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Arms cargo from North seized in Bangkok

Thailand authorities have seized tons of heavy weapons on a plane that flew from North Korea, after the aircraft made an emergency landing in Bangkok Friday. According to wire reports and the Bangkok Post newspaper, about 35 tons of weapons were …

Dec 14,2009
Fresh blood for vampire myths

The origin of bloodsuckers can be traced back to Lamia, a child-eating demon in ancient Greek mythology, or strigoi, the troubled souls of the dead rising from graves in Romanian mythology. But the word vampir…

Dec 14,2009
Rework labor union bill

The amendment to the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act unveiled last week by the Grand National Party has provoked the criticism that it goes against the tripartite agreement worked out between labor, management and the government. The c…

Dec 14,2009
Undersea calamity omen of greater ills

The oceans began to fall ill in the 1970s. Coral reefs, inhabited by such a rich diversity of creatures that they might be called underwater rainforests, started to become more like deserts. Chlorosis cause…

Dec 12,2009
Ssangyong fails to get nod from creditors

Ssangyong Motor’s fate is dangling by a thread after it failed again to get approval from major creditors on its turnaround plan yesterday. The plan met with strong disapproval from foreign bondholders. The company’s final destiny now lies in the…

Dec 12,2009
Slice the Gordian knot

Slice the Gordian knot The visit to Pyongyang by Stephen Bosworth, the special U.S. envoy for North Korean policy, may not have been too bad. Both the U.S. State Department and the North Korean Foreign Ministry said the two sides had a common un…

Dec 12,2009
Foreign language high schools get handed new rules

By Seo Ji-eun The controversial foreign language high schools won’t be gone but will be required to meet such requirements as reducing the number of classes and adopting an admissions officer system starting with 2013 admissions, the Education Minis…

Dec 11,2009
An aerial view of the imperial era

Nearly 50,000 people surged toward Yeouido on Dec. 10, 1922, to witness the triumphant homecoming flight to Korea by An Chang-nam. He graduated from Japan’s Okuri Aviation School in Tokyo and became the firs…

Dec 11,2009
Flaws in the budget review

The National Assembly is at it again. The constitutional deadline to pass next year’s budget was Dec. 2. Meanwhile, a budget draft that has been through the review process is turning into a patchwork of additions as it goes through the Assembly’s sta…

Dec 11,2009
Top MBC executives tender their resignations

MBC President Ohm Ki-young and seven other executives of the nation’s second-largest broadcaster have offered to resign amid continuing criticism by the firm’s main shareholder over their “poor management oversight.” The Foundation for Broadcast …

Dec 10,2009

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