• North’s test announcement comes as a surprise
    When North Korea’s foreign ministry announced on October 3 that “it would conduct a nuclear test,” expectations were high that Pyongyang would watch international political move...
    Oct.10,2006 14:28 KST
  • The bang heard 'round the world
    "Watch how my brinkmanship strategy takes things to the brink!" says Kim Jong-il with a "boom" after he sets off the nuclear test he holds in his hand. The only other option...
    Oct.10,2006 14:22 KST
  • S.K. students lag in Korean
    South Korean elementary school students have a higher level of grade-level performance in the English language than they do their own, according to a report. According to dat...
    Oct.9,2006 15:22 KST
  • Hiring lags behind investment in Korea’s large firms
    Investment by South Korea’s top 100 companies has been slowly rising since hitting a low in 2003, but employment has not caught up, according to a recent survey. The gap between...
    Oct.9,2006 15:13 KST
  • Instead of abundance, an empty sea
    By Nam Jong Yeong, Reporter for the Hankyoreh 21 Geojin Harbor in Goseong County, Gangwon Province stood quiet on September 6. The typhoon warning for that morning had been can...
    Oct.9,2006 15:00 KST
  • N. Korea claims success in nuclear test
    South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said Monday that North Korea's self-proclaimed nuclear test would undo Seoul's efforts to engage its communist neighbor. Speaking to re...
    Oct.9,2006 12:30 KST
  • The day begins
    North Korean women pull small wagons to their places of work in a rural area near Pyongyang on October 3. Pyongyang Yonhap News
    Oct.9,2006 12:04 KST
  • The battle continues
    The rock Bush is playing with says, "financial sanctions." Kim Jong-Il wields a "nuclear test." The trap is an "isolation strategy." (Hankyoreh Geurimpan, 9 October 2006)
    Oct.9,2006 11:40 KST
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