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Michael Breen

Help your daughter — ethically

The resignation of the foreign minister this week over accusations of nepotism prompts a question: how could he be so stupid?

Jong-eun2010-09-09 18:28

Because she wasn’t there?

Did she or didn’t she? The dispute over whether the mountaineer Oh Eun-sun lied when she claimed to have reached the summit of Mt. Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas last year has gripped the international climbing community and risks further sullying the reputation of Koreans for cheating.

2010-09-02 16:46

Ethics of Cabinet ministers

In their grilling of Cabinet nominees this week, opposition lawmakers worked hard to convince voters that the President's men, and therefore the President, are unfit to rule.

2010-08-26 17:07

Tax now for a possible future

When President Lee Myung-bak last weekend proposed a unification tax, he prompted debate about the core issue South Koreans now have with North Korea.

2010-08-19 17:14

Reclaiming Friday the 13th

When researchers in Britain some years ago compared traffic accidents on Friday the 6th and Friday the 13th over a number of years, they made an astonishing discovery. While there were fewer cars on Friday the 13th because people chose not to drive on that unlucky day, hospital admissions because of car accidents were significantly higher.

2010-08-12 16:39

Fortune-teller and Cheonan

When I asked a skeptical friend recently what he thought about the sinking of the Cheonan, he said he did not believe the government’s claim that the navy frigate was torpedoed by a North Korean submarine.

2010-07-29 17:30

Names of mountains

People who live in Seoul know Namsan, the hill that once protected the southern flank of the ancient city and which is now in the center of the modern capital. Some, especially hikers, are familiar with Mt. Bukhan to the north and Mt. Gwanak to the south.

2010-07-22 17:42

When a man kills a woman

The murder last week of a Vietnamese woman by her Korean husband, just days after her arrival in Korea, has prompted expressions of outrage and calls for action about the brokered weddings between local men and southeast Asian and Chinese women.

2010-07-15 18:38

Is Kim Jong-il talking nonsense?

The National Intelligence Service director Won Sei-hoon recently told lawmakers in a secret session that Kim Jong-il has gone downhill since his stroke two years ago and now shows signs of memory loss and occasionally talks gibberish.

2010-07-08 17:08

Looking for biographies

The best way to gain insights on Korea, or any other country for that matter, is through the biographies of its famous sons and daughters.

Jong-eun2010-07-01 18:10

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