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- Serious environmental contamination found at U.S. bases
- The Ministry of National Defense announced May 30 that most U.S. military bases in South Korea have serious environmental problems. According to the ministry’s data, twenty-fou...
- May.31,2006 13:45 KST
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- [Column] Thinking of the N.E. Asian community in Kaesong
- There was an interesting international meeting in Kaesong last week. An organization of university presidents in Northeast Asia, headed by Kyungnam University’s Park Jae-kyu and...
- May.31,2006 13:39 KST
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- 10 years for former Daewoo Group chair
- A Seoul court handed Kim Woo-choong, the founder of now-defunct Daewoo Group, a 10-year prison sentence, after determining that he was largely behind the fraud and embezzlement ...
- May.31,2006 13:37 KST
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- [Editorial] Let Daewoo’s Kim Woo-choong be the last one
- Former Daewoo group chairman Kim Woo-choong has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and trillions of won in financial penalties. The court’s sentence was about more than just K...
- May.31,2006 13:34 KST
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- Over half of Korea’s major exports compete with Japan and China
- 100 main exports overlapped with major export offerings of Japan, and 29 with China’s top exports. The most fiercely competing items were semi-conductors, as well as television ...
- May.31,2006 12:03 KST
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- Microchip maverick brings TV to mobile phones
- Five years ago, a young entrepreneur considered ways to transmit television programs onto mobile phones. Ko Beom-kyu’s resulting invention, the radio frequency (RF) chip, has e...
- May.30,2006 13:41 KST
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- [Column] The world’s lowest birth rate and peace of mind
- Following the end of World War I, economist John Maynard Keynes discussed two important factors in shaping the future of Europe in his book, titled “The Economic Consequences of...
- May.30,2006 11:16 KST
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- A skewed view of Asian cinema from Cannes
- By Derek Elley
CANNES, France--As I write this, the 59th Cannes Film Festival (17-28 May) is only starting to get into full swing, and it is still too early to reach any gen...
- May.30,2006 10:49 KST
