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Sun, October 1, 2023 | 08:53

Culture can't explain it all

Culture can't explain it all

문화가 모든 것을 설명할 수 없다

Last Friday, two days after the Sewol sank, a CNN reporter made an on-air remark that felt all too familiar. “What (Korean) culture prizes in its children, its students, is obedience,” she said. “So when they were told to stay put by an adult, of course they would stay put.” “This is certainly heartbreaking for (the parents),” she commented, “because these are the very parent...

2014-04-23 17:29

Special law to have limits in preventing child abuse

Special law to have limits in preventing child abuse

정부, 주말현안회의서 아동학대·재외국민보호 논의

Prison sentences handed to two women who fatally beat their stepdaughters to death finally exposed some of the flaws in the nation’s criminal law.

Kim Da-ye | 2014-04-13 17:07

Obama overreacts to selfie brouhaha

Obama overreacts to selfie brouhaha

What if David Ortiz had used an iPhone for a selfie with President Barack Obama? Would the White House consider legal action against Apple?

Kim Yoo-chul | 2014-04-09 16:55

IOC should be clear on Moon's plagiarism

IOC should be clear on Moon's plagiarism

Pal Schmitt resigned as Hungarian president in 2012 after Budapest’s Semmelweis University found that his 1992 thesis on the modern Olympic Games was plagiarized.

Jung Min-ho | 2014-04-07 16:09

For global women's forum

For global women's forum

BERLIN - Women have put forth great efforts to play a trailblazing role in areas such as business, finance, academia and sports. But in politics, a glass ceiling is still firmly in place in many countries.

Jong-eun | 2014-03-27 18:31

Naver tightens noose around media outlets

Naver tightens noose around media outlets

Can news media get freed from the yoke of Naver (www.naver.com)? As things stand now, it appears to be getting harder because few media outlets can gain wide exposure without the help of the country’s biggest portal.

Jong-eun | 2014-02-26 19:23

Analyst Day good start for Samsung

Analyst Day good start for Samsung

Samsung Electronics is changing.

Kim Yoo-chul | 2013-11-08 16:44

Will history repeat itself at KT?

Will history repeat itself at KT?

On Oct. 16, 2008, prosecutors raided KT’s head office in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province and its chief Nam Joong-soo’s residence as part of an investigation into bribery allegations involving the telecom operator and its affiliates.

Jong-eun | 2013-10-22 18:26

Punishing Park for breaking embargo

Punishing Park for breaking embargo

Presidential spokeswoman Kim Haing Monday told reporters that President Park Geun-hye left for Jeodo off the southeastern coast for a five-day summer break.

Kim Tae-gyu | 2013-08-01 18:41

When bets are made on man's life

When bets are made on man's life

When Sung Jae-gi, the leader of an antifeminist group, threatened to jump into the Han River last Friday, there was betting about whether “Sung will jump before 7 p.m. Friday” on a mobile gambling application named Doni Cash.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2013-07-30 16:53

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