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Me-generation gets vocal
Pop group Wonder Girls’ “So Hot” is sweeping the charts recently. It was the second home run following last year’s “Tell Me.” The simple and repetitive melody is strangely addictive. The five women, who have already won over married men as fans, show…
June 21,2008
Infectious issue
During the 1980s, liver cancer ranked as the second most common form of cancer in Korea, after stomach cancer. In response, the government launched a nationwide campaign to promote awareness of hepatitis B, which is the leading cause of liver canc…
June 20,2008
Blind horsemen
“Wind surrounds a pavilion before rain falls on the mountain.” This is a verse about foreseeing future disasters. It comes from a poem that Xu Hun, from the Tang Dynasty, recited when he visited Xianyang, the capital during the reign of Emperor Qi…
June 19,2008
Devil’s advocate wanted
The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion was based on mistaken assumptions at every step. The Americans assumed that the Cuban army would be at a loss and run away. They also thought Cubans would support the invasion in a national uprising, and thus the Castro …
June 18,2008
Bad branding
During the 1960s, the U.S. army discovered a new way to store food longer in the field. After being exposed to weak gamma rays, the food could be stored for extended periods, its freshness maintained far longer than before. The newly developed method…
June 17,2008
The blame game
President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda have several things in common. One is that they entered politics comparatively late, starting their careers as businessmen before becoming politicians in their early 50s. They als…
June 16,2008
Candlelight democracy
Candlelight is an important icon in the South Korean politics of the 2000s. At every political climax, candlelight appeared. The first candlelight demonstration was held in Gwanghwamun in November 2002 in memory of Shin Hyo-sun and Shim Mi-sun, tw…
June 14,2008
Lefties’ rights
A soccer team becomes stronger if it has a leftie on the pitch. In fact, the number of left-handers around the world remains stable at 8 to 12 percent of the entire population regardless of age and race. There is an assumption that the proportion…
June 13,2008
Enlightenment
There are different types of misunderstanding. You may be so stuck to your own ideas that you simply don’t understand someone else’s point of view. Or you could be so persistent in your own thoughts that you misinterpret the comments of another. You …
June 12,2008
Surviving stress
“We cannot possibly avoid stress and stress is not necessarily bad,” said stress expert Bruce McEwen of Rockfeller University. Hormones secreted when you are under stress heighten your awareness of your environment, improve eyesight and hearing and …
June 11,2008
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