Half a century of Korea-Iran ties celebrated
Recently, Korea and Iran have walked on an icy road. Iran’s alleged ambition to develop nuclear weapons has escalated tensions with Israel and the United States. The fallout has been felt by Korea, which has been strategically silent about Iran due to rather vibrant commercial ties. Last Thursday at the Yeoksam 1 Cultural Center, the […]
Samulnori king fetes 55 years on stage
Aside from K-pop, “samulnori,” traditional Korean percussion music, is a genre from Korea that has received global attention. The gripping excitement that pulsates throughout a samulnori performance is one of the country’s most unique cultural experiences. Kim Duk-soo is the foremost samulnori performer credited with popularizing the genre since the 1970s. The drummer will celebrate […]
Why Korean GP loses money
After the third consecutive money-losing Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, the organizing committee needs to ask itself if it is really trying to make money from the event. With the Formula One race expected to see a 30 billion won ($27 million) loss this year, the organizers had the important task of […]
‘Songdo can best serve as GCF host city’
Songdo has all the right conditions to host the secretariat of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under the wing of the United Nations, according to Incheon Mayor Song Young-gil. “Songdo can best serve as a bridge to connect advanced and developing nations, an important condition for the host city,” he said in an interview with […]
Leader of leftist splinter party joins presidential race
Rep. Sim Sang-jung, a leader of a faction that split from the center-left Unified Progressive Party (UPP), announced Sunday that she will run in the December presidential election, pledging efforts to fight for 99 percent of the people. Characterizing the top 1 percent of people as the privileged having control over the society, the second-term […]
Moving from love-hate to hate-hate
Apple gets serious about reducing Samsung reliance on smartphone chips Samsung Electronics and Apple have been technology’s oddest bedfellows: bitter foes in finished products but indispensible as friends in parts like chips and screens. But with Apple moving quickly to reduce its reliance on Samsung’s semiconductor capability amid an intensifying intellectual property dispute between the […]
‘Testosterone is the problem’
If it was called Lehman Sisters, there would have been no global financial crisis in 2008 and the U.S. investment firm would still be around, says Korea International Finance Institute CEO Kim Sang-kyung. Kim, regarded as godmother of women in the financial industry, resorts to the theory of balance to back up her assertion rather […]
Sense and sensitivity
Does it matter that Kim called Japanese crown prince royal instead of imperial? TOKYO – World Bank President Jim Yong Kim arrived in Tokyo to share ideas with policymakers on how to lift the global economy out of the gutter. However, the Korean-American physician, who took the helm of the bank in April, generated as […]
Asia’s Challenge: Baby Boom or Baby Bust
The Philippines stands out in Asia for its high fertility and poverty rates As Japan’s population shrinks and China grays fast, a battle is shaping up in the Philippines, pitching its demographic and economic future against Catholic orthodoxy. The issue: Fewer babies or more? A global demographic dichotomy is coming into focus in the Philippines […]
Perp of ‘octopus murder’ gets life
Court relies on circumstantial evidence to convict lover The former boyfriend of a 23-year-old woman murdered in 2010 was given a life sentence at Incheon District Court, Thursday, after concluding that circumstantial evidence showed the man killed his former lover to obtain 200 million won in insurance money. “It seems clear that Yun died from […]
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