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East Asia
Images back to 1917 from 2017
Lee Sun-ho / The Korea Times At the dawn of the year 2017 it is intriguing to look back on the last century of human history to see how things have progressed since 1917, a typical common year of the snake, in contrast to 2017, the year of the rooster…
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Alphonse Mucha-Pioneer of Modern Graphic Art
Alphonse Mucha (24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939) was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist. Mucha was famous for his commercial posters, which had a broad audience, but he also worked in a variety of other media, including furniture, jewelry, and theatrical sets. He essentially worked in…
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1 year later, sex slavery deal on shaky ground
The agreement between Korea and Japan over compensation for women forced into sexual slavery before and during World War II is now on shaky ground with the opposition calling for its renegotiation or abolishment. On the first anniversary of the deal, Wednesday, the opposition parties asked for Japan to make…
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East Asia
Pictures revealed of China’s improved stealth fighter J-31
Recently, pictures of the improved edition of China’s stealth fighter J-31 were posted online, indicating a new stage of development for the aircraft. However, Chinese military expert Yin Zhuo told CCTV that it would still be some time before the design is finalized. The J-31 is a fourth-generation fighter developed…
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David LaChapelle – Inscape of Beauty
David LaChapelle is a well-known American photographer and a video artist. He is also known internationally for his outstanding talent on combining a unique hyper-realistic aesthetic with thorough social messages. You can recognize his commercial fashion portraits of celebrities as well as his signature blend of colorful, conceptual imagery, which…
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Kim Jong-un: his first five years
Next month it will be five years since the sudden death of Kim Jong-il led to the second dynastic transition in North Korean history. Kim Jong-un’s reign is approaching the five-year mark, the length of a presidential term in many modern democracies, so it is probably a good time to…
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Thinking Outside the Box on North Korea
Doug Bandow – The Korea Times Monarchical Communism thrives in North Korea. Kim Jong-un has passed his fifth anniversary in power. Unfortunately, the “Cute Leader,” as the plump 30-something is informally known, is busy staging missile and nuclear tests. By some estimates he could have 100 nukes within four years,…
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Japan’s record-high defense budget reflects military ambition it cannot afford
The Japanese government has approved a record-high defense budget for the fiscal year 2017 with a growing ambition for military expansion although it added to an already heavy financial burden for the country. The defense budget, rising for the fifth straight year since Abe took office in 2012, hit an…
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‘The Great Graffiti exhibition’
Seoul Arts Center and Minoa Art Asset are presenting “The Great Graffiti exhibition” which will stick around until February 26th of 2017 at the Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum. This is the first graffiti museum show in Korea at Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum. Graffiti started from vandalism, which means in a…
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