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First there was the denial followed by a period of silence. Then came the half-hearted admission of guilt in an exclusive newspaper interview.  Best-selling …

As bubbles go, it was not a very big one. From 2002 to 2006, the share of the American economy devoted to residential construction rose by 1.2 percentage …

News headlines notwithstanding, the fundamental challenge facing Europe today extends far beyond Greece. The real question is what kind of European Union …

Why do people in some countries work more hours? The most common explanations have to do with labor regulations and taxes, but anyone who travels frequently …

Prosecutors investigating the Sung Woan-jong bribery scandal have added three men to their probe list — lawmakers Lee In-jae and Kim Han-gil and Roh …

The public apology by Lee Jay-yong, the de facto leader of Samsung Group, over a massive outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome at a hospital run by the …

There is a memorable scene about hospital visits in the popular American sitcom, “The Big Bang Theory.” This was in one of the earlier seasons where one of …

On the morning of June 25, 1950, we three young brothers and two sisters were walking leisurely from our Gahoe-dong home to Hwanggeumjeong, then newly named …

North Korea’s decision to boycott the upcoming Gwangju Universiade is an unfortunate one tying sports with politics. On June 20 the Gwangju Universiade …

Korea and Japan celebrated the 50th anniversary of normalization of ties between the two countries in separate events attended by each other’s leaders. In …