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Wed, November 30, 2022 | 02:53

Lament for a mountain

Lament for a mountain

“That mountain used to be my favorite hike.” Our friend's words silenced us all. We'd been discussing which mountain to hike this autumn but his words word cut through our wandering thoughts about the uncomplicated life where mountain climbing somehow mattered. I understood why he no longer had the heart to hike that mountain.

2022-09-07 16:20

Reminiscing: a beautiful human asset

Reminiscing: a beautiful human asset

In the last two months (one month apart) my two grandsons who live in Seoul got married. I could not attend the first wedding of my first and eldest grandson, Jeong-seo, because regretfully, it was amid the height of the latest surge of COVID-19 infections. I was bitterly disappointed as all my children dissuaded me adamantly from attending the ceremony.

2022-09-06 16:13

Telemachus

Who am I? What am I waiting for? What am I looking for? In search of a true self and pondering the true meaning of our life, we are constantly yearning for something greater and deeper in our hearts.

2022-09-05 15:57

Waiting for statesmen

Waiting for statesmen

Korea has come a long way economically over the past 60 years or so. Now it is a member of what is called here the 30-50 club, which is made up of the seven countries that have per capita annual incomes of more than $30,000 (40,633,500 won) and populations larger than 50 million. Put another way, Korea is one of the world's top economies alongside the United States, Japan, Un...

2022-09-04 15:23

Sorry for zero-hour classes

Sorry for zero-hour classes

When he took office as a new conservative superintendent of education for Gyeonggi Province on July 1, Lim Tae-hee said that he would move the clock forward for schools in the morning - from 9 a.m. to 8 a.m. He meant that going to school earlier would be helpful for students looking to improve their scores.

2022-09-01 16:13

Freud, conversion of thought

Freud, conversion of thought

Several years ago, once I was very much into psychoanalysis. The father of psychoanalysis is known to be Sigmund Freud. He was a pioneer who navigated an unknown realm of the so-called unconscious. He was a Jew, but he was an atheist. Regarding this aspect, I was very curious - how could he be an atheist as he was a Jew? Some intriguing facts of Freud's life are as follows. H...

2022-08-31 16:02

A miner who became a professor

A miner who became a professor

Earlier this month, I attended the funeral of a famous educator and professor, Kwon Yi-jong. He was born in Jangsu County, North Jeolla Province, and graduated from a high school in Jeonju. To get out of poverty, in 1964, he went to Germany and worked for three years as a miner at the Merkstein Adolf Coal Mine. After that, going through ups and downs, he obtained a bachelor's...

2022-08-30 16:12

Disaster response: A call for collaborative and strategic planning

Disaster response: A call for collaborative and strategic planning

Korea underwent rapid industrialization and urbanization from the 1960s to the 1980s. Explosive population growth in urban areas generated a high demand for infrastructure investment by the public and private sectors. Although urban development brought convenience to communities, it has also rendered them more susceptible to large-scale disasters given that most active infras...

2022-08-29 15:09

Son Ho-yun, Korean leading writer of tanka poetry

Son Ho-yun, Korean leading writer of tanka poetry

I recently read a book titled “Manyoshu was Hyangga” written by Kim Young-hoi. The book portrays a majority of ancient Japanese poems in “Manyoshu” - a collection of a certain type of Japanese poetry - originating from the ancient kingdoms of Korea.

2022-08-28 16:13

Economic decline in North Korea

Economic decline in North Korea

Predictably, North Korea has rejected an offer from the South Korean government of economic aid in return for nuclear disarmament. South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol initially made the suggestion during his inauguration in May. On Aug. 15, he advanced the proposal in a speech.

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