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In Korea, even airplanes stop for the CSAT exam

/ Courtesy of DaumBy Lee Ji-hyePassenger planes circled above Incheon International Airport in a holding pattern, Thursday, to avoid disturbing students on the ground taking a make-or-break college entrance exam.A captured screen of the inbound flights coming towards Korea's international airport has gone viral online, showing the planes flight paths as they circled the airport to bide their time. High school seniors on Thursday took the College Scholastic Aptitude Test (CSAT). The planes were delayed around the time the English listening section of the exam was held. Yoo Chang-sun of the Seoul Regional Aviation Administration Control Planning Department confirmed that the planes’ landings were delayed. "The screen capture reflects what we did today,” Yoo told The Korea Times. “We put all of the landing airplanes on hold at a height that does not make problematic noises for test-takers from 1:05 p.m. to 1:40 p.m." It was confirmed by Incheon International Airport that air traffic controllers gave orders to fly three kilometers above ground.

Nov 14, 2014
In Korea, even airplanes stop for the CSAT exam

Rain sues over allegedly fake nude pics

/ YonhapK-pop star Rain has turned to the police after an alleged nude picture of him circulated online. On Thursday, a photograph of a man in the shower went viral. It was claimed that the person in the photo was Rain, whose given name is Jung Ji-hoon. "It is clear that the man in the picture that is going viral online is not Rain,” Kim Nam-hong, Jung’s lawyer, told Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. "It is defamation with a wrongful intention, so we will demand that the police punish the person that initially spread it," Kim said.Cube Entertainment, Rain's music agency, had also strongly denied the picture to be Jung.

Nov 14, 2014
Rain sues over allegedly fake nude pics

'Smart coats' seek to warm up the frozen masses

"Avalanche"  / Courtesy of IriverWe’ve all heard of smart phones and smart watches, but what about a smart coat?Korean tech firm Iriver, known for its MP3 devices, recently launched a self-heating “smart wear” brand called Avalanche in conjunction with fashion brand Parsons.The coat heats up itself up to 52 degrees Celsius within a minute when a user clicks a pocket controller connected a portable heating pad contained in the jacket.The makers said the coat uses carbon fiber that exudes infrared light, instead of wires, to heat up. The company said  the light is harmless.The coat is priced at 490,000 won to 600,000 won and is available at Lotte Department Stores around Seoul and Busan.

Nov 14, 2014
'Smart coats' seek to warm up the frozen masses

Girl group under fire for Nazi-like symbol

Courtesy of TwitterA new girl group has sparked controversy after wearing a symbol that many said looked like a Nazi swastika flag.Pritz, a little known, four-member group, performed at a horse racetrack earlier this month, wearing red armbands with a black “X” inside a white circle.According to Money Today, netizens criticized the group with comments such as, "They wore the flag of war crime," and "Maybe the agency is trying to grab attention even if they know it's problematic."The group's agency, Pandagram, told the Wall Street Journal that the "logo was inspired by traffic signs for speed limits," explaining that the white circle of a street sign is "wrapped around by a band of red."The black arrows were intended to symbolize the group's ambitions "to expand without a limit in four directions."Online criticism of the group was not limited to the odd accessory.Some pointed out that the group’s name rhymes with the word "Fritz", a term typically used by Americans in World War II when referring to a soldier of the German army.

Nov 14, 2014
Girl group under fire for Nazi-like symbol

Take a bow

Take a bow

Nov 14, 2014
Take a bow

Ebola mission

Jeong Jin-kyu, left, deputy director general of the development cooperation bureau at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives at Incheon International Airport, Thursday. He is leaving for Britain to discuss with the UK government the nation’s Ebola assistance in Sierra Leone. Jeong is a leader of 12-member advance team of government officials. On the right is Shin Dong-ik, deputy minister for multilateral and global affairs at the foreign ministry who came to see the team off./ Yonhap

Nov 13, 2014

Helmet computer

A student demonstrates a “smart helmet” for bikers during a contest for wearable computer inventions at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, Thursday./ Courtesy of KAIST

Nov 13, 2014

Oldest applicant

Cho Hee-ok, 82, the oldest applicant for this year’s College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), is cheered as she arrives at Eunpyeong High School in northern Seoul to take the test, Thursday. Cho is one of some 640,000 people who took the test, which was conducted at 1,216 venues nationwide. Scores from the test, which are crucial in university entrance, will be released next month./ Yonhap

Nov 13, 2014

Never too old to take CSAT exams, even at 81

Cho Hee-ok, 81, senior stuent at Ilseong Women's Middle and High School, walks towards Seoul Eunpyeong High School to take the College Scholastic Aptitude Test (CSAT) on Thursday. / YonhapBy Lee Ji-hyeAge does not matter as long as you have the passion to learn, especially for the oldest applicant taking the national exams on Thursday.Cho Hee-ok, 81, is a senior at Ilseong Women's Middle and High School, a school for housewives and elderly women in Mapo, Seoul. She decided to take the College Scholastic Aptitude Test (CSAT) after having "missed the chance to study," according to the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS).Cho lost her father and brother during the Japanese occupation (1910-45), and had to bear the responsibility of her family at an early age."A person who does not learn is like walking in the dark," Cho told KBS. "I must study until my dying days."She said her dream was to major in fashion at a university and to help people in need."I have been working with sewing machines for almost 60 years ― I really want to study fashion,” she said.A netizen comment

Nov 13, 2014
Never too old to take CSAT exams, even at 81

'I Am a Singer' to return

Singer Lim Jae-beom is performing in "I am a singer." / Courtesy of YouTube “I Am a Singer,” the popular TV show in which A-list vocalists and bands try to eliminate each other week after week, is finally back.An online newspaper quoted an MBC official as saying the show would begin its third season in January. The show reportedly will air on weekdays instead of Sunday and is now working to cast another lineup of top musicians.The show drew millions of viewers interested in the performances and predicting who would be eliminated.The format was also sold to Chinese network Hunan TV.The show’s first season aired from March 2011 to February 2012, and second season throughout the rest of 2012.

Nov 13, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
'I Am a Singer' to return
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