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If the Guinness Book of World Records had a category recording nations with the fastest turn of events, this Republic will top them all.

2011-10-07 18:03

Inter-Korean orchestra

When I let my frustration out in an article in this column in August, I didn’t expect I would get the needed answer from a respectable celebrity within a month.

2011-09-23 17:22

Park’s bid for Seoul mayorship

IT ``tycoon” Ahn Cheol-soo announced on Tuesday that he would not run for the mayorship of Seoul despite the overwhelming public support for him. While he was reigning over the nation’s mass media for five days with his possible candidacy, he outshone all likely contenders by a great margin and the share prices of AhnLab shot up only to plummet upon Ahn’s announcement. He is ...

2011-09-09 16:35

Barenboim vs. Oh Se-hoon

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has failed to prevent overall offering of free meals to elementary and middle school students owing to Wednesday’s referendum, which was annulled for lack of voter participation.

2011-08-26 16:44

Save Jeju, save peace

Jeju Island is one of the best places for mainland Koreans to get away from their stifling routine. Climbing Mt. Halla, watching the sunrise on Seongsan Peak or walking along the meandering “olle” alleys in every neighborhood, you get your lost peace back. Ironically, however, peace seems remote for the islanders struggling to stop the construction of a naval base in the coastal village of Gangjeong.

2011-08-12 17:40

Sung Kim, the American

Informed readers may heave a sigh of disapproval as soon as they see my headline, but there is a justifiable reason to reiterate this simple truth. Do I assume that my readers don’t know Sung Kim is the U.S. ambassador-designate to Korea who just finished a confirmation hearing at the U.S. Senate? No. I am well aware that my readers know the fact.

2011-07-29 17:31

Bad nation, bad friend

Soldiers are frequent victims of tragedy in the nation even without outside invasion.

2011-07-15 18:06

(159) When bridges fall

When bridges fall, the loss is more than physical. When the ``Bridge of National Defense” collapses, you feel a sense of shame and doom. Therefore, it wasn’t surprising that the nation’s mass media let out warning cries in unison last Saturday, the 61st anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War that devastated the peninsula for three years until a truce that continues thr...

2011-07-01 17:20

Time to protest

Dear Aiko, how are you? I hope you weren’t hurt during your first-ever public expression of righteous anger because you will have to do what you did in the heart of Tokyo on Sunday again and again in the future. Yes, you have a busier life ahead like us here in Seoul, taking to the streets to lower the skyrocketing fee of higher education.

2011-06-17 17:04

Twilight divorce

When he proposed to marry her after a few years of courting, she hesitated to say ``yes” not because she didn’t love him but because she didn’t know much about marriage. For him, the decision was easy as she was beautiful and bright enough to lighten the dark corners of his inner self. He thought she was the better half he hadn’t yet found and persuaded her night and day to b...

2011-06-03 17:15

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