A project to create what would be the first for-profit hospital on the resort island of Jeju is expected to go under. According to a public poll, opposition to the plan was 58.9 percent compared to the 38.9 percent approving it. Since Jeju Gov. Won Hee-ryong accepted Jeju residents' petition to hold a referendum on the matter, the outcome can be predicted with certainty. Unlike general hospitals..
The Moon Jae-in administration's peace initiative toward North Korea faces a crisis after Pyongyang has stated that it will not exchange denuclearization for a declaration to end the 1950-53 Korean War. On Tuesday, the Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's mouthpiece, made the comment that a declaration to end the war cannot be a gift to North Korea, nor is an item to exchange for denucleari..
Still flushed and fatigued from the excitement of his three-day visit to North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is wasting no time on the diplomatic front. He will fly to the United States on Saturday to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. During his tight schedule, he must get full support from the Unt..
140자 '트통령' 복잡한 문제를 짧은 문장으로 표현하는 게 쉬운 일은 아니다. Expressing a complicated issue with a short sentence is not easy. 핵심을 명료하게 전달하려면 고민을 많이 해야 한다. 글자 수가 제한돼 있다면 더 그렇다. You have to carefully choose what to say to convey the point, especially so when the number of characters are limited. 소셜네트워크서비스(SNS)의 맏형인 트위터는 2006년 그런 '140자'의 한계를 안고 출발했다. Twitter, founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers in social netw..
걷잡을 수 없이 급변하는 외교안보 현실 한반도 안보가 급물살을 타고 있다. 렉스틸러슨 미 국무장관 후보자가 지난 11일 미 상원 인준청문회에서 북한을 "세계의 중대한 위협" 이라고 하더니, 제임스 매티스 미 국방장관 후보자는 12일 미 의회에 북한 핵시설 격퇴계획을 담은 보고서를 제출하겠다고 밝혔다. 이번 주 미국의 트럼프 신행정부 출범에 앞서 대북 강경책이 연이어 나오고 있다. Dark clouds are rapidly gathering over the Korean Peninsula with less than a week until the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as U.S. president. Following hawkish remarks at Wednesday's ..
그녀는 낡은 기찻길 옆 오래된 백자작나무 밑에 묻혀 있다.She's buried beneath a silver birch tree, down towards the old train tracks, 작은 돌탑으로 그녀의 무덤을 표시해두었다.her grave marked with a cairn. 실은 돌맹이를 조금 쌓아놓은 것에 불과하다.Not more than a little pile of stones, really. 그녀의 휴식처로 사람들의 눈길이 가는 건 싫지만, I didn't want to draw attention to her resting place, but 기념물 하나 없이 그녀를 그냥 버려둘 순 없었다.I couldn't leave her without remembrance. 그녀는 새소리와 ..