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Young pilot has high-flying hopes for the future
WONJU, Gangwon ― It is nine in the morning on a weekday at the Air Force’s combat plane runway in Wonju and a tiny plane alights gracefully on the runway. Out steps 14-year old Jeon Yoo-na, an 8th grader at Jecheon Girls’ High School. Jeon holds a pilot’s license for light aircraft, and is the youngest in Asia to have obtained such a certificati…
May 28,2007
North’s hopes same as other countries
International scholar Robert A. Scalapino recently expressed his thoughts on the current situation in the East Asian region, in particular regarding North Korea. Scalapino is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He founded its Institute for East Asian Studies and has visited the North five times, including a visit when…
May 23,2007
Koreans, Chinese battle yellow dust
To reduce the harm created by yellow dust, a group of Korean and Chinese students have worked together to protect nature by planting more trees. Last Saturday, students from Korea and China were dispatched to the Kubuchi Desert of the Neimenggu district in China, to participate in a tree-planting activity to help stop the shifting of yellow sand. …
May 21,2007
Korean taxidermist enjoys his work, the art of reanimating
They almost look alive. Two cock pheasants beat their wings to attract a hen, and a sparrow-hawk spreads its claws to strike at a sparrow. The workroom of taxidermist Yoo Young-nam, who is responsible for making specimens at the National Institute of Biological Resources in Gyeongseo-dong, Seo District, Incheon, reminds visitors of a zoo. Yoo’s…
May 21,2007
High-octane beer attracts a good buzz
Cass Red 6.9, Korea’s first high-alcohol beer had its beginnings in a brainstorming session three years ago, said Kim Dong-cheol. The brand director at Oriental Brewery was curious about why beer was not popular at Korean-style restaurants. “For the first round of drinks, or il cha in Korean, people drink soju instead of beer,” said Kim. “We ask…
May 14,2007
Best-selling author returns with a mission to educate
Helie Lee, 42, is the bestselling author of “Still Life with Rice,” a nonfiction account of the life of a grandmother whose son lives in North Korea. She recently came to Korea as the co-director of Korea Academy for Educators, a non-profit organization that aims to educate American teachers about Korean culture and history. She talked about the …
May 14,2007
Banking through instant messenger
Gone are the days when online instant messages were just an avenue for secret chatter with friends. Seoul bond traders have long used Yahoo’s chat messenger to send over-the-counter bidding requests to brokers, and Microsoft’s MSN messenger has been widely used among Korean office workers to exchange office documents. Now instant messaging is reach…
May 14,2007
[In-depth interview]Scholars must compete globally
To Park Chul, the president of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 24 hours does not seem like enough time for his busy daily schedule. He usually works until 11 p.m., even on Sundays, pouring his energy into nurturing well-rounded students for the free trade agreement era. For a man as determined as Park, there is no time to waste. JoongAng …
May 09,2007
All you need is love, a pair of guys and 10,000 won
The duo “Wood Bicycle” has been holding 10,000 won ($11) concerts since the beginning of this year. Since they sing 25 songs per concert, the rate equals 400 won per song for each member of the audience. The musicians begin their concerts by making a self-deprecating joke about this rate and saying, “Since the concert is cheap, please do some wor…
May 07,2007
Island city to grow from China-Korea partnership
An international city with Chinese features “like Hong Kong” will be built on Korea’s Yeongjong island, where the Incheon International Airport is located, John L. W. Lee, managing director of the Lippo Group, said during a visit to the island last week. He was talking about the Unbuk new town, which Lippo, the second biggest business group found…
May 07,2007
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