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East Asia
‘Seoul should maximize human contact with NK’
Seoul should seek to increase interaction among businesspeople of the two Koreas, because people-to-people contact presents North Koreans with the most compelling evidence in the argument on the need for change, an American expert said Wednesday. Marcus Noland, deputy director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said that despite…
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Ulleung preserves remnants of Japan’s colonial rule for a reason
ULLEUNG ISLAND — Kim Pil-ryeon, 85, a native of this island, has a dying wish that will most likely be unfulfilled — meeting her Japanese classmates and neighbors with whom she shared many fond memories in her hometown. Kim may not be aware of how the rest of her compatriots…
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UN ready to engage in NK nuclear issue
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he is prepared to play an active role in the denuclearization of North Korea. “I am ready to play my part to work toward a peaceful and denuclearized Korean Peninsula… including through my own personal engagement and visits to the Democratic People’s Republic…
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Van Gogh’s self-portraits come to Korea
Koreans love Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh’s bold use of color, unique brushstrokes and sentiment in his paintings. This makes the expectations on the coming Van Gogh exhibit higher. Hosted by Hankook Ilbo, The Korea Times’ sister paper, 60 of Van Gogh’s works, including nine self-portraits, will be on…
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Who copied who?
Apple’s copycat argument against Samsung faces backlash Ever since the patent war between Samsung and Apple began, the simplest but most controversial issue at the legal battle has been whether the Korean firm’s Galaxy series copied features of the U.S. tech giant’s i-branded devices. Courts, as well as legal experts,…
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Naro space rocket launch reset for mid-Nov.
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said Monday that it will make its third attempt to launch the Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-1), colloquially called Naro, sometime between Nov. 9 and 24 following Friday’s cancellation. It opened a launch review committee with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and…
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Citizens In Ningbo City, China, Refuse To Disperse Despite Gov’t Promise Not To Expand Local Petrochmical Factory
A road sweeper cleans up near Chinese paramilitary police after protesters were forced to leave the area outside the city government office in Zhejiang province’s Ningbo city, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. After a weekend of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented Sunday and…
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Children Delighted Seeing Three-Dimensional Pictures At Exhibition In Urumqi, China
Children play in front of a three dimensional picture displayed during a 3D magic art exhibition in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 28, 2012. A girl plays with her mother in front of a three dimensional picture displayed during a 3D magic art exhibition in…
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Vehicles Move At Snail’s Pace Due To Dense Fog Shouding Jangxi Province, China
Vehicles run on a fog-shrouded road in Nanchang, capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province, Oct. 29, 2012. A heavy fog smothered Nanchang on Monday, disturbing the local traffic. <Xinhua/Zhou Ke>
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Psy phenomena: World goes Gangnam style
Psy has taken the world by surprise with his global success. Recently the Korean entertainer visited Australia where he is No. 1 in the charts, as he is in more than 30 countries. When he arrived in Sydney, Australian immigration asked him to dance “Gangnam Style.” He appeared on Australia’s…
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