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We won’t stop here

We won’t stop here

The Korea Times has conducted a major renewal changing its whole appearance ranging from design and typeset to size of font and layout. It is a beginning of a journey we are inviting our readers to take with us ― our journey of perpetual change and constant reinvention. The overhaul, implemented from our New Year’s […]

N. Korea’s blackmail missile

TOKYO ― The Unha-3 rocket launched from Sohae in North Korea on the morning of Dec. 12 passed through Japanese air space over the island of Okinawa 12 minutes later, and crashed into the Pacific Ocean roughly 300 kilometers east of the Philippines. The launch could be considered a mild surprise, because South Korean intelligence […]

New leaderships to reset NE Asia relations

New leaderships to reset NE Asia relations

Park to move cautiously amid regional spats, analysts say With the election of Park Geun-hye as the next president, South and North Korea, Japan and China have all elevated new leaders in a series of rapid-fire transitions. Northeast Asia’s political perfect storm is here, and analysts warn the confluence of change could prompt either a […]

Invitation to President-elect

“I regard a rising India as a factor of peace and stability in the world and expect her role to get bigger progressively” observed Madame Park Geun-hye when I called on her last May, soon after she had led her party to an impressive victory in the National Assembly elections. Stately, polite and warm, I […]

NK leader calls for better ties with South

NK leader calls for better ties with South

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un emphasized improved inter-Korean relations during a rare New Year’s address, Tuesday, and vowed to spur “radical” improvements in his country’s outdated economy. In the first such address since 1994, when Kim’s late grandfather Kim Il-sung spoke, the young leader urged Seoul to reaffirm its commitment to previous inter-Korean declarations. Analysts […]

A Bomb Goes Off In Karachi, Killing Two People And Injuring 35 Others

A Bomb Goes Off In Karachi, Killing Two People And Injuring 35 Others

People wheel an injured man at hospital in Pakistan’s Karachi on Jan. 1, 2013. At least two people were killed and 35 others injured on Tuesday evening as a bomb went off in a busy area in Karachi. Cameramen film a vehicle damaged by a motorcycle bomb in Pakistan’s Karachi on Jan. 1, 2013. At […]

A Ukrainian Carries A Torch During A Rally To Remember Stepan Bandera Who Stood Up Against Soviet Regime

A Ukrainian Carries A Torch During A Rally To  Remember Stepan Bandera Who Stood Up Against Soviet Regime

A Ukrainian nationalist carries a torch during a rally in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, late Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The rally was organized on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Stepan Bandera, founder of a rebel army that fought against the Soviet regime. Poster at background right reads: “Bandera will come and bring – Discipline.” […]

Yemen, Due To Its Aridness, Relies On Groundwater For Its Water Supply

Yemen, Due To Its Aridness, Relies On Groundwater For Its Water Supply

A Yemeni villager stands next to a well drilling rig on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 1, 2013. Yemen is one of the most arid countries on the earth and relies almost exclusively on groundwater for its water supply. The amount of water used in agriculture in Yemen is currently about 91 percent with […]

Pakistanis Mourn Death Of Seven NGO Members By Attack At Swabi

Pakistanis Mourn Death Of Seven NGO Members By Attack At Swabi

People gather at the attack site in northwest Pakistan’s Swabi on Jan. 1, 2013. At least seven people including six females of a non-government organization were killed as their team came under attack in Swabi, local media reported on Tuesday. Pakistanis mourn over the death of NGO workers in northwest Pakistan’s Swabi on Jan. 1, […]

Shitte Pilgrims Gather To Remember Martyrdom Of Imam Hussein In Kabala, Iraq

Shitte Pilgrims Gather To Remember Martyrdom Of Imam Hussein In Kabala, Iraq

Shiite faithful pilgrims gather in front of the holy shrine of Imam Abbas, top, for Arbaeen in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein the Prophet Muhammad’s […]

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