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Libyans won revolution, opportunity ahead: Obama

World NewsOct 21, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama on Thursday cast the demise of Moammar Gadhafi as a momentous opportunity for Libya and its long-suffering people. “You have won your revolution,” he told them.“One of the world’s longest-serving dictators is no more,” Obama said as news of Gadhafi’s death an
Pulled from drainage pipe, Gadhafi was shown no mercy

World NewsOct 21, 2011

Libyan people celebrate the death of fallen Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli on Thursday. (Xinhua-Yonhap News)SIRTE, Libya (AP) ― Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Moammar Gadhafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t kill me, my sons.” Within an hour, he
Eurozone crisis efforts in disarray amid divisions

World BusinessOct 21, 2011

BRUSSELS (AP) ― Europe’s efforts to solve its escalating debt crisis plunged into disarray, after Germany and France could not bridge their differences in time for a summit Sunday, forcing them to call a second meeting.Sunday’s summit was supposed to deliver a comprehensive plan to finally get a gri
[Editorial] Consumer protection

EditorialOct 21, 2011

The global financial crisis in 2008 highlighted the need to tighten oversight of greedy financiers. At the same time, it also brought into the spotlight the importance of protecting financial consumers, as it was millions of individual households that bore the brunt of the devastating financial tsun
[Editorial] White elephant in Yongin

EditorialOct 21, 2011

The prosecution is investigating allegations of corruption surrounding the light rail transit project in Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province. Prosecutors have already banned some 30 people involved in the project, including two former mayors of the city, from leaving the country. The project started in 2
Sluggish America can still be a world leader

ViewpointsOct 21, 2011

A new survey shows that a majority of Europeans want the United States to continue exerting “strong leadership in world affairs.”One wonders why Europe holds so much faith in America right now when Americans, trapped in a deep national malaise, have so little faith in themselves.The survey, by the G
[David Ignatius] What Libya now needs most

ViewpointsOct 21, 2011

WASHINGTON ― Down in the basement, I still have a copy of Moammar Gadhafi’s bizarre political manifesto, “The Green Book,” which I picked up during a trip to Libya in the early 1980s. It’s a reminder of what an oddball dictator Gadhafi was ― and of how he nevertheless managed to defy and bedevil the
Maehara’s words do ties with South Korea no good

ViewpointsOct 21, 2011

Why would Seiji Maehara, chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan’s Policy Research Committee, raised the idea of establishing a new fund for South Koreans who acted as so-called comfort women during wartime? We cannot help but question his recent remarks on this matter.Maehara this month met with
Tax reform could lead shift away from inequality

ViewpointsOct 21, 2011

In online bidding held by the Taipei City Government for “lucky” license plate numbers, a businessman spent NT$3.589 million to pick up “8888-88.” During an anniversary sale in Taipei 101 Mall, nine shoppers each spent more than NT$10 million, and another spent NT$50 million, at a single store. With
[Eric X. Li] ‘Bad emperor’ problems: One-party rule not rigid

ViewpointsOct 21, 2011

SHANGHAI ― Change is in the air. By revolutions, elections and other methods, governments are changing hands across a wide swath of the world. Two most notable peaceful successions are occurring in none other than the most important pair of countries in the world, the United States and China. In the
Halloween getting Latino characters

FilmOct 21, 2011

Centuries before the bride of Frankenstein first screamed and hissed on the big screen in 1935, the legend of the wailing woman who drowned her children was already terrifying kids throughout Latin America.But only now, with Latinos constituting the largest minority group in the nation, has the tale
Calendar

TheaterOct 21, 2011

Exhibitions"The Court Painters of Joseon Dynasty": In celebration of its seventh anniversary, Leeum brought together 110 paintings by “hwawon,” or court painters of the Joseon Dynasty. It showcases works by master painters like Kim Hong-do, Jang Seung-eop, Shin Yun-bok and Kim Deuk-sin, who are well
Music penetrates the soul at House Concert

MusicOct 21, 2011

Violinist Kim Eung-soo (left), cellist Kim Yong-sik (right) and pianist Chae Moon-young rehearse at the House Concert in Yul Haus in southern Seoul on Oct. 14.(Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Musicians say they practice harder because of the closeness to their audienceAt a small underground recording
Box Office

FilmOct 21, 2011

Restless (U.S.)Opening Oct. 27Drama. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Young boy Enoch (Henry Hopper), who dropped out of school after his parents’ untimely deaths, only hangs out with his imaginary friend Hiroshi (Ryo Kase), while spending most of his time attending strangers’ funerals. Things change when
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MusicOct 21, 2011

DJ Cam’s ’Seven’ offers sullen hip-hopDJ Cam “Seven”(Inflamable)There’s something dour about DJ Cam’s new album “Seven,“ with its slow and brooding fusion of hip-hop and jazz. The French mix master has an interesting approach to blending disparate sounds, but seldom do things develop into a full gal