Kang tells about realities of coffee shop jungle
How one owner fell into financial abyss and lived to tell about it A fatigued Korea is about to round out its 15th year of economic ugliness dating back to the crippling foreign currency crisis of the late-1990s. The legacy of these dismal times is represented in the ubiquity of coffee shops, burying Seoul streets […]
Pakistanis probed for illegal money transfers
Police have apprehended a Pakistani man for helping his compatriots working in South Korea illegally transfer money to their families in Pakistan. Some 400 Pakistani migrant workers sent a total of 22.7 billion won ($20.5 million) over the past three years through the 32-year-old, surnamed Ikram. Thirteen other Pakistanis and five South Koreans are also […]
N. Korea hikes taxes at Gaeseong complex
North Korea is squeezing South Korean companies working at the joint Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the North with new taxes and a demand for more severance pay, officials said Thursday. The move, which observers say is the North’s latest attempt to draw cash into its beleaguered economy, came after it unilaterally drew up a new […]
S. Korea upbraids Tokyo on Yasukuni
Seoul expressed displeasure Thursday over visits by Japanese politicians to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, calling the act “extremely regrettable” and demanding its neighbor face up to its past atrocities. Two Japanese Cabinet members — Transport Minister Yuichiro Hata and Postal Reform Minister Mikio Shimoji — visited the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors among other […]
Psy most sought-after model for advertisers
Psy, a 35-year-old chubby rapper and also a father of twin baby girls, has become the country’s most sought-after model for corporate advertisers these days, with his global hit “Gangnam Style’’ and comical horseback riding dance sweeping the planet. Companies that have signed Psy to promote their products have hit a sales bonanza on the […]
Australian PM In India For Talks To Strengthen Cooperative Relationship
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, left, shakes hands with India’s Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, at the latter’s residence before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. India and Australia began talks Wednesday to strengthen economic and strategic ties and explore cooperation in civilian nuclear energy. <AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi> Australian Prime Minister […]
Senior Diplomats Of South Korea, U.S., Japan Get Together To Discuss Matters Concerning NK
Shinsuke Sugiyama (C), director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs, gestures to Glyn Davies (L), U.S. special representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) policy, and South Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator Lim Sung-nam prior to the trilateral dialogue in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 17, 2012. Officials from the United States, Japan […]
Inter’l Day For Eradication Of Poverty Observed
A Pakistani girl stands in front of her house at a slum on the outskirts of northwest Pakistans Peshawar on Oct. 17, 2011. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on October 17 each year since 1993. It aims to promotes people’s awareness of alleviating and eradicating poverty worldwide, particularly in developing […]
Pakistani President Gets Together With A Chinese Communist Party Leader In Islamabad
Li Changchun (L, front), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 17, 2012. Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party […]
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