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Correct Prescription for Korean Economy A precise diagnosis leads to a correct prescription and treatment. In the run-up to elections, distorted diagnoses of current conditions abound with politicians seeking to distinguish themselves from rivals. Consequently, the politicians could fall p...

Occupy ‘New Capitalism’ Diamond and graphite both consist of carbon. But the two minerals are quite different in spite of their identical chemical composition. Diamond is the hardest mineral known to man while graphite is one of the softest. A transparent crystal of carbon ...

Role Division Between Universities The “half-price” college tuition debate, which made big headlines last year, still remains unresolved. Colleges and universities across the nation are having difficulty in setting this year’s tuition fees. Recently, fees illegally charged by state...

World Envies Korea for UAE Reactor Deal The site of the United Arab Emirates’ first nuclear power plant is a sparsely populated coastal village called Braka, a three-hour car ride west of Abu Dhabi, the capital of this Middle East country. The plant is scheduled to go online in 2017, with...

Korean Hospitals’ Inroads into Global Market Chaum, a future-oriented medical center in Seoul’s affluent Gangnam district, has become a top destination for high-end medical tourism. Its patients have included U.S. movie stars and professional athletes as well as a Chinese tycoon who reportedly...

March 2012

Abuse of Ideology in Election Year Koreans will go to the polls on December 19 this year to elect their next president, who will likely win by a slim margin after fierce election campaigning by the ruling party's candidate a...

Multiple Benefits of Korea-China FTA During my recent trip to Beijing, I had a chance to meet a senior official of China's Ministry of Commerce and talked about bilateral trade relations between China and South Korea. The off...

New Perspective on Taiwan Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has been re-elected to a second four-year term in a vote seen as reaffirming his policy of promoting stable relations between Taiwan and China. Contrary to...

Revival of True Entrepreneurship The founders of Korean conglomerates, or chaebol, were different from their children and second-generation business owners, even in the manners they sat. There was an interesting episode th...

Expectations for 'Lee Jong-wook ― Seoul Project' On January 9, Seoul National University (SNU) College of Medicine held a ceremony to welcome eight medical professors from the National University of Laos, who came to study basic medical t...

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