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Fri, March 31, 2023 | 12:58

Smaller Models in Limelight in Imported Car Market

Smaller Models in Limelight in Imported Car Market

For a long time, driving an imported vehicle was a privilege for the wealthy few, but now it seems they have already muscled into the realm of ordinary customers.

2008-04-29 17:20

Danger Signs for Economy Piling Up

Danger Signs for Economy Piling Up

Danger signs for the economy are growing and the case for stagflation is getting stronger. The Korean economy is now standing at a crossroad where it could either regain much-needed growth momentum and join the ranks of advanced economies, or continue to be stuck in the low-growth trap of the past decade since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.

2008-03-25 23:57

Korea’s Overseas Market Niche Shrinking Fast

Korea’s Overseas Market Niche Shrinking Fast

These days there is much talk about Korea's economic future, and quite often this talk sounds quite pessimistic. For example, Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the Samsung group, said that Korea is comparable to a sandwich, jammed in between China and Japan, where China is rapidly catching up and Japan is fast stepping ahead.

2008-03-25 23:40

Robots Replacing Doctors in Operating Rooms

Robots Replacing Doctors in Operating Rooms

Many science fiction writers have dreamed of it. But not even Phillip K. Dick would have imagined the day should come so soon ― robots are replacing doctors in operating rooms.

2008-03-25 23:18

Budget Airlines to Change Travel Landscape

Budget Airlines to Change Travel Landscape

A war has begun in the sky above Korea ― about a dozen low cost airlines have started operation or are preparing to fly here.

2008-03-25 22:06

Seoul Learns From London for City Regeneration

Seoul Learns From London for City Regeneration

London ― Every city seems to evolve just like a living creature to better survive, and Seoul is no exception to this in its competition with other international cities.

2008-03-25 22:04

Medical Tourism Emerges as New Growth Engine

Medical Tourism Emerges as New Growth Engine

One day in February, Kang Won-kyung, 50, who runs a plastic surgery clinic in Seoul, gave a final treatment to his Filipino patient who had undergone a facelift at the hospital and was scheduled to leave for her homeland the following day. ``I am worried about being stopped at immigration at the airport due to my appearance, which is starkly different from my passport photo,'...

2008-03-25 22:01

Will Rigid Screening Criteria Appeal to Voters?

Will Rigid Screening Criteria Appeal to Voters?

Tiffany Ahn, a 26-year-old office worker at a foreign firm, bumped into a couple of men handing out name cards of candidates on her way to her office in Yeouido near the National Assembly building.

2008-03-25 22:00

Bigwigs Hit Campaign

Bigwigs Hit Campaign

Major parties set aside several constituencies in Seoul and other provinces under the name of what they called ``strategic districts.'' Political scientists began questioning if the top-down way of nominations in legislative representatives serves the interests of local residents.

2008-03-25 21:52

Voters to Evaluate Lee’s Performance

Voters to Evaluate Lee’s Performance

The April 9 general elections are set to reveal public sentiment on President Lee Myung-bak's administration.

2008-03-25 21:48

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