Performers Dance After Snowfall At Ski Resort In Altay, Northwest China
People perform traditional dance after snowfall at Jiangjunshan ski resort in Altay, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 28, 2012. Beautiful snow scenery here attracts a good many tourists. A horse drags a sledge after snowfall in Altay, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 28, 2012. Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2012 shows […]
Three Kathmandu youths successfully trek gruelling Himalayan trails
Dipesh Joshi, Surose Maharjan and Raju Maharjan, the three boys in Kathmandu were the first persons to trek along the high Himalayan trails of Nepal twice in four years in 2007 and 2010. However, their adventurous trekking remained almost unknown for years until when Appa Sherpa and a western lady who crossed the trail months after the […]
Gloomy year-end for 48%
Main opposition party must go back to square one Another year is passing us by, leaving more regrets and grief than pride and joy behind ― as always. Nowhere might this year-end’s atmosphere be gloomier than in the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP), which lost an election most, including the party itself, thought it […]
Ushering in Year of the Snake
Traditionally, at this Yuletide period, best wishes for a “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year’’ are exchanged by many people throughout the world. In Korea, in greeting the New Year while bidding farewell to the old one, the most typically heard greetings may be “Wish you a great deal of fortune in the New Year!” […]
Professors wish for ‘new beginning’ for 2013
Professors have picked the four-character Chinese phrase “除舊布新” (jeguposin), which means old things are removed and new things begin, as an idiom to characterize the year 2013. The phrase from an ancient Chinese history book represents people’s wish for reform, according to a professors’ journal, Sunday. The journal said 30 percent of its 626 members […]
Candidates under close scrutiny
Presdiential transition team appointments delayed President-elect Park Geun-hye, in collaboration with Cheong Wa Dae, is screening candidates of the transition team, a spokesman of the team said Sunday. This came amid mounting criticism over the President-elect’s closed-door decision in choosing her members. Three of them including Kim Kyung-jae, the vice chairman for the committee of […]
Gyeongsang breeds presidents
7 of 11 heads of state have been born there In politics here, where you’re from is something that matters especially for wannabe presidents. They would need to bear this in mind when building their credentials because the vast majority of Korean presidents were born in the nation’s southeastern region of Gyeongsang. Since the late […]
‘You get less beer than you order’
If beer lovers feel cheated about the amount of their beloved beverage, the latest findings confirmed they are right. A survey by the Korea Consumer Agency on 90 bars in six districts in Seoul showed they give 13 to 23 percent less beer than the amounts ordered. The bars on average provided 435cc or 0.435 […]
Hallyu to turbo-charge new year
Psy to release follow-up song in February “Hallyu” or the Korean wave, led mainly by K-pop in the past, is set to become even more influential around the world next year. Psy, who amazed the world with massive hit “Gangnam Style,” is ready to break into world music markets with a new song in February […]
NK Leader Kim Jong-un Welcomed By Staff Who Worked For Satellite Launch
This photo provided by KCNA on Dec. 30, 2012 shows Kim Jong Un, leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), claps along with the working staff, who participated in launch of the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite in Pyongyang. This photo provided by KCNA on Dec. 30, 2012 shows Kim Jong Un, leader of the Democratic […]
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