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- A railroad runs through Tibet
- Railroads, symbols of commercialization and modernization, connect some of the most remote corners of the world. On July 1, the Qingzang Railway began operations, opening up rem...
- Sep.28,2006 14:52 KST
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- The state of welfare
- The news, as broadcast on a massive electric sign, is that a quarter of next year’s budget is going to be spent on welfare.
Some meet this news with alarm, asking, "Aren’t th...
- Sep.28,2006 13:40 KST
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- Before the fall
- A rice plant stands in an empty field, some grains remaining. The scene was captured in Doduri, Gyeonggi Province, where U.S. bases are set to be relocated. The rice plant remai...
- Sep.28,2006 13:34 KST
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- Critics caution public on proposed legal database
- The government is seeking to consolidate documents related to criminal cases at the National Police agency, the prosecution, courts, and the Defense Ministry into a comprehensiv...
- Sep.27,2006 15:42 KST
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- U.S. ambassador briefs lawmakers on wartime control
- Alexander Vershbow, U.S. ambassador to Seoul, called the the transfer of wartime operational command from the U.S. to South Korea a natural development between the two and a pro...
- Sep.27,2006 14:43 KST
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- U.S. balks at selling military technology to S.K.: report
- A private U.S. intelligence group says that Washington is somewhat wary about selling Seoul state-of-the-art military technology, as it might upset the regional balance of power...
- Sep.27,2006 14:35 KST
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- Intelligence body delays Kim Dae-jung abduction findings
- A National Intelligence Service committee has delayed the release of its findings on the 1973 kidnapping of former president Kim Dae-jung, then a politician and activist against...
- Sep.27,2006 14:25 KST
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- [News Analysis] The Abe administration
- Japan’s new administration, which came to office Tuesday, is largely composed of people closely aligned with new prime minister Abe Shinzo.
Prime Minister Abe’s choice of po...
- Sep.27,2006 12:22 KST
