‘Seoul should maximize human contact with NK’
Seoul should seek to increase interaction among businesspeople of the two Koreas, because people-to-people contact presents North Koreans with the most compelling evidence in the argument on the need for change, an American expert said Wednesday. Marcus Noland, deputy director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said that despite increased economic cooperation with China, […]
Ulleung preserves remnants of Japan’s colonial rule for a reason
ULLEUNG ISLAND — Kim Pil-ryeon, 85, a native of this island, has a dying wish that will most likely be unfulfilled — meeting her Japanese classmates and neighbors with whom she shared many fond memories in her hometown. Kim may not be aware of how the rest of her compatriots feel about Japan after its […]
UN ready to engage in NK nuclear issue
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he is prepared to play an active role in the denuclearization of North Korea. “I am ready to play my part to work toward a peaceful and denuclearized Korean Peninsula… including through my own personal engagement and visits to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), under the […]
Van Gogh’s self-portraits come to Korea
Koreans love Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh’s bold use of color, unique brushstrokes and sentiment in his paintings. This makes the expectations on the coming Van Gogh exhibit higher. Hosted by Hankook Ilbo, The Korea Times’ sister paper, 60 of Van Gogh’s works, including nine self-portraits, will be on display at “Van Gogh in […]
Who copied who?
Apple’s copycat argument against Samsung faces backlash Ever since the patent war between Samsung and Apple began, the simplest but most controversial issue at the legal battle has been whether the Korean firm’s Galaxy series copied features of the U.S. tech giant’s i-branded devices. Courts, as well as legal experts, have been split over the […]
Naro space rocket launch reset for mid-Nov.
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said Monday that it will make its third attempt to launch the Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-1), colloquially called Naro, sometime between Nov. 9 and 24 following Friday’s cancellation. It opened a launch review committee with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and decided that it will not […]
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Samsung akan Mengajukan Banding Terhadap ITC
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Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai persetueruan hak paten antara Apple dan Samsung yang teus berlanjut. Samsung Elektronik mengatakan pada Kamis, 26 Oktober bahwa mereka akan mengajukan kasasi atas putusan sebelumnya oleh Komisi Perdagangan US yang memenangkan klaim Apple atas pelanggaran hak paten. Langkah ini diambil setelah pada Rabu, Komisi Perdagangan […]
Lybian People Still Struggle To Overcome Legacy Of Dictatorship Celebrating 1st Anniversary Of Gadhafi’s Fall
In this Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 photo, armed militiamen acting as security rush towards protesters shaking the gates to the compound of Libya’s parliament in Tripoli, Libya. One year on, the country is still trying to overcome the legacy of one of the most erratic leaders of modern times as well as a brutal eight […]
Vietnamese Father, Daughter Living In America Take Part In Project To Preserve Stories Of Vietnamese-Americans
In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 photo, Viola Van poses for a picture with her father, Hugo, at their home in Walnut, Calif. Viola Van is part of a Vietnamese-American Oral History Project at UC Irvine, that assembles, preserves, digitizes, and disseminates the life stories of Vietnamese-Americans in Southern California. <AP Photo/Chris Carlson>
Muslims, Displaced By Recent Muslim-Buddhist Violent Clash In Myanmar, Live In Refugee Camp
Muslim refugees react to a photographer at Baw Du Pha refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Victims of Myanmar’s latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already packed displacement camps along the country’s western coast Sunday, with a top U.N. official saying the unrest has forced more than 22,000 […]
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