Clash of two languages
A Japanese professor was introducing himself to his new class at a university in Seoul. “I’m professor Seki and I’m going to teach you…” All the Korean students burst into uncontrollable laughter. “Is anything wrong?” Seki asks. “Your name, sir,”replies came from the still chuckling audience. The newcomer to Seoul later learned that “seki” translates […]
FTA with Kiwis won’t hurt farmers
The ambassador of New Zealand to Korea said a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with his country won’t hurt farmers here. “New Zealand is not a threat to Korean farmers,” Ambassador Patrick Rata told The Korea Times during an interview on Oct. 24. His comment came two days after the New Zealand’s Trade Minister Tim Groser […]
First lady may face special investigations
A special probe into the first family over a “shady deal” for property for their retirement home is reaching first lady Kim Yoon-ok at a critical juncture ahead of the Dec. 19 presidential election. According to officials of a team led by special prosecutor Lee Kwang-bum, a former judge, the latest development in the case […]
What’s on Lee’s mind
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest electronics products maker, is expected to rapidly map out a new business plan for the coming years now Chairman Lee Kun-hee has returned home from a month-long overseas tour. “The chairman conducted onsite inspections on businesses in Vietnam, China and Japan as well as meeting local business heads,” said an […]
Road to GMO?
Biotech giants find opportunity in food insecurity The severe drought in the United States this year is set to take its toll on Korean households’ dining tables. The U.S. accounted for some 40 percent of global corn production in 2010 while the U.S., Argentina and Brazil together produced more than 80 percent of the world’s […]
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Camp Konsentrasi di Korea Utara
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Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai perdebatan reunifikasi Korea Utara dan Korea Selatan. Donald Kirk dalam artikel yang ditulisnya untuk Korea Times, mengkritik para professor dan pejabat yang baru-baru ini mengadakan konferens mengenai reunifikasi Korea Selatan dan Korea Utara. Kirk mempertanyakan mengapa para ahli dari Universitas terkemuka di dunia, baik dari […]
Lots of illicit money flows out of China
An astonishing US$3.97 trillion in illicit funds left China between 2000 and 2011, according to a report released Friday by the Washington, DC-based Global Financial Integrity, a research and advocacy group. As much as 10 percent of China’s annual gross domestic product may be disappearing out of the country in illicit funds flight, says the […]
New Zealander loses 120 kg through surgery
Sciascia named honorary ambassador for medical tourism A morbidly obese New Zealander who had received bariatric surgery in Korea a year and a half ago came back to Seoul half her original size and looking ahead to lose more weight. Jasmin Sciascia, 27, who had been under spotlight since last year after her successful weight-loss […]
Arabic popular for 2nd-language test
More students are choosing Arabic as their second foreign language option for the national scholastic aptitude test. According to the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, around 40 percent of students selected Arabic as their option for a second foreign language in the College Scholastic Ability Test this year. A total of 668,527 students applied […]
Sandy’s leadership lesson
For some crazy moment on Monday when “Frankenstorm” Sandy was threatening to tear a hole in our roof and I was sure we would lose power, I remembered a funny cartoon from the summer when a freak “Derecho” storm did rob us of power for two days. It featured a series of text message balloons […]
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