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Korea-New Zealand summit

President Park Geun-hye, right, shakes hands with John Key, prime minister of New Zealand, ahead of a summit at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Friday. Key came here to participate in an event marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice on Saturday./ Yonhap

Jul 26, 2013

Woman's Fendi bag as shield to ward off flirtatious women?

A research led by University of Minnesota's Prof. Vladas Griskevicius shows the reason women buy expensive luxury goods - shoes, bags, the works - is to keep other women from approaching their men. Luxury goods serve as a warning signal to other women, according to the team's survey of 649 women of various ages and relationship statuses, researchers reported on July 25. "We found that a woman who is wearing luxury items and designer brands is perceived to have a more devoted partner and as a result other women are less likely to flirt with him," said Yajin Wang, a Ph. D. student working for Griskevicius. In another research by Griskevicius and Wang, women spent 32 percent more money on luxury goods when they felt their relationship was being threatened. The same was true for single women. "Many single women obviously want designer products, but instead of these products saying back off my current man, the single woman is saying back off from my future man," Wang said. "Conspicuous consumption for women has a lot to do with subtle status within the female group," she added. Griskevici

Jul 26, 2013

Pellerin in Seoul

Fleur Pellerin, center, the Korean-born French minister for small and medium-sized enterprises, innovation and the digital economy, looks around France-based Air Liquide’s laboratories at Yonsei University in Seoul, Thursday. The minister accompanied French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault who arrived at South Korea for an official visit to promote relations between the two countries. / Yonhap 

Jul 25, 2013

Armistice celebration

National Assembly Speaker Kang Chang-hee, sixth from right in front row, poses with guests during a banquet to honor the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice at his official residence in Seoul, Wednesday. The guests include Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, fifth from right in front row, Sung Kim, fourth from left in front row, U.S. ambassador to Korea, Gen. James Thurman, fifth from left in front row, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea, Gen. Jung Seung-jo, sixth from left in rear row, and others including committee members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission and ambassadors from Korean War-participating countries. Korea is scheduled to hold a government-level commemorative event on Saturday to thank U.N. allies for their service and sacrifice in the Korean War that ended on July 27, 1953. / Yonhap 

Jul 25, 2013

End of rain

Workers clean up the Cheonggye Stream in downtown Seoul, Thursday, after the end of several weeks of heavy rain. Residents of the capital city enjoyed sunshine and had fun at outdoor swimming pools./ Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Jul 25, 2013

It's hot!

A child splashes in a pool in Nowon, northeastern Seoul, Thursday, when temperature rose as high as 30 degrees Celsius. The weather in the capital city became fine after weeks of rainy and cloudy days, showing hot summertime approaches./ Yonhap

Jul 25, 2013

Ramos in Korea

Fidel Ramos, former president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, arrives at Incheon International Airport Wednesday to participate in a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice on Saturday. Ramos, a West Point graduate, fought in the Korean War./ Courtesy of Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs

Jul 24, 2013

Stay vigilant

An unmanned blimp monitors traffic violations over the Seoul-Busan highway near Gungnae-dong toll gate in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Korea Expressway Corp. and the National Police Agency introduced the 12-meter long camera-equipped airship to crack down on highway violations./ Yonhap

Jul 24, 2013

Pick your favorite: Rarely do we face such a difficult choice as today

deciding between two equally meaningful photos for our front-page. One shows a newborn prince, while the other is of a new kind of leader of the world’s new superpower who sets aside pretenses in an apparent effort to get closer to the people. So we decided to let our readers choose their own favorite. The AP photo above, is of the Prince of Cambridge, the third in line to the British throne, who was born to Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, during his first public appearance outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital, Tuesday. The right hand photo, shows Chinese President Xi Jinping with his trousers rolled up holding an umbrella during a recent inspection of the Yangiuo container port in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province in central China./ From Managing Editor

Jul 24, 2013

On the tour

Students of Gama Elementary School pose at “Soesokkak Estuary” in Jeju, Tuesday. They visited the stream famous for beautiful landscapes, as part of a national tour project co-hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Children’s Hankook Ilbo, a sister paper of The Korea Times. / Korea Times photo by Hwang Jae-seong 

Jul 24, 2013
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