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East Asia
Election hot online, cool offline
The storm of opinion stirring up on Facebook and Twitter signals that polling day is near. However, it’s questionable whether a traveler arriving in Seoul today would recognize that Koreans are preparing to elect a new president when the streets, buildings and houses provide almost no hint. This is a…
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East Asia
Korea ranks second on global education index
South Korea ranked second in global ranking out of 50 countries surveyed by Pearson Education on a new global education index called the Learning Curve. But, the country remains notorious for the amount spent on higher education, a fact that weighs heavily on parents. The Learning Curve is a new…
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East Asia
Unification Church eyes new engagement with NK
The Unification Church Foundation in South Korea has told the government that it intends to fold its joint auto-venture in North Korea, an official said Wednesday, confirming earlier reports. But the church founded by the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, appears to want to continue its engagement with Pyongyang, one…
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East Asia
‘Lower voting age below 18’
17 year-olds can serve in military but denied vote Are you 18 years old? If so, you cannot vote in any elections in South Korea. You can neither join political parties nor express your views on a certain candidate because to do so is regarded as a form of political…
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East Asia
Addiction vs. distraction
These days, many smartphone users in Korea are busy playing Anipang, a cyber game on Kakao Talk. In a crowded subway train, teenagers are absorbed in whipping their fingers to match three of the same animals in a row, a completely different scene from subway trains in countries in the…
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East Asia
Afghanistan calls for deeper ties with Korea
A senior Afghanistan official urged Seoul to facilitate engagement from Korea this week, saying economic projects will be vital for stability in 2014 when NATO scales down its forces in the war-torn nation. During a visit to Seoul Monday, Afghani Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin underscored the country’s vast natural…
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East Asia
Wangsimni: From pasture to ‘gopchang’ street
The smoky smell from restaurants and street vendors that grill “gopchang” (intestines of cows or pigs) usually depicts a night scene of the Wangsimni street in Seoul. Better known as the “gopchang” district, Wangsimni is surrounded by uneven and curvy roads spanning the gigantic construction site of urban redevelopment projects.…
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East Asia
Naro set to lift off
Locally-made rocket to be launched this afternoon GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province – Korea is set to launch a locally assembled rocket today with officials hoping that this time it will succeed. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Wednesday that the final…
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East Asia
[Korea Report] Mini market selling world food in Itaewon is a great comfort for foreigners
Living abroad away from home could be tough for some people. There would be a lot of things that must be missed. One might think that foreigners miss all the time are the food from his home country. As people travel and move here and there easily now, most of host countries…
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East Asia
Chosun Ilbo, the most influential daily in Korea, interviews the AsiaN’s publisher Lee
The Chosun Ilbo, the most influential conservative daily newspaper in South Korea, carried an interview story of Lee Sang-ki, President-Publisher of The AsiaN last Saturday (Nov. 24). The interview was held on the occasion of the first founding anniversary of the internet media which publishes news stories in four languages of Korean,…
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