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Coin donations

Volunteers for the Korean Red Cross sort coins from donation boxes at the organization’s Incheon branch, Monday. The boxes were placed in terminals at Incheon International Airport in January. / Yonhap

May 26, 2014

Clinic responsible for brain-damaged baby, court rules

By Ko Dong-hwan A court has ruled that a clinic is partially responsible for a baby that suffered brain damage and further complications through a postponed cesarean birth.Seoul Eastern District Court ruled Monday that the clinic must pay 329 million won to the plaintiffs ― a boy, 4, and his mother, 41.The woman gave birth at a Seoul gynecology clinic on June 24, 2010. Doctors tried to induce the baby, but decided on a cesarean after eight hours because the baby’s heart rate kept dropping.The baby’s cry was weak and he showed symptoms of cyanosis ― blueness or lividness of skin caused by imperfectly oxygenated blood.The boy is now severely handicapped, unable to move on his own and suffering brain damage and hydrocephalus.   The court ruled that the hospital should have used more discretion and proceeded with a cesarean birth earlier.However, the court took into account the possibility that the baby’s brain had already been prematurely developed inside the uterus, assigning the hospital 40 percent of prosecutable responsibility.    &nbs

May 26, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan

Sewol divers furious over pay-per-body

By Ko Dong-hwan Civilian divers still retrieving bodies from sunken Sewol ferry are enraged over presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook’s alleged comment about how much they are being paid.In his comment, reportedly made at a lunch with journalists on Saturday and which national wires reported on Sunday, he claimed that the divers agreed with the government to be paid 1 million won daily plus 5 million for each body they retrieved.The divers blasted the comment as a lie, “humbug” and “insulting,” while the victims’ families are incredulous.Bae Hui-cheol, a lawyer representing the family emergency committee in Jindo, South Jeolla Province, refused to comment on the controversy. 

May 26, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan

George Takei to discuss gay rights in Korea

Actor George Takei attends the 2014 Webby Awards in New York ealier this month./AP-Yonhap By Kim Young-jinGeorge Takei is best known for his role in a television series that aired in the 1960s. But the American actor is perhaps more relevant today than ever.Korea is about to find out why.Takei, 77, who played USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek,  is in town this week to meet fans and discuss issues he is passionate about. These include gay rights and his experience growing up in a Japanese internment camp.The visit, on which Takei’s husband, Brad Takei, will accompany him, is part of a speaking tour, which the U.S. State Department organized. The tour will also take him to Japan.Following his Star Trek career, Takei has remained in the public eye, actively advocating for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community as well as the Asian-American community.Takei, known for his up-front sense of humor, has also become an influential figure on social media, having garnered more than 6 million likes on Facebook. He also regularly appears on The

May 26, 2014
George Takei to discuss gay rights in Korea

Earthquake drill

A family hides under the table at the Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center in eastern Seoul, Sunday. The center and other facilities running disaster drills have been attracting a larger number of visitors since the sinking of the ferry Sewol on April 16./ Yonhap

May 25, 2014

PM nominee in question

Prime Minister-nominee Ahn Dae-hee walks into an office in Changseong-dong, Seoul, to prepare for an upcoming National Assembly confirmation hearing, Sunday. The hearing is likely to focus on allegations that he received 1.6 billion won in the past five months for legal services./ Yonhap

May 25, 2014

Preparation for local elections

Staff of an election management committee in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, sort out voting instructions and PR releases for candidates Saturday to be sent to voters ahead of the June 4 local elections./ Yonhap

May 25, 2014

Korea-EU talks

Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, right, shakes hands with Catherine Ashton, head of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union (EU), after signing an agreement to cooperate in crisis management operations at the ministry’s headquarters in Seoul, Friday. Yun and Ashton also vowed to strengthen their cooperation in opposition to North Korea’s nuclear program. / Yonhap

May 23, 2014

Undeterred by NK's artillery firing

An Incheon Port terminalis is crowded with passengers heading to Yeonpyeong and four other islands near the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto sea border between the two Koreas in the West Sea, Friday. North Korea fired two artillery shells near a South Korean frigate, and the Navy fired back several shells over the NLL Thursday. / Yonhap

May 23, 2014

Headline Vocabulary 3

안성진의 안글리쉬: "헤드라인 필수 어휘 3" 동영상 강의

May 23, 2014By Ahn Seong-jin
Headline Vocabulary 3
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