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CNN anchor: Talented, imperious, scarred, publicly out

BooksAug 19, 2011

Want a yardstick for how far into the post-ironic era we have drifted?This summer, TV newsman Don Lemon published a memoir, “Transparent,” in which he came out as gay and talked about being sexually abused as a boy.Yet he got far more attention for a snarky three-minute segment that Jon Stewart devo
A decade after horror of Sept. 11, a new kind of storytelling

BooksAug 19, 2011

When details were released of the recent raid to hunt down and kill Osama Bin Laden in his Abbottabad compound, a daring narrative complete with Navy SEALs and Blackhawk helicopters, many readers of international thrillers probably had the same thought: Sounds like a scene from a Brad Thor novel.Tha
Songpyeon (Half-moon shape rice cake)

Food&BeverageAug 19, 2011

Songpyeon is a type of rice cake made by kneading rice powder with hot water and stuffing the dough with beans, sesame, chestnuts and other fillings. The rice cake is shaped into a half-moon and steamed. Songpyeon is served without fail on Chuseok, the biggest holiday in Korea. On the eve of Chuseok
Umami Burger’s brand is sizzling

Food&BeverageAug 19, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― Umami Burger, the California burger chain with a modern spin and cross-cultural vibe, has struck a chord with Angelenos and now has the potential to join McDonald’s, Fatburger, In-N-Out and Tommy’s Hamburgers as one of California’s best-known exports. To celebrate, Umami founder Adam F
[David Ignatius] A Gates team at the Pentagon

ViewpointsAug 19, 2011

WASHINGTON ― Bob Gates left the Pentagon in early July, but the new national-security team that is taking over this summer is largely Gates’ creation ― reflecting the unusual influence of a Republican defense secretary in shaping the Obama administration’s personnel and policies. Gates’ recomme
[By William Pesek] S&P’s next target has Bob Marley on its mind

ViewpointsAug 19, 2011

On a hot Friday evening in Osaka, Japan, street musician Jun Fukuda is channeling Bob Marley on a downtown bridge. Not the feel-good, party-hearty Marley, but the mortality-questioning ballad “Redemption Song.” As the 20-year-old belts out the lyrics “emancipate yourself from mental slavery” he scan
[Editorial] Little help to tenants

EditorialAug 19, 2011

On Thursday, the administration announced a package of policies aimed at curbing the steep rise in home rent ― the third of its kind this year. But it is unlikely to produce its intended outcome, as it fails to address the core problem appropriately ― a chronic shortage in supply.The shortage dates
[Editorial] Shift to software

EditorialAug 19, 2011

Both Sony and Nokia looked invincible in their heydays. But Sony is now being pushed out of the TV market and Nokia is at risk of being taken over. Behind the fall of Sony and Nokia is the rapid rise of Samsung, Apple and others in their global market share.As the Financial Times recently reported,
[Editorial] History shows danger of politics left adrift

ViewpointsAug 19, 2011

How strongly do you feel Japan’s peace and affluence have been achieved at the expense of the many lives lost in the series of wars this nation fought during the Showa era?This question was asked in an opinion survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun by mail in January and February. An overwhelming 8
[Amando Doronila] Sovereignty issues with China a test for President Aquino

ViewpointsAug 19, 2011

China has launched its first aircraft carrier, signaling its growing naval power that’s likely to increase tensions between Beijing and smaller Asian maritime states, including the Philippines, over territorial claims on islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).The 67,000-ton, 302-meter
[Andrew Sheng] Controls on capital flows: From heresy to orthodoxy

ViewpointsAug 19, 2011

On Sept. 1, 2011, it would be 13 years to the day when Malaysia first introduced capital controls to stem the effects of the Asian financial crisis on the domestic economy. In 1998, it was heresy to introduce controls on capital flows, since it was International Monetary Fund orthodoxy to liberalize
Daegu opens media center

Aug 19, 2011

The Main Press Center for the Daegu World Championships in Athletics opened on Friday. It will provide 24-hour service for over 2,800 registered journalists during the nine day competition between Aug. 27 and Sept. 4.The International Broadcast Center also began operation Friday following a special
[URGENT] N. Korean leader's Russian visit imminent, Seoul's spy

North KoreaAug 19, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is likely to embark on a Russian visit as early as Saturday, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Friday. “Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia appears imminent,” an official at the National Intelligence Agency told a parliamentary intelligence committee, according to m
Ewha Univ. cancels Paju campus plan

Social affairsAug 19, 2011

Ewha Womans University, the nation’s most prestigious women’s school, on Friday scrapped its plan to build a campus on the site of a former U.S. military camp in Paju, north of Seoul, citing price issues. The price of the campus site, owned by the Ministry of Defense, has gone up to a level that the
Roh ordered attack on Japanese ships near Dokdo: aide

PoliticsAug 19, 2011

Former President Roh Moo-hyun had ordered his maritime police to smash into Japanese vessels in 2006 if they approached Dokdo in an attempt to claim the easternmost Korean islets, one of the late leader‘s former aides said. Roh, president from 2003-2008, was known for his hard-line stance on Japan’s