• In South Korea's prisons, double standards abound
    Here are examples of three kinds of South Korea corrections facilities: 1. A prison for U.S. military criminals, housed within the compound of Cheonan Juvenile Prison. Prison...
    Nov.24,2006 13:32 KST
  • Farmers, frustrated at financial losses, take to streets
    Angry farmers held demonstrations in the cities across the nation on November 22, saying that their life is getting worse due to the government's pushing for a free trade agreem...
    Nov.24,2006 13:22 KST
  • Keeping the home fires burning
    President Roh Moo-hyun flies back to Korea, poring over plans for the "Roh Moo-hyun Memorial." On the ground below there are fires burning, namely "real estate," "unemploymen...
    Nov.23,2006 17:09 KST
  • Go west, young men and women
    Some 500 Korean athletes gather to pose for photographs in a Seoul gymnasium on November 22. They will take part in the Asian Games to be held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to 15.
    Nov.23,2006 16:41 KST
  • A warmer earth may make the blossoms disappear
    In the not so distant future, the largest granary on the Korean peninsula will suffer from a water shortage due to climate changes caused by global warming. In addition, the sum...
    Nov.23,2006 16:15 KST
  • Group seeks to lower Korea's suicide rate
    Thirty three year-old Kim Sun-I - not her real name - quietly laid down for what she intended to be the last time. She pulled out a notebook to write something, but no words cam...
    Nov.23,2006 16:07 KST
  • Lone Star hints at dropping bank sale amid probe
    The U.S.-based Lone Star Funds, which is in the process of selling its controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), is staging a two-pronged battle amid widening investigatio...
    Nov.23,2006 15:51 KST
  • [Feature] The future of Vietnam and the future of North Korea
    At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held November 18-19 in Hanoi, security was tight. Soldiers with loaded machine guns stood guard, surrounding residences an...
    Nov.23,2006 15:32 KST
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