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North Korea bans foreign currencies
SEOUL — North Korea has banned the use of foreign currency, another sign its hard-line communist government is intent on reasserting control over the country's nascent market economy. LINK TO ORIGINAL...
Korean Member of Parliment Gets a Giant Toilet Home
Nothing highlights a social awareness message like a giant Toilet-shaped House. That was the aim of Sim Jae-Duck, a member of the World Toilet Association, when he commissioned the construction of his new home, a gargantuan concrete and glass home th...
Japan pays one dollar to Korean forced labourers
Seoul - Nearly a year's worth of forced labour in Japan during World War II earned seven South Korean women a mere dollar each, causing consternation among activists in South Korea. The payouts of 99 yen (1.08 dollars) by the Japanese government mark...
Karma Overtakes Wife of \'Big Thief\'
Was it a case of the personification of karma or an act of Buddhist salvation for others' sins? Perhaps the answer may now be irrelevant but the fact remains. Cho Se-hyung was called many names ? the Korean Robin Hood and Hong Gil-dong, the main char...
North Korea orders border guards to fire on defectors: report
SEOUL: North Korean troops are under orders to shoot unauthorised border-crossers to prevent mass defections following a shock currency revaluation which wiped out savings, a report said Monday. South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper said the orders w...
Fast-food eatery sizzles in N. Korea
Behind the headlines that reclusive North Korea recently opened its first fast-food restaurant are three Singaporean businessmen. Two of them, Quek Chek Lan, 65, and Timothy Tan, 52, got the nod to set up the restaurant, called Samtaesong or 'three b...
Monk Convicted of Praising North Korea
A Buddhist monk was given a suspended one-year-prison term Wednesday for posting articles and video images praising North Korea on the Internet. According to the Seoul Central District Court, the monk was identified as Seo and he lived from day-to-da...
South Korea Investigates Cause of Fire That Killed 10 in Busan
South Korea’s police and fire authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that killed 10 people yesterday, including Japanese tourists. Officials from the southern port city of Busan, where the fire occurred, are also helping the families of ...
Battle over fake Yale credentials heats up
A war of words has escalated between Yale officials and their counterparts at South Korea’s Dongguk University over an international falsified credentials scandal. Lanny Davis, a Washington-based attorney representing Dongguk — and a Yale alumnus...
Disgraced cloning expert convicted in SKorea
Seoul - A disgraced cloning expert who falsely claimed major breakthroughs in stem cell research was convicted Monday for embezzlement and other charges connected to the scandal, but he will not serve time in prison. LINK TO ORIGINAL...
N Korea human rights \'abysmal\'
A UN envoy has criticised the rights situation in North Korea as "abysmal", saying one-third of the country's population was going hungry needlessly. LINK TO ORIGINAL...
Nutritious temple food for body and soul
With skin as white as snow and dimples that show when she smiles, it’s hard to believe she’s already 50 years old. When asked if she gets her good looks from eating only temple food, the monk smiles and waves her hand modestly, saying no. The Bud...
