Ahn Cheol-soo virus A columnist should write a column that has a shelf life of at least two days, senior writers would tell me during my salad days at The Korea Times.
Drama or dilemma in Daegu At the starting lines of the 13th IAAF World Championships taking place in Daegu, athletes wear a variety of expressions from the comical and even buffonish to the determined as if to guise the unmistakable cocktail of will to win and anxiety..
Jobs for Nobel prize Steve Jobs is one of the most talked-about personas of the current technological era.
Crohns disease My second son, a high school freshman, has suffered from stomach problems for the past few months. He wasnt able to eat much and often he had diarrhea.
More than Apple vs. Samsung The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the breakup of Standard Oils monopoly in the early 20th century in order to provide a level playing field for fair competition.
Time to review energy plan A Japanese farmer in his 50s hanged himself in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, in June. He lived alone because his Filipino wife and two children left for the Philippines following the March 11 nuclear disaster in the northeastern Japanese region, acco..
We are peace-drunk Todays column is not intended to be a critique of the current government.
Holiday at peak season When do you know that its time to hit the road for that long-awaited summer holiday?
Preparing for new leadership Blame our collective short memory, perhaps comparable with that of a mosquito that faces its eventual demise by a swipe of the hand for repeatedly alighting on the same spot, or with that of a bad golfer who raises his head precisely at the moment ..
Total defeat on Dokdo Tension is lingering between Korea and Japan over the issue involving Dokdo islets. The Japanese government came up with an annual defense white paper claiming its sovereignty over the islets in East Sea Tuesday. A day earlier, three Japanese lawma..
Sohn Jie-aes priorities There is no better choice than Sohn Jie-ae for the daunting job of leading Arirang TV, Koreas supposed window to the world, because revamping Arirang will require the expertise and experience of somebody with Sohns stature.
Foreign English teachers Should Korea continue to hire foreign English teachers at public schools? It is a complicated question. The answers will differ depending on whom you ask.
Murdoch $2 question When Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president and principal author of the countrys Constitution wrote to his friend in 1787: Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government with newspapers or newspapers without a government, ..
Are they Chinese or Korean? I have been watching a KBS drama series portraying King Gwanggaeto the Great which started last month and airs Saturdays and Sundays. Gwanggaeto was the 19th monarch of Koreas ancient kingdom of Goguryeo.
Saving Hill, saving Klane First, lets talk about issues involving two foreign-owned Korean banks led by two bankers as mentioned in the headline before connecting them to try and draw a lesson or two.
Happening on highway This column is the second version of my previous one for The Korea Times April 21 edition with the title of ``Near death experience. I first thought about My near death experience for the title but decided to change it to the above one as re..
Praising Lee Kun-hee I wanted to title todays column as Lee Kun-hees tears but decided not to at the last minute after finding at least five columns with similar titles on my website checkup.
