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Professional managers to run Buddhist temples
Ven. Jaseung, president of the Jogye Order, clasps his hands after announcing a series of reform measures for the largest Buddhist sect, in Gyeonji-dong, Seoul, Thursday. The reform initiatives follow a recent scandal over monks gambling. The Jogye Order will hand over the business of running temples to independent companies…
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Gov’t holds key to sustaining green growth
Green growth is a new growth paradigm that requires the government’s initiative to sustain, former Prime Minister Han Seung-soo said Tuesday. During an interview at his office in downtown Seoul, the chairman of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) which is headquartered there, Han said, “The government has to be…
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Tasan selected by UNESCO as universal figure
Chung Yak-yong, pen-named Tasan, a scholar of the Joseon Dynasty, was designated by the UNESCO as the figure of 2012 worth being remembered universally together with some famous foreign figures, it was learned Thursday (June 7). Park Sok-mu, head of the Tasan Research Institute, revealed the fact in a speech at the seminar held at the Press Center to commemorate the 250th anniversary…
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KAIST mired in internal conflicts
Students, faculty members turning their back on President Suh The turmoil inside the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), one of the country’s elite schools, is showing signs of escalating further, damaging the school’s reputation at home and abroad. The conflict between KAIST President Suh Nam-pyo and students…
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Falling into smartphone pit
In public areas it’s increasingly common to see people so engrossed in smartphones that they completely ignore people around them. They interact more with these treasured devices than with colleagues or lovers sitting right in front of them. It seems they simply can’t take their eyes off these portable electronic…
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Is Yu-na victim of own success?
Heroine skater now under close scrutiny Is it the envy or something deeper that is triggering the Kim Yu-na sniping? Perhaps Kim is a victim of her own success. The Korean star figure skater was criticized for her beer commercial and accused of putting on a “show” when she did…
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Syria accuses armed groups of committing Hama massacre
A Syrian boy walks next to the rubble of house , destroyed during a military operation by the Syrian pro-Assad army in April 2012 , in the town of Taftanaz, 15 km east of Idleb, Syria, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> DAMASCUS, June 7 (Xinhua) — Syria’s state TV said…
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Twitter simplifies its bird logo
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 (Xinhua) — Micro-blogging website Twitter on Wednesday announced it will simplify its logo, dropping the text and making the blue bird silhouette more simple and happy- looking. According to a video posted on Twitter’s blog, the new logo was created from three sets of overlapping circles.…
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KIPA, Yunnan College agree on ethnic projects
The Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) and Chinese Yunnan Public Administration College (YPAC) agreed to increase academic research Monday, in a joint effort to find a solution to ethnic problems. KIPA, a flag think tank under the Prime Minister’s Office, and YPAC share the view on the need that…
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‘Medical tourism is next big thing’
Korea Tourism Organization (KTO)’s chief Lee Charm sees medical tourism as the next big thing for the nation’s tourism industry. “The prospect for medical tourism is fantastic. The area of medical service has unlimited growth potential.” Lee said in a recent interview with The Korea Times. “Korea’s medical services are…
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