• Remake of spy agency

    NIS chief must step down for his boss, nation Since its birth in the early 1960s, Korea’s national intelligence agency has kept changing its name and image in keeping with the times. What has remained unchanged in the past half-century has been the public’s view of the agency as an…

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  • NK’s call for joint drone investigation spurned

    Cheong Wa Dae on Tuesday spurned North Korea’s call to conduct a joint investigation into three aerial drones that crashed near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which the South claims were sent by the North for surveillance purposes. “In no crime case would a suspect be allowed to investigate the evidence…

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  • Planned papal visit to Kkottongnae prompts protest

    A society of Catholic priests is opposing a planned visit by Pope Francis to Kkottongnae, a community for disabled people, claiming that the pontiff should not associate with the “mafia.” Some 50 members of Little Jesus Society’s House of Joseph, and nuns and monks from the society staged a protest…

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  • Call to lower age limit for boys in public baths

    The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday it is considering lowering the age that boys can accompany their mothers to gender segregated areas in public bath houses. The current law bans boys over the age of five from entering areas used by the opposite sex in public bathhouses. It…

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  • Korea – hackers’ safe haven

    One in five data theft cases in the world occur here This is the first in a series of articles highlighting the recent massive breach of cyber security. ― ED. Around 35 million of Korea’s population of 52 million population use mobile devices. But with this rising connectedness comes increased…

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  • Park makes apology to save spy master

    President Park Geun-hye apologized Tuesday for the spy agency forging evidence in an attempt to convict a former Seoul city employee of spying for North Korea. Park’s remarks came on the heels of the apology from National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Nam Jae-joon after Seoul prosecutors indicted two NIS officers,…

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  • East Asia

    Are they really sick?

    Stars suspected of malingering to shun tough military life Are they really sick? Or is it another outrageous case of preferential treatment? People are casting a suspicious eye on K-pop singer Sangchu and actor Kim Moo-yeol, who began their compulsory military service in 2012. They are currently having extraordinarily long…

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  • State agency sues cigarette firms

    The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) filed a 54 billion won damages lawsuit against three cigarette makers — KT&G, Philip Morris Korea and BAT Korea — Monday. This is the first suit to be brought by a state-run agency here. In the case filed with the Seoul Central District Court,…

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  • Spy master exonerated

    Two NIS officials indicted in evidence fabrication case A special prosecution team confirmed Monday that a number of spy agency officials fabricated evidence to frame Yu Woo-sung, a former Seoul government official who posed as a North Korean defector, for espionage. National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Nam Jae-joon and two…

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  • South Asia

    Sindh through Centuries

    Korean, Japanese, Indian, American, German and other research scholars explore hidden aspects of Great Indus Civilization Around 25 foreign research scholars from South Korea, Japan, India, USA and Germany joined local historians and scholars at 3-day International Seminar on ‘Sindh through Centuries’ from March 24 to 26, 2014 at Karachi,…

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