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Michael Breen

If I Were a Woman for a Day

Most books and movies revolve around the question that starts with, ``What if?" The movie Avatar, for example, is based on the premise, ``What if it were possible to transfer a person's consciousness to another body?"

2010-04-15 17:38

Is Korea Interfering With Art?

When the singer G-Dragon, in his first solo performance without his group Big Bang, featured a short horror movie of himself murdering a woman and had simulated sex with a backup dancer chained to a bed, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs thought he had gone too far in front of the youthful audience and filed obscenity charges.

2010-04-08 19:46

Why Wish the Captain Dead?

For relatives of sailors missing after the sinking of the Cheonan last weekend, the last few days have been a rollercoaster of shock, hope and despair, stretched into agonizing slow motion by the snail's pace of the search and recovery operation.

2010-04-01 19:32

Robert Park Challenges S. Koreans

When he crossed the frozen Tumen River and illegally entered North Korea on Christmas Day, Robert Park was clear about his motives and the fate that awaited him.

2010-03-25 18:43

Bring Back Death Penalty?

Lee Kwi-nam, the minister of justice, went to a prison for serial killers, murderers and rapists this week to highlight a possible resurrection of the death penalty.

2010-03-18 18:05

Should We Create Happiness Index?

Koreans are a successful people whose G-20 economy is internationally recognized as advanced.

2010-03-11 19:19

When Women Don’t Want to Be Equal

When a woman this month filed a lawsuit against her celebrity boyfriend after he lost interest in her, she demonstrated why for many women taking a position as inferior to men is preferable to equality.

2009-12-17 17:54

Turn DMZ Into a Canal

President Lee Myung-bak has ordered the government to research the feasibility of turning the DMZ into a canal.

2009-12-10 17:51

Atoning for Murder of Own Citizens

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a governmental body, confirmed last week the long-held suspicion that South Korea murdered thousands of its own citizens in the opening months of the 1950 to 53 Korean War.

2009-12-03 17:57

Punish Corrupt Taxmen

Prosecutors last week arrested a senior National Tax Service director, Ahn Won-goo, who they allege got businessmen seeking light tax audits to buy paintings from his wife's art gallery.

2009-11-26 17:54

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