No need to feel inferior to others I read a July 8 op-ed article, "Inferior complex, superior complex." It is a great article. Koreans should and must not have an inferior complex to any country. My guess is that maybe the education system, media and the society in Korea are the pro..
Women striving for more rights This letter is in response to Dale McFeatters July 1 op-ed article, Saudi Arabia faces a revolution women driving.
For success of five-day school week I read a June 16 editorial, Five-day school week. As a teacher, I welcome the new school week plan.
Is Strauss-Kahn guilty? This letter is in response to a dramatic turn in the rape case against former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He has been freed from house arrest.
How to tackle demographic changes After reading a June 1 editorial, Population is national power, I came to think over the reasons for a population decline in Korea. The main solutions suggested in the original article are boosting the birthrate by providing institutional help ..
Unreasonable regulation This letter is in response to a June 18 article, Is favoritism for foreigners to access Mt. Nam justifiable? I did not know that this kind of discrimination against Koreans existed before I read the article.
5-day school week Im writing in response to a June 16 editorial, Five-day school week. I read the editorial with pleasure and excitement. Im sure that many teachers, students and parents are in favor of the new school week plan.
Pet tax plan I read a June 9 editorial, Reconsider pet tax. I strongly agree with your opinion. I also think that a plan to impose tax on medical treatment for pets such as dogs and cats raises concerns among animal lovers.
Enhancing energy security I read a June 17 article, Lee stresses overseas energy development, with great curiosity and empathy of an Indian economist for a friendly nation sharing not only common Liberation Day (Aug. 15) but similar challenges in terms of energy require..
Congratulations to UN chief I am very glad to know that U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been given a second term to head the world body.
Legalizing assisted suicide Pro-euthanasia groups such as Dignity in Dying give as a reason that most of the disabled people support assisted suicide. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Credibility in doubt This letter is in response to a June 15 front page article, Apples poor after-sales service angers users.
Kevorkian and death This is in response to John M. Crisp's article, Death comes quietly for Kevorkian, in the June 9 edition of The Korea Times. In the fourth paragraph the author states, "Kevorkian was less concerned with what lies beyond than with how we get the..
Swan strategy needs to be adopted A May 20 op-ed article, Black Swan events in Korea? based on a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, has given enough food for thought to every reader in Seoul including myself.
Unhelpful police After smelling the smoke, I looked outside my window and saw my neighbor smoking in the hallway, right next to my front door. My wife called the security guard, who didn't come at first (she had to call three times), and after the security guard ca..
On science belt project The much-disputed selection of the site for South Korea's new science belt was finally completed with the picking of the Daedeok district in the central city of Daejeon, 164 kilometers southwest of Seoul, as the main base of the belt.
Questions about religion This is in response to Shin Chul-ho's "Delusion about religion" in the Thoughts of the Times section in the May 13 issue of The Korea Times. To begin, despite the essay's title, not a single delusion about religion (or anything else) is mentioned. ..
