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Park Moo-jong

Merit pay system in trouble

The post season of this year's pro baseball season is being held or is going to start soon in major countries where the sport is played, to be followed by the “hot stove league” for the next season of 2017.

2016-10-06 16:59

Politicians' hunger strike

When it comes to the lawmakers of today, the people have no choice but to heave a deep sigh. Not to speak of their signature inability to tackle a heap of critical national tasks, an unprecedented, bizarre incident is plaguing parliament from the very start of its first regular session.

2016-09-29 16:35

In town, without my car

Ever since the world's first automobile, the Patent-Motorwagen (motor car), invented by Karl Benz, rolled out on the Ringstrasse (ring road) in the German city of Manheim on July 3, 1886, the world has had a love-hate relationship with the modern convenience.

2016-09-22 17:08

In the year 2750

Forty-seven years ago back in 1969, American rock-pop duo Zager and Evans hit the charts across the nation with "In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)." The then sensational song opens with the words: "In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive, they may find...”

2016-09-08 16:26

At the threshold of autumn

Sultry, sweltering, smoldering, boiling, burning, flaming, igneous, scorching, sizzling, torrid, hot, etc. This is not a vocabulary test to describe this summer's worst heat wave in 22 years.

2016-09-01 16:50

Politicians' lies & fact checking

The never-ending corruption scandals involving high-ranking officials and politicians are driving the people crazy in this sizzling summer.

2016-08-25 13:30

A cheap big 'little' China

China is a big country. No one can deny it. The Communist country has the largest population of nearly 1.5 billion and occupies the fourth-biggest land in the world.

2016-08-18 16:35

Equity of Olympic gold medal

The fete is ongoing. Rio 2016 is cruising along against earlier worries amid a global sigh of relief.

2016-08-11 16:42

To recall 1988 Seoul Olympics

Finally, it's time for the Olympics to beat the heat of this scorching summer. The 2016 Summer Olympics, ironically during the winter season of the host city of Rio de Janeiro, will kick off its 17-day run at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning (Korean Standard Time), amid global controversies.

2016-08-04 16:33

Abuse of power under scorcher

Extreme heat is engulfing the Earth this summer as the worldwide phenomenon of climate change is causing global warming. Meteorological authorities across the world are busy issuing heat alerts day after day. Heat waves that have gripped large parts of the Middle East and the central and eastern parts of the United States since last week have reached temperatures far exceeding seasonal averages.

2016-07-28 16:47

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2	Kim Jong-un's rejection of Russia's food assistance irritates North Korean defectors

3	Opposition party in turmoil as leader could be arrested on Tuesday

4	Korea boosts subsidies to rev up falling EV sales

5	Foreign employees rewarded for contribution to Korea's shipbuilding industry

6	Russia lodges protest to S.Korean envoy over Yoon's UN speech

7	Lawmakers want to grill business tycoons over decision to rejoin FKI

8	Gov't reviews changing description of Fukushima wastewater

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