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The evil a good war can cause

When U.S. President George W. Bush visited South Korea, he said he was troubled by a regime that tolerates starvation, is closed and not transparent. He added that he was deeply concerned about the people of North Korea and stressed that his "axis of evil" remark did not refer to North Korean people but to the North Korean regime. A few days ago, he said again Washington would not allow countries that are closed, persecute their people and lack a…

Mar 04,2002
Home field advantage

Protecting one's own territory is a universal animal instinct. Male animals in particular establish their own territories for hunting and to monopolize the females in the area. As often seen in television documentaries, many animals mark their territories with their urine and mercilessly attack enemies that intrude. Even tiny animals are no exceptions. Fish, which at least appear to live peacefully in their natural habitat or aquariums, also fier…

Mar 02,2002
Humor, politics and venom

People jokingly said that Jay Leno, an American late-night talk show host and comedian, was the most frustrated man in the world when U.S. President Bill Clinton left office. Jay Leno is the host of the "Tonight Show." He earned the enmity of some Koreans because of a joke about Kim Dong-sung, who was disqualified after finishing first in the men's 1,500 meter short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics. Mr. Leno ridiculed Mr. Kim, saying…

Mar 01,2002
An eye on the ice ahead

It was at the end of the 19th century when Western ice-skating first appeared in Korea. In 1894, King Gojong called a Canadian missionary couple by the name of Evison into Gyeongbok palace and asked them to demonstrate the art of skating on a frozen pond on the castle grounds. The king was quite amused as Mr. Evison fell several times. The first Korean to skate was Hyun Dong-soon, then the director of the YMCA, who tried it in 1908. He bought ska…

Feb 28,2002
Rah-rah-rah

"Hooligan" is a word that means "young vandals or criminals who are prone to fighting or committing crimes." The word was given a new connotation during the administration of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom in the 1980s: People who cause trouble in soccer stadiums. Linguists are still debating the origin of the word. Some say hooligan originated from a Slavic word. Others say the roots of the word can be found in English. But nobo…

Feb 27,2002
Dorasan Station in perspective

Four years ago, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton visited Robben Island, 13 kilometers from Cape Town off the coast of South Africa and where a prison that African freedom fighters were imprisoned and suffered severe punishment is located. He was accompanied by then-South African leader Nelson Mandela. The island is most famous as the prison where the anti-apartheid leader spent 18 years - out of a total of 27 years of imprisonment - in a solitary…

Feb 26,2002
Philosophically speaking

A clear and fundamental difference between Eastern and Western philosophies can be found in the difference between dualism and monism. Traces of dualism can be found in the roots of Western philosophy developed by Plato, Descartes and Marx. Dualism, which says that all things in the universe can be divided into two sides, was largely influenced by Christianity. Good and evil, brightness and darkness, mind and substance, capitalist and laborer…

Feb 25,2002
Philosophically speaking

A clear and fundamental difference between Eastern and Western philosophies can be found in the difference between dualism and monism. Traces of dualism can be found in the roots of Western philosophy developed by Plato, Descartes and Marx. Dualism, which says that all things in the universe can be divided into two sides, was largely influenced by Christianity. Good and evil, brightness and darkness, mind and substance, capitalist and laborer…

Feb 23,2002
Going down to Pharaoh's land

The person who exercised the most influence on U.S. President George W. Bush was his mother, Barbara Bush. The dream of becoming president of the United States was formed when Mr. Bush was re-elected governor of Texas in 1998 with 65 percent of the vote. At a celebration party, one pastor brought up the story of Moses, the hero of the Biblical book of Exodus. Listening quietly to the pastor's preaching, Barbara whispered into her son's ear: "…

Feb 22,2002
Return of the red

"Ginseng, ginseng, please talk / Wealth was made out of you / Eternal youth was also made out of you" These are lines from a song that is said to have circulated among merchants in Uiju, South Pyeongan province, now part of North Korea. "Sangdo," a television drama that recently gained popularity, introduced Im Sang-ok, who was born in Uiju. Mr. Im became the wealthiest merchant in the 19th century of the Joseon Dynasty. The drama depicts the …

Feb 21,2002

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