• Society

    Neolithic farm field found in Gangwon Province

    Researchers have found evidence proving that farming took place in Korea 5,000 years ago. The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage said Tuesday that archaeological traces presumed to be East Asia’s first Neolithic remains of an agricultural field have been found in a northern province. The discovery in Goseong, Gangwon…

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  • Turkey: No intention of war, but Syria’s downing of jet won’t go unpunished

    ANKARAㅡ The Spokesperson for the Turkish government and Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc on Monday said that Turkey had no intention of going to war with anyone after one of its jets was shot down by Syria last week and said it would only act in accordance with international law. “Whatever…

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  • Politics

    EU condemns Syria’s downing of Turkish Jet, urges probe

    The foreign ministers of 27 EU members states condemned on Monday Syria’s shooting down of a Turkish military plane and urged a thorough investigation into the incident. “The European Union notes that this is a matter which needs to be investigated thoroughly and urgently,” the EU Council of Ministers said…

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  • Society

    Chef lambasts gov’t K-food policy

    Leo Kang says culture should be simultaneously promoted The globalization of Korean food is currently a national obsession. The government is aggressively pushing promotional campaigns and events across the world for what it has branded as “K-food.” Ministries have established think tanks and financed various studies and research in pursuit…

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  • Alcohol ban sought in public places

    The government plans to prohibit drinking and advertising of alcoholic beverages in designated public places in an effort to reduce potential alcohol abuse. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday it will draft guidelines to impose fines of up to 3 million won ($2,580) for drinking in school zones,…

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  • Koreans to train Sri Lankan Korean lanaguage teachers

    The education ministry said Monday it will send a team of five Korean language teachers to Sri Lanka to train some 100 teachers chosen by the Sri Lankan government. The Sri Lankan teachers will teach Korean language and literature at local schools after completing lessons with the Korean teachers, the…

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  • Seoul, Moscow to discuss 6-way talks today

    A senior Russian nuclear negotiator will hold talks in Seoul today to discuss how to handle North Korea amid ongoing tensions over its nuclear program, officials said. Grigory Logvinov, deputy chief envoy to the stalled six-party talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear program, will meet with Lim Sung-nam, Seoul’s top nuclear envoy…

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  • Society

    2,000 truckers go on strike

    Some 2,000 unionized truck drivers went on strike Monday, raising fears that the country’s cargo transportation will suffer serious disruption if prolonged. No major disruptions were reported at major ports, but the Korean Cargo Transport Workers’ Union has threatened to block traffic coming in and out of them. The government vowed…

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  • Social Media and the Arab Spring

    [The East-West Wire] SEOUL — Speaking at a pace that mirrored the speed of a Twitter feed, Riyaad Minty, head of social media for Al Jazeera, shared lessons from the Arab Spring with more than 300 journalists at the East-West Center’s 2012 International Media Conference on 22 June at Yonsei…

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  • Society

    Role of SNS as media will grow in years ahead

    “Social Network System (SNS) can play an important supplementary role for conventional media at the time of catastrophe like the nuclear accident in Fukushima,” said Yoichi Funabashi, a noted Japanese journalist who was editor-in-chief of the Asahi Shimbun. He made the remarks at the International Media Conference, jointly organized by the East-West…

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