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Yeosu residents pay for boom with their wallets

YEOSU - The last straw for Park Seon-yeong, 39, was when she took her fourth-grade son to a barber shop in her neighborhood a few days ago. The hair cut for the boy cost 8,000 won ($7.20). “Although the prices of many things are rising quickly the…

Feb 07,2012
Cities attempt to grab Yeosu visitors

Some local governments are hoping to siphon off visitors to the 2012 Yeosu Expo, which opens May 12 and runs for 93 days, by establishing cruises that connect their cities with Yeosu. The Busan City Government announced yesterday it is pushing ah…

Feb 06,2012
Yeosu prepares to unveil international expo

Korea’s second world expo is more than ready to unveil its charm, the organizers of the event said yesterday. The International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012, or Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, enters a 100-day countdown today before its opening in May.…

Feb 02,2012
Hyundai chief honored for aid in bagging Yeosu Expo 2012

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo received the highest level of decoration from the government yesterday for his contribution to win a bid to host the Yeosu Expo, which will be held later this year, the company said in a release. Accord…

Feb 01,2012
A pair of former spy bosses lurk in the shadows

When Kim Jong-un paid tribute to his father’s glass coffin at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace on Dec. 23 with top party and military officials in tow, the activities of 80-year-old military general O Kuk-ryol, a former spy agency director for North Kore…

Jan 03,2012
Pyongyang’s pair of powerful wingmen

As Kim Jong-un tries to consolidate control in North Korea, watching out for betrayals will be key. And the two men he will rely on to spot them in advance are U Tong-chuk, the first director of the national security affairs agency, and Kim Kyong-ok,…

Jan 02,2012
Kim Jong-il leaves North to his son

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died, leaving his country in the hands of a young and inexperienced son — and the whole world worried about what could be down the road for the nuclear-armed, communist, dynastic dictatorship. His death, repor…

Dec 30,2011
New political force conquers Seoul

This year, Seoul citizens watched three unusual political shows in their city: a city-wide referendum on school lunches; the resignation of a mayor; and the Seoul mayoral post going to an independent candidate. Former mayor Oh Se-hoon stepped down…

Dec 30,2011
Newcomer shakes up political scene

Ahn Cheol-soo is a doctor-turnedsoftware mogul with no experience in politics. But in the space of a few days in September, he became many Korean’s favorite to be their next president. All Ahn did was say he supported an independent candidate, lib…

Dec 30,2011
Navy sends Somali pirates packing

After years of Korean ships being hijacked by pirates off of Africa, the Korean government showed what it’s got on Jan. 21 when it led a successful rescue mission for the Samho Jewelry and its 21 sailors, who had been hijacked by Somali pirates in th…

Dec 30,2011

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