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Sat, August 18, 2018 | 10:29

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Ban on smoking while walking

Every New Year's Day, many people make various resolutions to do or not do something, mostly for their better health. On top of the self-promises is quitting smoking. But their ardent determination usually ends in three days, mostly. It is common sense today that lighting up is a deadly habit, causing “100 harmful effects and not a single good thing,” doing more harm than good.

Park Moo-jong | 2017-08-24 17:49

Smombie vs. Walking dead

Have you ever seen zombies walking in the streets or elsewhere? Excuse me? What a ridiculous and absurd question. No one has seen them except in horror films and “zombie walks,” because a zombie is a "fictional" dead person who has returned to life as a walking corpse.

Park Moo-jong | 2017-08-17 16:22

A dire need for 'Office of Tourism'

Incheon International Airport is full of hustle and bustle with the flocking of outbound summer holidaymakers. The number of tourists going abroad is continually increasing despite the alleged economic difficulties. The YOLO (You Only Live Once) Tribe's latest trend to enjoy today, a la "carpe diem," without worrying about tomorrow may be contributing to making the airport a hive of activity.

Park Moo-jong | 2017-08-10 17:51

'You only live once'

Forty-seven years ago, Kris Kristofferson wrote and composed "Help Me Make It Through the Night," an "immortal" country music ballad whose lyrics are somewhat erotic. The then 24-year-old American singer-songwriter, who was assigned to teach English literature at the West Point at the end of his military service but refused, sought for love: "Take the ribbon from your head..........let the devil take tomorrow. Lord, tonight I need a friend. Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight. And it's sad to be alone. Help me make it through the night." Three years before Kris sang the so...

Park Moo-jong | 2017-08-03 16:55

Age-old debate on dog meat

Koreans are spending the hottest days of their lives for the first time since 1994, with the mercury soaring up to nearly 40 degrees Centigrade (104 F) in the ancient capital city of Gyeongju and 36 degrees C (96.8 F) in Seoul early this week. The sultry weather is usually described as "sambok deowi" or "heat wave during the period of three ("sam") Dog Days," which fall on July 12 ("chobok"), July 22 ("jungbok") and Aug. 11 ("malbok") this year. On the past two Dog Days of "chobok" and "jungbok," there were long queues of citizens in front of restaurants serving "samgye-tang" (boiled chicken...

Park Moo-jong | 2017-07-27 17:41

'Shut up and attack'

Park Sung-hyun thrilled not only her fellow Koreans but world golf fans by coming from behind to win the coveted 2017 U.S. Women's Open Championship on Sunday at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Park Moo-jong | 2017-07-20 17:35

How to 'torture' Koreans

When it comes to "torture," many people, especially Americans, may be reminded of the recent death of Otto Warmbier, a U.S. student, who sustained serious injuries while he was detained in North Korea for 18 months.

Park Moo-jong | 2017-07-13 18:33

We've had enough

The street, as a public thoroughfare, is the place where people should coexist peacefully. Order is a must on the street on which people may freely assemble, interact and move about.

Park Moo-jong | 2017-07-06 17:10

What do people, especially English speakers, think of the phrase, "aid dog meat?" Aid dog is synonym of service dog, which is a type of assistance dog specifically trained to help people who have disabilities such as visual impairment, among others. Alas, then does the aid dog meat mean the meat of a service dog such as a retriever?

Park Moo-jong | 2017-06-29 16:08

Romance vs. adultery

"The Bridges of Madison County," a 1995 American film, portrays a four-day extramarital affair of an Italian wife Francesca (Meryl Streep) with a photographer Robert (Clint Eastwood). The film earned $182 million worldwide and was well received by critics. It was also a box office hit in South Korea and its musical version is going well here, too, at Chungmu Arts Center in Seoul.

Park Moo-jong | 2017-06-22 16:56

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