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The
attack on U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert in the very heart of Seoul
yesterday (March 5, 2015) once again reminds us of the distress caused
by the territorial and social division on the Korean peninsula. Police
will attempt to expose all the details surrounding the incident. Yet,
it is obvious that ideological animosity fomented by 70 years of
division has been raised to a new level, whether it was part of a
conspiracy or the act of a lone representative of a radical group.
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President Park Geun-hye's approval rating will not
hit a real bottom as some of her
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predecessors experienced. The biggest reason many
people withdraw their support for the president is corruption of
presidential family members or...
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“Misaeng” (Incomplete Life), a recent television
drama, had great social
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repercussions as it dealt with issues concerning employment
and new employees adapting themselves to corporate life. Most
impressive...
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Mr. L, who was my senior at university, belongs to
the so-called 386 generation: he was
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born in the early 1960s and went to university in
the 1980s. As university students this generation spent more time
on the street than in a le...
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Which age group has the most viewers of “Ode to My
Father,” a nostalgic melodrama
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which is set to surpass 10 million in ticket sales
soon? Data released by CGV has revealed interesting results: the
admission ratios of viewers in...
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People
in both South and North Korea yearn for unification. Debates on
possible economic gains from reunification are actively under way these
days. It is believed that a reunified Korea would enjoy higher
international ...
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Most
Koreans feel a lack of preparation for later life and children’s
education are the two greatest obstacles to their economic happiness,
according to Hyundai Research Institute’s latest survey. Among the
respondents...
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Wood engravings of the thousand-hand bodhisattva and
Dharma; minute
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engravings of aphorisms on a hexagonal stone tablet;
restoration of the state seal and written seals of noble families
from the Joseon Dynasty; and various callig...
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Yeoyudang
Jeong Yak-yong, Yeonam Pak Ji-won, Wandang Kim Jeong-hui, Damheon
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Hong
Dae-yong … These names and their preceding pen names are familiar to
anyone who has spent his or her school years in Korea. Not everyone
knows, however, that their...
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“Look
at my fingertips,” Dr. Kim Soon-kwon said. They were all black. “They
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got
this way from pollinating the corn with my own hands. At the very tip
of the corn stalk are the tassels, the...
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