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Fri, October 18, 2019 | 07:41

Korea has a peculiar tradition of naming events by the historical date on which they occurred.

2012-06-29 17:25

Breasts, skulls and babies

I came home from work recently and encountered my wife, ashen-faced and seemingly in shock. ``What’s wrong?” I asked urgently, thinking that something might have happened to our 7-month-old son.

2012-06-15 16:35

If Obama meets Kim Jong-un

Just imagine that the unthinkable has happened. The U.S. and North Korea somehow worked through their Gordian Knot and settled on an agreement that their respective leaders will formalize with a summit.

2012-06-01 17:27

Korea's 'invisible' gays

Whether you agree with him or not, President Barack Obama’s recent pronouncement supporting gay marriage was certainly a courageous one. Critics may argue that it was cynical political calculation that drove him, but that doesn’t discount the fact that he took a solid stance on an issue that he didn’t need to. You don’t have to be a prophet to see that this issue will be a huge wedge in the upcoming presidential election in November. But it wasn’t the election that sprung to mind when I first read about this. It was summer camps.

2012-05-18 17:03

No hoopla for Sharon

Sharon’s my boss. Has been for the last five years. In fact, she’s the only boss I’ve known in my current job. And she’s retiring next week. Well, actually, she’s supposed to have retired already a few months ago with the New Year. But her bosses convinced her to stay on for a few more weeks to help with the reorganization effort that our work unit was going through. Help settle the team, so to speak.

2012-05-04 17:27

Jasmine Revolution, Korean style

Korea has come of age, of sorts. Jasmine Lee, a naturalized Korean citizen originally from the Philippines, became the first foreign-born lawmaker. Granted, she didn’t run for a seat herself, but became a member of the National Assembly as a proportional representation candidate when the Saenuri Party won a majority in the recent parliamentary elections.

2012-04-20 17:13

Jewish way to raise a genius

Growing up in Korea, I remember a book that my mother used to read religiously. It was a thick tome called, ``The Jewish Way to Raise a Genius.”

2012-04-06 17:14

Sub-human rights in N. Korea

When I was in high school, we had Amnesty International campaigns that the students were involved in to free Soviet political prisoners who were suffering in a gulag in the frozen tundra of Siberia.

2012-03-23 17:02

Korea‘s Youth Hope Plan

According to the New York Times, many people, as young as 20 years old, won municipal seats in the recently concluded Russian general election. Originally inspired to politics through their opposition to Vladimir Putin but not satisfied with street protests alone, these young people actually entered into the fray and, lo and behold, won.

2012-03-09 17:30

Theory of Relative Insanity

He might have thought himself as a theoretical physicist, but Einstein was actually an accidental Buddhist. His famous definition of insanity as ``doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” is actually the most succinct yet best definition of Karma that I have come across.

2012-02-24 17:21

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