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Sat, March 25, 2023 | 09:48
Park Moo-jong
Still young 70-year-old Korea Times
The day after tomorrow, Nov. 1, The Korea Times, virtually the first and oldest English newspaper in Korea, turns seventy years old, a symbolic number of longevity, after it was founded four months after the Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950 following North Korea's invasion of the South backed by the then Soviet Union and China.
2020-10-29 18:17
Too big to give up?
Just six months are left until by-elections are held for mayors of the nation's two largest cities, Seoul and Busan, which are expected to serve as a crucial barometer of public opinion ahead of the next presidential poll slated for March 2022.
2020-10-15 17:45
Ain't going home
If not for the stubborn COVID-19 pandemic, people could have been jubilant as is the case every year for their traditional Chuseok holiday that begins Wednesday and continues through Sunday for a rare five-day run this year.
2020-09-29 15:01
On delivery riders
The door-to-door delivery business is flourishing thanks to the stubborn COVID-19 pandemic. The boom naturally causes a shortage of motorbike-riding delivery workers.
2020-09-17 17:21
Who is lying?
We are living in the days of a pandemic of lies, not to speak of a global coronavirus pandemic.
2020-09-03 17:19
Ordeal of 'Aegukga'
Seventy-five years have passed since national liberation from 36 years of brutal colonial rule by Japan (1910-45). This year, the official ceremony to commemorate the "celebrated" anniversary was held on Aug. 15 at the state-of-the-art Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.
2020-08-20 17:51
Seoul: a 'tasteless' city?
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a megacity that has an official history of 628 years, considered the historical center of the country.
2020-08-06 17:14
Do not glorify suicide
The downfall of yet another big shot dismayed many here after he took his own life in apparent despair over what would take place in the wake of a criminal accusation of sexual harassment made against him by his former secretary.
2020-07-23 15:54
Beating 'corona blues'
The term “blues” can be understand basically as a music genre that originated in the United States around the 1870s among African-Americans, mostly slaves and their descendants, who sang as they toiled in the cotton and vegetable fields.
2020-07-09 17:07
No free lunch
As a Korean proverb runs, “One would drink caustic soda, if it were free of charge.” A joke of similar meaning also puts it that “if you like it for free, you'll become bald.” One of my foreign friends asked what the proverb means, saying, “You're kidding. Swallowing caustic soda or lye can cause death.”
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