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From student to teacher in 20 years
The 1980s was the ice age for the nuclear power industry. This was due to the aftermath of the 1979 Three Mile Island accident, which exposed about 1 million residents within a five-mile radius of the Three …
Dec 31,2009
Beating the odds
It is hard to let go of the euphoria and sensation of seeing Korea win its first deal to export nuclear reactors in one of the world’s largest and most hotly contested contracts. The entire population is united in rejoicing over the news from Abu Dha…
Dec 31,2009
The silver lining of the financial crisis
They say obesity is a “contagious” disease like the new flu. If a friend of mine gets fat, the probability of me gaining weight will increase as much as 60 percent. It is even said that if a friend of my fri…
Dec 30,2009
South materials likely reused by North’s military
North Korea has reused equipment and materials left from the halted construction work on light-water reactors, breaking a prior agreement with a multinational organization that oversaw the botched construction project. According to the Unificatio…
Dec 30,2009
Speaker’s duty not yet done
The National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o has said he would resign if a budget bill isn’t passed this year. When a provisional budget is implemented, that will indicate that the National Assembly has stopped functioning, and Kim said he is willing to…
Dec 30,2009
One snow blast gone, another is on its way today
The current cold spell will continue to grip the nation this week, while Seoul and other metropolitan areas are expected to receive at least three to eight centimeters (1.18 to 3.15 inches) of snow today and tomorrow morning, the national weather age…
Dec 29,2009
Basking in nuclear power’s glow
Austria, where the head office of the International Atomic Energy Agency is located, is a country that hates nuclear energy. There is a nuclear power plant in Austria, but it was never put into operation after…
Dec 29,2009
Embracing multiethnic kids
Early last month, The New York Times ran an article about American football star Hines Ward meeting multiethnic kids from Korea. Every year, the Korean branch of U.S.-based Pearl S. Buck International brings eight multiethnic kids living in Korea …
Dec 29,2009
Korea wins $40 billion nuclear deal
Korea won one of the world’s biggest nuclear energy contracts yesterday as the United Arab Emirates formally announced its decision to award the $40 billion deal to the consortium led by the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. According to the E…
Dec 28,2009
Keeping warm through sharing
It may sound like a silly question, but the end of December, according to the solar calendar, was the season for festivals in the provinces along the Mediterranean and Europe. James George Frazer, the au…
Dec 28,2009
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