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'We made it'

Two U.S. servicemembers in Korea rest after finishing a 12-mile roadmarch during the expert field medical badge (EFMB) testing at Warrior Base in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. The EFMB recognizes medical soldiers who attain a high degree of professional skill and proficiency as field medics./ Yonhap

May 2, 2014

Ambassadors from the Gulf Cooperative Countries walk toward the ...

Ambassadors from the Gulf Cooperative Countries walk toward the memorial altar set up in the Seoul Plaza to lay flowers and pay their respects to the victims of the sinking of the passenger ferry Sewol, Friday. From left are Mohamed Alharthy from Oman; Mohamed Abdulla Al-Dehaimi from Qatar; Jasem Albudaiwi from Kuwait; Ahmad Al Barrak from Saudi Arabia and Abdulla Khalfan Al Romaithi from the United Arab Emirates./ Yonhap

May 2, 2014

Election air sweeps top entertainment show

MBC's popular Saturday entertainment show Infinity Challenge launched an online poll to vote a new promising leader of the funny group.By Ko Dong-hwan One of the nation’s most popular entertainment shows is launching an online poll to select a new honcho of its comical panel.MBC’s Infinity Challenge released Friday on its online homepage a poster ad that promotes the poll. The event is a celebration of the show’s 10th anniversary of its public airing.Leaving behind the past and looking into the coming 10 years, the show’s election-parodying farcical project introduces six different promises made by each of six members of the show.The catch is that the ad doesn’t indicate which was promised by whom, tempting viewers into an intriguing guessing game.Some of the promises include they will pay surprise visits to viewers at home on Saturday night, or they will set up a television rating emergency control center.    

May 2, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Election air sweeps top entertainment show

90 percent young adults see Korea as unfair nation

By Ko Dong-hwanA survey showed that more than 90 percent of people in their 20s think Korea is unfairly governed by favoritism.A survey revealed that more than 90 percent of Koreans in their 20s consider the nation being unfairly helmed by hegemonic nepotism, Segye Ilbo said Friday.The survey, based on responses from 1,000 adults 19 or older, showed that nine out of 10 young adults believe the nation’s society is heavily governed by favoritism ramifying from schools, acquaintances and families.The thought was shared by 92.8 percent of participants in their 20s. Among those in their 30s and 40s, 86.7 and 83.4 percent respectively agreed with the belief, while 76.9 percent of those in their 50s and 52.7 percent in their 60s concurred.Conclusively, 78.5 percent of all participants said there was little fairness in the nation, while 18 percent responded otherwise.   

May 2, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
90 percent young adults see Korea as unfair nation

The families of victims of the sunken ferry Sewol get into buses heading for ...

The families of victims of the sunken ferry Sewol get into buses heading for Jindo Island to help the relatives of the missing there, near a joint altar in Ansan Hwarang Park, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday./ Korea Times

May 1, 2014

13+ work hours guarantees cerebral hemorrhage

Working straight for more than 13 hours a day could dramatically hike the risk of cerebral hemorrhage by 94 percent.By Ko Dong-hwan A medical expert claimed that work hours longer than 13 hours a day increases the risk of cerebral hemorrhage by up to 94 percent.Compared to those whose daily work hours are four hours or less, those working for 13 hours or longer are 94 percent more likely to experience brain damage.The study was conducted by Prof. Kim Beom-jun from Bundang Seoul National University Hospital. Kim compared 940 cerebral hemorrhage patients and 1,800 healthy people in terms of occupation, work hours, level of severance in work, and frequency of change of work shift.The average work hours of Koreans are from nine to 12 hours a day, which Kim pointed out can raise the same risk by 38 percent.   

May 1, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
13+ work hours guarantees cerebral hemorrhage

Post-tragedy pushes election candidates to promote safety

From left, Rep. Nam Kyung-pil, Choung Byoung-gug and Kim Jin-pyoBy Ko Dong-hwan The Sewol ferry disaster has certainly changed blueprints of the nation’s politics as lawmakers bracing for the upcoming June 4 local election shifted gears to promising all that’s about “safety.”Rather than the research & development and what-nots they previously harangued, “safety-first mayor/governor” has become the candidates’ new ideal ego to attract voters.Rep. Nam Kyung-pil from the ruling Saenuri Party, who’s going for Gyeonggi Province governor’s office, announced Wednesday his plan to introduce something called “life safety net establishment.” It prompted his party rival Rep. Choung Byoung-gug to unveil a new set of safety-related measures.Rep. Kim Jin-pyo from the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), another potential Gyeonggi governor, announced Monday his new promise to make the province safer. The same path was immediately taken by former chief of Gyeonggi Provi

May 1, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Post-tragedy pushes election candidates to promote safety

Drunkard strangles baseball match umpire

A drunk man from a crowd watching a baseball match attacked an umpire, thinking his call was unfair. / Courtesy of  JoongAng IlboBy Ko Dong-hwan A man, apparently not happy with an umpire’s call in a baseball match, jumped over a fence to strangle him.The man in his 30s flashed himself in front of the whole crowds during a Wednesday match between KIA Tigers and SK Wyverns at Gwangju Kia Champions Field, JoongAng Ilbo reported Thursday.His target was the first base umpire, who apparently didn’t know how to satisfy every single one of the baseball fans in the stadium, including those who were drunk.The surprise erupted during the seventh inning, as KIA was trailing by 3-6.The incident ended as KIA’s first baseman Brett Pill, a coach from SK and several security guards grabbed a hold of the man.  

May 1, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Drunkard strangles baseball match umpire

Labor unionists hold banners denouncing President Park Geun-hye, ...

Labor unionists hold banners denouncing President Park Geun-hye, at Seoul Station, on International Workers’ Day, Thursday. Some 10,000 people attended the rally,according to the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions./ Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

May 1, 2014

People visit a memorial altar set up at Jogye Temple in Seoul for victims of ...

People visit a memorial altar set up at Jogye Temple in Seoul for victims of the ferry Sewol. The temple is decorated with lotus lanterns in preparations for Buddha’s Birthday, which falls on May 6./ Yonhap

May 1, 2014
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