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“Comfort women” enraged by the deal between Korea and Japan

“Comfort women” enraged by the deal between Korea and Japan

A day after the irreversible settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s WWII military, there’s relief among South Korean and Japanese diplomats, fury among activists and many of the elderly victims and general public indifference in both countries. South Korean first and second vice foreign ministers Cho Tae-yul and Im […]

Settling the sex slavery dilemma between Korea and Japan

Settling the sex slavery dilemma between Korea and Japan

Foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan held discussion in Seoul on Monday 28th December arriving at a conclusion that would solve the issue of sex slavery between Korea and Japan. The settlement says that Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe would apologize and offer his deepest regrets and condolences to the victims, in addition to Japan’s […]

Asia suffers from pollution once again in 2015

Asia suffers from pollution once again in 2015

As 2015 comes to a close, Asia proves to have another year of air pollution and its suffering ahead. According to the statistics issued by World Air Quality, China comes in the first place when it comes to the worst air quality in Asia. As among the top ten spots of locations with the worst […]

S-oil donates two billion won to the needy in South Korea

S-oil donates two billion won to the needy in South Korea

S-oil company announced on Monday 28th December that they’ve made a donation of two billion won to the needy in South Korea, offering it to one of the Korean charities. S-oil’s executive director Naser Al-Mahasheer handed the monetary donations to the head of the Korean charity, Hyo Dong Soo. Naser Al-Mahasheer said, “I’ve seen people […]

Actor Lee Min Ho receives award for promoting tourism

Actor Lee Min Ho receives award for promoting tourism

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has crowned actor and hallyu star, Lee Min Ho, the “Shining Star of Tourism” of 2015. Starting in 2010, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has teamed up with Korea Tourism every year to present an award to those who best promote tourism in Korea. Other recipients of the […]

“Infinity Challenge” is Korea’s favorite TV show

“Infinity Challenge” is Korea’s favorite TV show

The most popular TV show that Koreans preferred in 2015 was announced by Gallup Korea to be MBC’s variety program ‘Infinity Challenge’ Gallup announced the results of its monthly research ‘TV Programs Koreans Like’ on December 22,  as 1,000 Korean men and women over the age of 19 decided which shows they enjoy watching the most. ‘Infinity […]

South Korean scientists manage to control proteins causing dementia

South Korean scientists manage to control proteins causing dementia

A team of South Korea researchers managed to control the formation and construction of molecular structure of a protein that causes neurological degenerative diseases such as dementia. The research team led by professor Om Kil Ho, Sungkyunkwan University, announced that they managed to control the composition and molecular structure of fibers “Amyloid” which causes Alzheimer and Parkinson […]

Refugees from Myanmar arrive in South Korea

Refugees from Myanmar arrive in South Korea

Refugees from Myanmar arrived in South Korea to be resettled after having spent a long time in a refugee camp in Thailand. These are the first to benefit from South Korea’s program of resettling refugees. On Wednesday 23 December, four families from Myanmar arrived in South Korea through Incheon airport. They families consisted of 22 […]

Korean actress forced to leave country after drug abuse

Korean actress forced to leave country after drug abuse

Entertainer and actress Amy, who was charged for abusing prescription drugs Propofol and Zolpidem, will be forced to deport the country on December 30. The Korean Immigration office revealed to Daily Sports on December 22 that they ordered for Amy to leave the country by December 31. According to the reports, Amy had initially been revealed to […]

Robot Party: Expanding Robotics attraction in Korea

Robot Party: Expanding Robotics attraction in Korea

With the latest surge of films and TV shows with ‘conscious’ robots, I have developed an interest in the artificial intelligence and well, robots which can perfectly mimic human behavior. When I heard about Art Center Nabi’s Robot Party exhibition, I imagined it to be like something right out of Dr. Krieger’s lab (from the […]

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