• Society

    Court bans sale of UN chief’s biography

    The Seoul Western District Court has banned the sale of an “unauthorized revised edition” of the best-selling biography about U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, upholding the original writer’s claim to copyright. On Monday, the court granted an injunction to Shin Woong-jin, author of “Study like a Fool, Dream like a Prodigy,”…

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  • Politics

    [India Report] Campaign called ‘Because I Am A Girl’ held in National Assembly

    Forbidden Entry For ‘Because I Am A Girl’ A group of school girls gathered Tuesday (July 17) in the precinct of the National Assembly building in Seoul, South Korea, for the promotion of a campaign of an organization. But, they were prevented from entering the National Assembly building, causing a little chaos in…

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  • ‘MB should do something to improve South-North relationship’

    A survey showed that some 60 percent of South Korean people are pessimistic about the improvement of relationship between South and North Korea next year as a result of regid attitude of Lee Myung-bak government toward the North in the last five years. The survey was conducted recently over the telephone by the  Hyundai Research…

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  • Society

    Suh vs. Oh

    KAIST chief rejects board chairman’s call for resignation KAIST President Suh Nam-pyo rejected calls from the school’s board to resign voluntarily Monday, claiming the demand was a politically motivated attempt masterminded by senior education officials who dislike him. He criticized the board’s Chairman Oh Myung for leading the move to…

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  • Society

    [India Report] India, neighboring nations need to curb population

    India and its surrounding countries like, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are so similar in culture and climatic conditions that the region is sometimes called the Indian sub-continent. Though Sri Lanka was never a part of  India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the countries which were once included in India but at…

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  • Bihar has more phones than toilets

    KOLKATA, India, July 16 (Xinhua) — More than half of the population of the eastern Indian state of Bihar live below the poverty line and have no toilets but around 56 percent of families have either a mobile or landline telephone. It is a paradox that while the state has…

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  • Society

    [Indonesia Report] 7 billion world population: Is it boon or bane?

    A century ago, world population was just about a billion. In October last year, it reached 7 billion in total. This rapid grow could be a celebration for some or a disaster for others living together on this planet. People around the world celebrated the birth of the world’s seven billionth baby. Mass…

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  • Society

    Audit planned for Jeongsu Foundation

    The Jeongsu Scholarship Foundation, which some suspect is controlled by Rep. Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party, will undergo an audit by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) later this month. Although officials say that the audit is scheduled, coming after the last one in 2005, attention is…

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  • Three foreign law firms to open Korean branches

    Three foreign law firms will be allowed to set up branches in Korea, the Ministry of Justice said Sunday. They are Ropes & Gray and Sheppard Mullin from the United States, and Clifford Chance from Britain. It is the first time that the Korean government is to permit the establishment…

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  • Society

    Gov’t to intervene in Macquarie deals

    Australian firm loses in legal dispute with Gwangju The Ministry of Strategy and Finance indicated Thursday that it will help resolve disputes between Macquarie and municipal governments over the firm’s business practices in Korea. “Local governments deserve support from the central government in addressing unfair contracts they signed with Macquarie,”…

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