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Kim Il Sung defender’s son poised to advise ‘great comrade’

Choe Ryong-hae, a secretary of the North Korean Workers’ Party and a confidant of Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s first president, appears to be solidifying his position as the senior adviser to Kim’s grandson, Kim Jong-un. Choe’s advance is a reflec…

Dec 27,2011
The North’s most important general

When Pyongyang released the names of the people on the committee organizing the funeral of Kim Jong-il, experts scrutinized it as a map to the inner circle of new leader Kim Jong-un. The first three names on the 232-person list were unsurprising…

Dec 26,2011
Seoul readies for nuclear summit

Leaders of 55 nations and international organizations are set to descend on Seoul in four months’ time for the second Nuclear Security Summit, providing an opportunity for Korea to take a leading role in global nuclear security efforts. But fo…

Nov 29,2011
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

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