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East Asia
Korean students excel in math, science – john
Korean eighth graders, or second year students in middle school, ranked number one in math and third in science, according to a study comparing the achievements of students of 42 countries. Fourth graders showed equally impressive achievements in these subjects, ranking second in math and first in science among 50…
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East Asia
‘Korea still male-dominated’
One of the salient characteristics of the Dec. 19 presidential election is that a female presidential candidate has led the race so far with consistently strong showings in surveys. Ruling Saenuri Party candidate, Park Geun-hye, a frontrunner in the polls, within margins of error, is a new phenomenon in Korean…
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Foreigner-only casinos to open in Saemangeum
The government announced Tuesday that it will allow the building of foreigner-only casinos in Saemangeum from September 2013. The 400-square-kilometer-wide reclaimed tidal flat, about two-thirds the size of Seoul, is currently in the process of being transformed into an industrial park with tourism and leisure facilities. According to the Ministry…
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