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Pension reform

Rep. Cho Won-jin, left, of the ruling Saenuri Party and Rep. Kang Gi-jung of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy shake hands before starting talks on reform of the pension system for public servants at the National Assembly inYeouido, Seoul, Tuesday. / Yonhap

Jan 6, 2015

Mayor bows to elderly

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon makes a deep bow to the elderly during a New Year’s meeting with members of the Korean Senior Citizens Association at a restaurant in Seoul, Tuesday. / Yonhap

Jan 6, 2015

Foot-and-mouth scare

A quarantine truck sprays disinfectant at a farm in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province where the foot-and-mouth virus was detected in an ox, Tuesday. / Yonhap

Jan 6, 2015

Golf on Dokdo? Seo Kyoung-duk says 'yes'

Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo / Korea Times file Seo Kyoung-duk / Korea Times fileSungshin Women’s University professor Seo Kyoung-duk, known for his efforts to promote Korean interests abroad, announced plans Tuesday to host a “hole-in-one” golf challenge on the country’s easternmost islets of Dokdo.Participants in the challenge, held to mark the 70th anniversary of the nation’s independence from Japan, will tee off from Dokdo’s main islet to the east; and shoot for the pin on the main islet to the west.  The distance will cover some 150 meters, making it possible to hole the shot in one stroke.Japan has long claimed ownership of the rocky islets, lying in waters between Korea and Japan, prompting controversy between the sides. “If the golf event is publicized…the world will know about the islets. I am now mapping out a specific plan to do so,” he added.Seo, a liberal arts professor, has made various efforts to counter Japan’s territorial claims. Most recently, he floated a large Korean national flag i

Jan 6, 2015
Golf on Dokdo? Seo Kyoung-duk says 'yes'

'Red' video gets green light from Rolling Stone

Hyuna in a scene from her music video "Red" / Courtesy of YouTubeK-pop singer Hyuna from girl group “4Minute” has been praised in prominent pop culture magazine Rolling Stone for her music video “Red.”The magazine rated the music video fifth in its “10 Best Music Videos of 2014.”Rolling Stone’s short online description of “Red” emphasizes how the video adds life to the lyrics, with the words “monkey’s red butt” and “red lipstick” being morphed into a real monkey with a red rump and Hyuna, 24, lying on a giant red lipstick image as she sings.The magazine says the song’s style switches from “hip-hop” to “bubbly pop” to “slinky Middle Eastern electro,” and notes how the video that Korean TV regulators evaluated as “too hot” to broadcast might just fit for an “American crossover.”   Rolling Stone selected Sia’s "Chandelier" as the number one video, followed by DJ Snake’s "Turn Down for What" in second place and Beyonce

Jan 6, 2015By Ko Dong-hwan
'Red' video gets green light from Rolling Stone

Sweet Disposition

Sweet Disposition

Jan 6, 2015
Sweet Disposition

Protest against crackdown

Human rights activists protest a planned crackdown on illegal aliens by the local government of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, in front of its City Hall, Monday. Following the “torso murder,” allegedly committed by illegally-staying Korean Chinese Park Chun-bong, the local government announced a package of anti-crime measures in late December, including a massive crackdown on illegal aliens. Rights groups criticize that the crackdown may fan social prejudice against immigrant workers and infringe on their rights./ Yonhap

Jan 5, 2015

New recruits in 2015

New draftees salute to their families before being admitted to the Korea Army Training Center in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, Monday./ Yonhap

Jan 5, 2015

'Nut rage' piques Japan's attention

The recent ‘nut rage’ scandal surrounding former Korean Air vice president Heather Cho has become a surprisingly hot issue in neighboring Japan.Japanese media have been covering developments as front page news, according to Korean report. The interest extended to when Cho’s sister Cho Hyun Min threatened to take revenge for the former’s arrest.The Japan Times recently listed the scandal in its “Worst Year in Asia 2014 edition.” The article said of the fiasco: “The only winner: sellers of macadamia nuts who saw sales jump after the incident.”Local vernacular Dong-a Ilbo quoted an overseas Korean in Japan as saying, “Once a mishap happens in Korea, it tends to be covered excessively” in Japan.The interest in the nut rage incident extends elsewhere as well. The newspaper reported that a 15-year-old Korean studying in Paris was surprised when the scandal was a debate topic at her international school. The student told the paper, “Everyone was staring at me and expecting an answer. I could not look up because I wa

Jan 5, 2015
'Nut rage' piques Japan's attention

KCC Egis' player to avoid punishment after confronting heckler

Ha Seung-jin / Korea Times fileThe Korean Basketball League (KBL) said Monday that KCC Egis center Ha Seung-jin would likely receive a warning after he attempted to confront a female heckler during a game against the Samsung Thunders. The 30-year-old Ha was walking to the locker room after suffering a blow to the face during the game last Thursday. As he walked to the tunnel, an unnamed woman allegedly told Ha to “stop whining and get back on the floor.” Ha, after hearing the comment, attempted to confront the woman but was eventually ushered to the locker room by Thunder staffers. KBL officials were quoted as saying that because no physical contact was made, only a warning would be issued. Reports said that instead of criticizing Ha, many netizens went after the woman, attempting to find her identity and personal information.  Ha, who briefly played for the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers, reportedly broke his nose on the play and will be sidelined for two to three weeks. 

Jan 5, 2015By Ko Dong-hwan
KCC Egis' player to avoid punishment after confronting heckler
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