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Manufacturing Misguided Protests in Assam
By Nava Thakuria
Special Correspondent
Can northeast Indian province of Assam be put on a red-hot pan anytime by few motivated leaders even though for a wrong reason? If most of the Assamese speaking people often listen to a section ...

US Chamber CEO Strongly Opposes US Withdrawal from US-S. Korea Trade Agreement
Thomas J. Donahue Warns That Withdrawal Would Alienate S. Korea, Jeopardizing Security on Peninsula
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce opposes U.S. withdrawal from the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), it announced in its news release on Sept. 5, 2017. U.S. Chamber President ...

Letters to the Editor
¡°72 Hours in Pyongyang: How We Exited Gulag¡±

US Veteran of Korean War Tells of Own Experience
Special Contribution
By Don E. Porter
The story begins in 1994, when myself and trusty coaching partner Mickey D, got an invite to visit North Korea by their Softball Association. The difficulties in just getting to North Korea almost gave us ...

Ex-US Envoy Lippert Visits Ball Park in Gwangju
Mark W. Lippert Now Works Boeing's Vice President
The former US Ambassador to Seoul Mark William Lippert appeared at a ball park in South Korea's Gwangju City on Sept. 1, 2017. The 44-year-old former US envoy visited the baseball game ...

Oh Ji-Hyun Wins KLPGA Held in Chuncheon
South Korean female ace golfer Oh Ji-Hyun clinched the whopping prize money of 350 million won by winning KLPGA held in a Chuncheon golf club on Sept. 3, 2017. The 21-year-old up and ...

British Songwriting Duo "Ooberfuse" to Be in Seoul on Sept. 17-21, 2017
British songwriting duo, "Ooberfuse," will be in Seoul from Sept. 17-21, 2017. They will be performing a special show for Sofar Sounds and Amnesty International Korea with Korea's YB band. ...

UNESCO Should Cancel Japan¡¯s Okinoshima Heritage Status Unless Women Allowed on It
Hindus are urging the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, whose 41st session was meeting in Krakow (Poland) on July 2-12, 2017, not to endorse or cancel Okinoshima Island of Japan for ...

Op-Ed Special
Bring North Korea to the Negotiation Table, Do Not Sanction It

By Eugene Lee
Contributing Writer
A year ago, the US government has announced yet another set of sanctions against North Korea. This time the target was Kim Jong-Un himself. The goal of these sanctions is to restrain officials in power ...

Forbes Asia's Fabulous 50 List Features A Record Number of Companies from China
SINGAPORE (August 24, 2017) — The 13th annual Forbes Asia¡¯s Fabulous 50 List of the best publicly traded big companies honors corporate stars across the Asia-Pacific region. This year, China is ...

Letters to the Editor
An Intolerable Hell

Special Contribution
By Clemente Ferrer
"I saw the best minds of my generation dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix and imperious drug," said Allen Ginsberg. Now drugs, usually ...

Competition for Survival Signals Maintains Immune Balance
According to a new study published in the journal Immunity, two types of immune cells compete for a shared source of proteins that allow them to survive. The ¡°contestants¡± are the recently discovered and ...

Bolivia Marks 192nd Independence Day in Seoul
Chargé d'Affaires Luis Pablo Ossio-Bustillos of the Bolivian Embassy in Seoul hosted a dinner reception at Seoul Plaze Hotel in downtown Seoul on August 4 (Friday), 2017 on the occasion of the 192nd ...

Mexican Navy's Cruise Training Ship ¡°Cuauhtémoc¡± to Visit Busan Soon
The Sailboat School ARM Ship ¡°Cuauhtémoc¡± (BE-01) will visit the port of Busan, South Korea from August to Sept. 1, 2017, the Mexican Embassy in Seoul recently announced. The emblematic ...

A War of Monkeys, Every Man for Himself
Qatar and Turkey on one hand, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain on the other, are the two fronts of the recent Middle East crisis. Both are Sunni Muslims. The current crisis actually proved that ...

World-Class IT Pros Trained in Ukraine
When a new generation IT school, 42 opened last year in the Silicon Valley, few people in Fremont, California knew that a similar school had already been functioning in the capital of Ukraine under the ...

Mexican Military Attache Sexually Harass Local Female Employee at Mexican Embassy in Seoul
Himachal Pradesh: A Holy Himalayan Land of India
Japan's Takahama Nuclear Plant Poses Serious Threat to Neighbors of S. Korea, China, Russia
Why Live in Israel?
China and Technology: Tortoise and Hare Again
"Golden Tulip Sky Bay Gyeongpo" to Open in Late 2017
KB's Madam Moon Myung-Soon Dedicates Life to Nation's Financially Vulnerable Folks
Morocco's 2017 "Throne Day" Marked in Seoul
Tunisia Marks 60th Anniversary of Proclamation of Tunisian Republic in Seoul Event
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