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Society
Yellow Cabs In Flooded Parking Lot Come To Surface As Superstorm Sandy Recede
A parking lot full of yellow cabs that was flooded the day before is now dry as flood waters recede in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. <AP/NEWSis=Charles Sykes>
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South East Asia
[Australia Report] Prime Minister Gillard releases “White Book” on future policy
Amid the anxiousness of super power countries on the changing of global power that is predicted to take place in 20 to 30 years, Australia feels the need to reevaluate its foreign policy. “Foreseeing future is risky, but the bigger risk is the absence of planning our own future. As…
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East Asia
Taiwan’s ‘peace initiative’
While the world’s attention has been focused on the rivalry between China and Japan over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, Taiwan, which has the same territorial claims as China, has come up with what it calls a “peace initiative’’ involving all three parties. On Aug. 5, a month…
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East Asia
Ban accents Korea’s ‘catalyst’ role
UN chief considers trip to North Korea to help promote peace United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for Korea to act as a catalyst on the world stage on U.N. targets such as sustainable development, Tuesday. In a speech to the National Assembly plenary session, Ban, a former South Korean…
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Society
New Yorkers Under Siege Of Superstorm Sandy
Medical workers assist a patient into an ambulance during an evacuation of New York University’s Tisch Hospital, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. The New York City hospital is moving out more than 200 patients after its backup generator failed when the power was knocked out by a superstorm.…
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Asian rivals in US
Washington should be more active judge, arbiter Many Koreans might have felt quite uncomfortable listening to a series of news stories from the United States over the weekend. In New York and New Jersey, some Japanese ultra-rightists ― who else could it be? ― perpetrated acts of vandalism, insulting the…
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World
Rome has come to you
A recent Korea Times editorial advised American-retail store Costco to recall the old saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Sage advice, sure, but its expiration date has come and gone. That old saying needs to be updated as, “Rome has come to you.” “When in Rome, do…
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If election is about women, what are they gaining?
Hey, women! The election is suddenly about you. Sort of. This was supposed to be the election about job creation (although we’re still waiting for specifics). But in recent days it is about President Barack Obama losing women voters to Gov. Mitt Romney. It’s about Republican candidates for the Senate…
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East Asia
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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East Asia
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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