[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ②
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[1] The air streams through the car window. I sat in the back seat. I was confused, not knowing where to look. The Nile is on the right with a long corniche as old as time; Cairo’s buildings on the left, with varying spaces in between as well as heights. There is a boat on […]
AJA expresses concern for Nepali Gov’t intervention in murder investigation
Asia Journalist Association expresses its serious concerns over the latest incidents which have pushed the press and expression freedom in Nepal into crisis forcing many working journalists to flee their working areas citing insecurity. The state interference in the investigation process of the case relating to the murder of journalist Dekendra Thapa, who was buried […]
Won vs. yen
Will ‘Geunhyenomics’ be able to get over ‘Abenomics’? “Japan Inc. is coming back at the expense of Korea Inc.” So went the headline of a Bloomberg news story Monday, which described the revival of Japanese auto and electronics makers riding on a weak yen in contrast to their Korean counterparts reeling under a strong won. […]
Allergies
My sister was born with a variety of severe allergies. As a baby, she was allergic to all dairy, eggs, oranges, nuts, and chicken. In one of my earliest memories, my parents are holding her arms and torso down on the floor as she screams; I’m holding her legs. My dad paints red medicine on […]
Foreign filmmaker eyes Korea
A foreign independent filmmaker has achieved what some see as a first on the peninsula. Writing and directing a movie about Korean issues from a foreign perspective, with Korean actors. U.S. citizen, Chris Norlund, founder and director of Ruva Film, shot a 30 minute drama titled “Into Pieces,” highlighting the struggles faced by many Korean […]
PM nominee withdraws
‘I don’t want to be burden to President-elect’ Kim Yong-joon, President-elect Park Geun-hye’s nominee for prime minister, withdrew his nomination Tuesday amid persisting suspicion over his property deals and other potential ethical lapses. In a statement read to the press by the transition team’s spokesman Yoon Chang-jung, Kim wrote, “I am solely to blame for […]
NK leader empowers ‘cell secretaries’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un emphasized the importance of lower-level secretaries of the ruling Worker’s Party in a rare meeting of such officials this week, Pyongyang’s state media said Tuesday, as the young ruler attempts to gain “grassroots” support. The North a day earlier convened the meeting of the secretaries who head the party’s smallest […]
Kang Sue-jin offers life lessons
Kang Sue-jin is more than a prima ballerina. Uniquely for an artist, the Korean public has embraced her as a national hero and many young women in their 20s perceive her as a role model. The longtime principal of Germany’s Stuttgart Ballet arrived in Seoul on Jan. 19 to promote her first autobiography “I Do […]
Vanity conquers all
Many Korean women have red hot love affairs with designer label handbags. Regardless of their income levels, they crave high-end luxury bags in order to satisfy their obsessive vanity and make a social statement. Sensitive about how they appear to others, they want to decorate themselves with expensive accessories. The mocking moniker of “three second […]
Bailout feared to cause moral hazard
Private lenders use Park’s debt plan as marketing tool Saving debt-crushed families is good for the economy, says incoming President Park Geun-hye. But critics are sounding the alarm on her plans for intervention, arguing that using taxpayer’s money to rescue the more needy borrowers will cause the nation to fall prey to a further moral […]
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