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Kaist chair speaks to the danger of nuclear weapons

The term “nuclear security” is still unfamiliar to many Koreans, although it has emerged as a major international issue and Seoul will host a summit next year to discuss it. To provide readers with a glimpse of the potential risks the lack of nuc…

Nov 29,2011
How safe is world’s nuclear stocks?

Case 1. A Russian man named Oleg Khinsagov, a resident of the Georgian village of Nogir on the Russian border, was arrested for attempting to sell around 80 grams of highly enriched uranium in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in January 2006. He and t…

Nov 29,2011
As the rich ascend, the rest languish

Last Sunday morning, some 300 people without homes queued up to receive a free hot meal, served by a local church. “The number of homeless have increased recently, more than during the Asian financial crisis in 1998,” said Choi Sung-won, a pasto…

Oct 17,2011
Koreans safe and educated but not terribly happy

Park Min-ki, a college senior in Seoul, has submitted 18 résumés to different companies throughout the city. For most of them, he made it through the application phase of the hiring process but failed in the interviews. Park, an …

Oct 17,2011
Helping others is secret to Denmark’s happiness

Danes rank as one of the happiest people in the world. The high-ranking is attributed at least in part to Denmark’s legendary social equality and strong social safety net. “If I have to explain why Danes seem to be the happiest people in the world…

Oct 17,2011
Yeosu region asks for rail upgrade ahead of Expo

North and South Jeolla governments said they recently asked the central government to improve the KTX’s signaling and communications systems to increase the trains’ speed and reduce heavy traffic anticipated during the Yeosu Expo 2012. The local …

Aug 09,2011
Gangwon celebrates good times

People across Korea were delighted at the news that the International Olympic Committee had chosen Pyeongchang in Gangwon province as the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics. But nowhere were the celebrations as intense as in Pyeongchang itself and a…

July 08,2011
Networking, sweat and tears behind bid

No individual is responsible for Pyeongchang’s winning bid to host the Winter Games in 2018. But many individuals did very heavy lifting. The involvement of reigning women’s figure skating champion Kim Yu-na was significant. To some, sh…

July 08,2011
Korea Inc. gave cash, time and pressure

Korea Inc. played a huge role in making Pyeongchang the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Just as Hyundai Group’s late honorary chairman Chung Ju-young played a big role in the successful hosting of the 1988 Summer Olympics, Lee Kun-hee, board mem…

July 08,2011
With the Games won, the building now starts

Now that the work of bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics to Pyeongchang is complete, the national government and Gangwon are going full speed ahead to finish the infrastructure needed to host the Games. Finishing sports venues Pye…

July 08,2011

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