All posts tagged "Korea"

  • Education Minister Hwang Woo-yeo apologizes for two flawed questions of the College Scholastic Ability Test during a press briefing in Sejong City, Monday. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean gov’t apologizes for CSAT errors

    Grades of some 7,000 students will be affected By Jung Min-ho The Ministry of Education admitted Monday there were two correct answers for two questions on the most recent state-administered college entrance exam, a decision that will...

    • Posted November 26, 2014
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  • "The Interview" poster.
    [WSJ] ‘The Interview’: Comedy Gold in North Korea

    Clowns behind enemy lines have always helped us fear evil empires a little bit less. Charlie Chaplin mocked the Nazis in the “The Great Dictator” (1940) and Jack Benny did, too, in “To...

    • Posted November 26, 2014
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  • This Rodong Sinmun photo released on June 30, 2014, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un talking to military officials during a tactical rocket firing drill of the North's Strategic Force at an unidentified place. (Yonhap)
    North Korean gov’t forces citizens to work in other countries

    By Lee Min-hyung North Korean laborers forced to work in foreign countries only receive about 10-15 percent of their wages, while the rest of the income is sent home to the regime in Pyongyang, a Seoul-based think...

    • Posted November 26, 2014
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  • SK Telecom employees demonstrate the new network virtualization technology "Orchestration." (Courtesy of SK Telecom)
    SK develops core 5G network technologies

    By Yoon Sung-won SK Telecom, the nation’s largest mobile carrier, has developed two core technologies for the fifth-generation (5G) mobile network, the company said Tuesday. It says that the development of the network virtualization technologies will support...

    • Posted November 26, 2014
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  • North Korean workers outside of their home country claim that most of their wages get sent to the North Korean government. (Yonhap)
    [The Guardian] North Koreans are needed to do the dangerous jobs, says Malaysia

    Malaysia has defended the use of North Korean labourers in its mining industry, saying they are particularly good workers because of their dedication, strength and bravery. After a North Korean was among those killed in...

    • Posted November 25, 2014
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  • The Gangnam district in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo Credit: Yoshi from Flickr - CC License)
    Gangnam to create ‘tourism-friendly’ dance clubs

    The district of Gangnam in southern Seoul will designate 10 dance clubs as tourist-friendly venues, a district official confirmed Monday. Dubbed “Masterpiece Clubs,” the venues will aim to offer a luxurious atmosphere free from unsavory activities such...

    • Posted November 25, 2014
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    [Financial Times] South Korea targets 5G global supremacy

      Smartphone users in the western world might still be getting used to the rapid connections offered by 4G mobile networks, but South Korea first rolled out the technology in 2006. Now, the country’s government,...

    • Posted November 25, 2014
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