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East Asia
India and North Korean economic reform
The economic paradigm in the Asia-Pacific region is changing very quickly. America, which used to be the dominant player both economically and militarily, is no longer calling the shots. Not long ago it was the biggest trading partner of almost all countries in the region. Not anymore. Slowly but surely…
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Korea, US step up monitoring ahead of NK rocket launch
South Korea and the United States have increased their surveillance activities to closely monitor North Korea’s preparations for a rocket launch scheduled for later this month, a senior military source in Seoul said Monday. After Pyongyang on Saturday announced its decision to launch a rocket carrying a “working satellite” between…
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Freed sailor describes 19-month ordeal as living like animal
Describing the ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates for 19 months, a Korean sailor said Sunday he and his three colleagues lived the lives of caged “animals” and didn’t have access to clean water. The four Korean crew members of the MT Gemini, a tanker operated by the Singapore-based…
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East Asia
When facing death in the face
“If there is someone you must see, this is the tie to call them.” This was something told to someone at a hospice facility in Ilsan, Goyang City in Gyeonggi Province recently. The place looks like any other hospital but most of the people there are facing imminent death. For…
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‘Korea’s criminal probe system ineffective’
Korea’s criminal investigation system has been evaluated as being ineffective by an American non-governmental organization. The Rule of Law Index 2012, released Wednesday by the World Justice Project (WJP), an independent U.S.-based organization, showed that the effectiveness of Korea’s criminal investigation system was rated low while other justice systems were…
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East Asia
Honorable Judge Koh, it’s your call!
Dec. 6 may mark watershed in Samsung-Apple patent battle U.S. Federal Judge Lucy Koh will hold a hearing on the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung Electronics on Dec. 6. She may rule on a $1.05 billion verdict by a jury for Apple. Her decision will most likely reflect a…
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East Asia
Renowned Chinese Sculptor Makes His Works Embodying Beauties Of Oriental Mysticism
Renowned sculptor Zhou Guozhen (2nd R) discusses art with experts in Jingdezhen, east China’s Jiangxi Province, Dec. 1, 2012. Mr. Zhou was born in 1931 in the countryside of Anren County, central China’s Hunan Province. After he graduated from the sculpture department of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts…
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East Asia
CJ saps aspiring small filmmakers
Vice Chairman Lee dominates in marketing, producing CJ E&M has become so dominant it leaves little room for small and independent moviemakers. The media giant accounted for a whopping 72.4 percent in audience share for domestic movies as of October, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) Wednesday. “When combined…
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Nepal unveils memorial monument for legendary alpinist Park Young-seok
Nepal has unveiled a memorial monument in memory of veteran South Korean climber, Park Young-seok, earlier on Nov. 10 Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has constructed the memorial monument at International Mountaineers’ Memorial Park (IMMP) at Kakni, some 20 kilometers north of Kathmandu. The marble monument, 1.5 meters high, is put on a 1.2 meter high…
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East Asia
Alpensia under snowballing debts
Alpensia Resort, the main venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics, has been reeling from snowballing debts as it failed to sell vacation homes built along its golf course and condominiums there. The resort, located in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, has been losing about 60 billion won ($55 million) annually over the…
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