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Korean nukes crank out power
Korea s atomic energy output surpassed the 2-trillion kilowatt hour mark for the first time ever, a state-run nuclear power company said yesterday. The Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company said the record output is a first for the country that fir…
May 20,2008
Stock investments soar in 07
Amid the stock market boom in Korea last year, the number of Koreans investing in local equity markets rose 22.9 percent from a year earlier, according to the nation s bourse operator yesterday. In a release, the Korea Exchange said the number of i…
May 20,2008
Can parents find out the sex of their unborn baby?
Informing parents of the sex of an unborn baby is illegal. Or is it? According to Korean law, it is illegal for doctors to identify the sex of a fetus. Even so, many parents illegally find out their unborn baby s sex, using any means they can to …
May 20,2008
What is a public tender and how does it affect stock prices?
Are you interested in investing in stocks? Investing money in shares of a company can be quite a fickle process, but often it can yield quite lucrative returns. These days, one of the hot names in the stock market is First Fire and Marine Insuranc…
May 13,2008
Zoonotic diseases: How do they affect the public?
This month, a highly contagious strain of avian influenza broke out in poultry farms in Gimje and Jeong-eup, North Jeolla Province and Nonsan in South Chungcheong Province. This is the third outbreak of avian influenza in Korea since 2003. Livestoc…
May 06,2008
How does microcredit help low-income people?
What is microcredit? It is a system that allows people from low-income brackets to take out loans with low interest rates in order to support themselves. The term also refers to when creditors lend small amounts of money to those with a credit histo…
Apr 29,2008
How does it affect democracy when so few vote?
When the National Election Commission released the figures for voter turnout in the general elections for the National Assembly earlier this month, political commentators had a lot to say. Voter turnout this year fell just short of 46 percent, and p…
Apr 22,2008
What are PB products and how do they affect sales?
Have you gone to a discount store recently and noticed products that look unfamiliar? Have you noticed ramen packets or milk cartons with the store’s name in big bold letters? These products are indeed quite different from your ordinary ramen and …
Apr 15,2008
Why is Tibet a hot issue in the coming Olympics?
Did you see the torch-lighting ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics on television two weeks ago? After beautiful performances by actors dressed as ancient Greeks, Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, addressed thousands of…
Apr 08,2008
It is economic sluggishness combined with high inflation.
The word “stagflation” is all over newspaper pages and TV news these days. Your parents may have also been complaining about it. But what does this odd word mean? Stagflation is actually a portmanteau, a word created by putting two words together. T…
Apr 01,2008
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