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Busy distribution center

Employees sort boxes at the Lotte Mart Distribution Center in Osan, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. With Lunar New Year’s Day holidays nearing, the distribution center is sending around 250,000 boxes to Lotte Mart shops around the country daily. Yonhap

Jan 27, 2015
Busy distribution center

Laptop sales soar as new semester approaches

 Models pose with laptops at a discount store. / YonhapMore parents want to buy their children a laptop computer as a gift ahead of the new school semester than any other item, online trading site Auction said on Tuesday.According to a recent survey of some 57,000 members of the site, 47 percent said they wanted to buy a laptop as a start-of-the-semester present, a ritual that has become more popular in recent years.Mobile phones came in second, with 25 percent of parents saying they wanted to give one to their children. Furniture was third with 19 percent, followed by bags at nine percent.Auction saw laptop sales increase by 30 percent during the period between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26, on a year-on-year basis.“In the past, laptops were considered to be a gift celebrating entrance into college. But the price of IT products, such as laptops and tablets, have recently become a lot cheaper,” an Auction official said. He added that the rise of digital education contents for elementary, middle and high school students has contributed to the surge in IT products sales. 

Jan 27, 2015
Laptop sales soar as new semester approaches

Sunny Hill sings the workingwoman's blues

Joobi from Sunny Hill as a typical office worker in the group's teaser video for new song "Child in Time" / Screen capture from YouTubeGirl group Sunny Hill is back with a new song that seeks to commiserate with the nation’s overworked masses.  The group this week released a teaser video for the song “Child in Time” from the album “1st Album Part.B,” which will be released Thursday.The minute-long clip appears to cater to fans of the recent television hit, “Misaeng,” which revolved around an office worker struggling to survive in a typical Korean company.In the video, Sunny Hill member Joobi, 30, plays the role of a typical office worker who is overloaded with work throughout the day. The video ends with her dozing off on the bus ride home.“Child in Time delivers a message that goes out to modern-day office workers who toil tirelessly at their jobs,” a spokesman for the group’s agency, Loen Tree, was quoted as saying.The official music video for the song will be released on the same day as the album.The four-member grou

Jan 27, 2015By Ko Dong-hwan
Sunny Hill sings the workingwoman's blues

Fatal hit-and-run sparks outrage

The CCTV footage of the recent hit-and-run accident shows a car driving away from the scene. / YonhapPublic outrage over a recent hit-and-run accident is escalating after the victim’s story was revealed.The incident took place in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, about two weeks ago, when a man surnamed Kang was walking back home after buying bread for his pregnant wife.It was then that he was fatally struck by a car. CCTV footage showed a car driving away from the scene.Kang, 29, had reportedly made a living as a truck driver to help his wife pass a teacher certification examination.Public anger has run high after the SBS program “I Want to Know” reported on the incident and told Kang’s story. More than 23 million people have watched the CCTV footage on YouTube.Police say the car was likely from the BMW 5 Series and white. Authorities are searching for the car as well as for witnesses of the incident.Netizens vented their frustration online, complaining that the quality of the CCTV footage was too poor to properly identify the vehicle. “Where d

Jan 27, 2015
Fatal hit-and-run sparks outrage

Mirrors

Mirrors

Jan 27, 2015
Mirrors

Change of responsibility ceremony

Lt. Gen. Bernard Champoux, center, commanding general of the Eighth U.S. Army, salutes during a change of responsibility ceremony held at Yongsan Garrison, Seoul, Monday. The headquarters officially welcomed Sgt. Maj. Edward Mitchell, right, as its new senior enlisted leader, and bade farewell to Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Devens, who has served in the position for 18 months./ Courtesy of Eighth Army

Jan 26, 2015

Veteran's daughter

U.S. congressman Mike Honda, right, poses with Carmen Guerrero, center, a daughter of the late Korean War veteran Rudy Guerrero, at the office of the American Legion, a war veterans group in Santa Clara, S.F., U.S. Monday. Rep. Honda delivered a medal made of barbed-wire from the Demilitarized Zone to commemorate Guerrero’s service on the anniversary of his death. At left is Han Dong-man, consulate general of Korea in San Francisco./ Yonhap

Jan 26, 2015

New emblem

Construction workers install an emblem of the National Assembly written in Korean at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, Monday, replacing one written in Chinese characters./ Yonhap

Jan 26, 2015

British make-up artist touts Korean beauty products

Korea has become a major player in the cosmetics industry in recent years, especially across Asia. The influence appears to be extending to Europe as well. Lisa Eldridge is one of the most trusted make-up experts in the United Kingdom, working with the leading fashion magazines such as Vogue, ELLE, and Harper’s Bazaar. Her clients include celebrities Keira Knightley, Kate Moss and Cara Delevigne. Eldridge recently posted a video on her YouTube channel that introduces the latest make-up trends and beauty products in Korea, from brands such as Missha, Innisfree and Etude House as well as high-end brands such as Hera and Laneige.In the video, she uses the Korean word “gwang” to describe the “glowing” look that many Korean women seek these days. Describing Korea as “the make-up artist’s or make-up obsessive’s dream or heaven,” she said she “had to buy a new suitcase - a huge one- to leave the country because I had that much make-up.”The tutorial video posted a week ago already had some 287,000 views as of Mo

Jan 26, 2015
British make-up artist touts Korean beauty products

Raising sunken ferry

Researchers from the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology check a multi-beam echo sounder, one of the pieces of equipment used to inspect the sunken Sewol ferry, on a ship in seas off Jin Island, South Jeolla Province, Monday. Based on data from the equipment, the government will decide on whether to raise the ferry as early as April./ Yonhap

Jan 26, 2015
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