Universal values, they are something very unfamiliar to many countries whose government’s hold communist ideologies. For a country like China, the recent decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to an imprisoned C
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The nation’s figure skating goddess Kim Yu-na is still in troubled waters after separating with her coach. With various question marks surrounding her public image, countless corporate sponsors had to make the difficult choice of whether to stay or leave
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Is it comfortable or uncomfortable? You be the judge. Recently the nation’s defense minister announced that the government will put a halt to a reduction of the Army’s mandatory military service period to 18 months and instead keep it at 21 months. Ther
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A recent story in the papers about a private tutor earning more than 150 million won caught my eye. It got me thinking in many ways; first, how in the world can a regular tutor earn so much? Now, let’s keep in mind that the figure he earned was monthly b
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Even though food prices are soaring, you don’t have to spend a fortune every time you enter the grocery store, and you don’t need to spend a lot of time clipping coupons. Manufacturers’ coupons, store coupons are all ways to save money at the supermarket. But if you don’t have the
The long wait is finally over. The newest version of Steve Jobs’ do it all multi tasking smartphone has arrived for the Korean consumers. Despite the obvious fact that Apple’s iPhone is dominating the Korean market, it is hard not to be surprised at the
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Honesty is now becoming an extremely hard to find quality amongst politicians. Of course it is a quality that is difficult to discover in most people these days. Then again, there are those that are so accustomed to lying that they completely forget that
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Back in the 1980s many believed the 21st Century would belong to Japan. It sure made sense back then for it was the world’s second largest economy. Not only the in America, but some of the best-selling economic books and essays couldn’t help
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It is something no one is proud of. And there are so many of us that are used to old traditions. Physical violence, also known as corporal punishment, is deeply embedded in our culture. The truth of the matter is countless teachers rely on this form of pu
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A very unique article recently caught my attention. It was an article that summed up the info on a recent survey conducted in 10 Asian countries. Of course our nation, South Korea was one of the 10. What really bothered me in this article was that we rank
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