Avalanche at Mt. Manaslu claims 11 lives, injuring18 others
KATHUMANDU — At least 11 climbers were killed and more than 18 injured in an avalanche that lashed the upper reaches of Mt Manaslu in Gorkha district, some 200 kilometres away from Kathmandu early Sunday (Sept. 23). Nine of them died in the spot while two died during treatment in Kathmandu. According to Nepal Police, nine bodies […]
Mutual relations witness steady developments
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ahmad Al-Barrak contributed the following article to The Korea Times on the occasion of the 82nd National Day of Saudi Arabia. — ED. The 82nd celebration of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the year 2012 comes while the bilateral relations between >the Kingdom […]
Why Korea wants Nobel Prize for literature
The Seoul Literary Society’s latest meeting last Monday was a thought-provoking one. Novelist Kim Young-ha said the craving for a Korean Nobel Prize winner in literature is Koreans’ innate craving for recognition. “Sooner or later, people will begin to ask if a Korean national can be the Nobel Prize winner this year,” novelist Kim said […]
Foreigners dance to ‘Gangnam Style’
“Oppan Gangnam Style!” shouted foreigners who danced to the song “Gangnam Style” in the middle of Gwanghwamun Plaza in central Seoul, Friday. About 70 foreigners danced to rapper-singer Psy’s hit song which has gone viral online and hit the billboard charts in the United States, during a dance session held Friday from 11:30 a.m. till […]
Long-term vision needed on East China Sea disputes
Taipei ― Korea, China and Japan should take a pragmatic, long-term approach to boundary disputes in the East China Sea, experts said Friday, warning that domestic politics can rapidly escalate tensions. The sea is the stage for complex debates over geographic features including Ieodo, a submerged rock claimed by both Seoul and Beijing; and disagreements […]
Long-Awaited Rains Turn Into Catastrophic Flood For Some Regions In Pakistan
Pakistan has been facing strange and unexpected climate changes over the years. After a long period of drought, there was an unprecedented deluge in rivers that devastated the country in 2010 destroying hundreds of thousands of houses, schools and other government buildings, crops over millions of acres, killing hundreds and rendering homeless millions of people. […]
Asiana expanding presence in China
Asiana Airlines has been accelerating its expansion into the Chinese market ever since it launched flights to the neighboring country 18 years ago. It provides the most flights to China from Korea with 30 flight routes to 21 cities there. Through active investment in China, Asiana built material and relational bridges between the two nations. […]
Nostalgia for sights and sounds of the ’90s
In the early 90s, before the days of iPhones, rapper Psy and even the Internet, people still used evolving hi-tech communication, and were often star-struck by celebrities and, of course, had fun. To younger people, perhaps the famous figures and fashions of that time seem dowdy and find it hard to imagine how people dealt […]
Divorce rate of older couples hits new high
Divorce rate of older couples hits new high More and more middle aged and elderly couples are choosing to split up, according to the Supreme Court. Statistics released by the court Wednesday showed that among 114,284 couples who separated in 2011, those married for more than 20 years accounted for 28,299 of them, or 24.8 […]
Why Ieodo matters
Reef vital to protecting Korea’s economic zone Some 150 kilometers southwest of Marado, the nation’s southernmost island, sits Ieodo, a submerged rock with a unique place in Korean lore. As the story goes, fishermen from Jeju Island were destined to spend eternity there should they perish in rough waters. What’s not myth is the significance […]
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