Neighbors left flowers, gifts and heartfelt notes at a roadside clothing donation bin in Osan, Gyeonggi Province, where an infant was found dead earlier this month. The baby -- a boy -- was found by the bin’s operator on Dec. 18, wrapped with a towel. On Sunday, local police arrested a 20-something woman living nearby as a suspect. The woman confessed to having given birth to the baby at home and abandoning him at the bin, out of fear that her husband could find out about her extramar

Korea’s national security can be mainly divided into the policy toward North Korea and toward the others. Since last week’s interview with the president of KINU (Korea Institute of National Unification) covered Korea’s policies toward North Korea, the interview this week is about Korea’s overall national security. Kim Ki-jung, the president of the Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS), has shared his views on the Moon Jae-in administration’s national sec

  지난 연재에 영어를 공부한지 얼마나 되었는가에 대한 표현을 했다. 그런데 동사의 특성에 따라 앞으로 계속되는 경우지만 현재완료를 쓰는 경우가 있다. 그것은 동사가 know, believe, understand, like/dislike, belong, own, have 등과 같은 상태 동사일 경우이다. 좋아하고 있는 중, 믿고 있는 중이라고 하면? 우리말로 표현해도 어색한 게 분명하다. 그래서 알고 있는 상태, 좋아하는 상태, 믿고 있는 상태, 가지고 있는 상태 등을 나타내는 상태 동사는 진행형을 쓰지 않는다.  (ex) We’ve known each other since we were kids. 우리는 어린 아이일 적부터 서로 알아왔다. (ex) I’ve never understood physics very well. 나는 물리학을 잘 이해하지 못하고 있다. (ex) Jay has always liked basketball.

During his annual press conference on Dec. 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin railed against NATO enlargement. “How would the US react if we delivered rockets near their borders with Canada or Mexico?” he pointedly asked. Putin’s increasingly combative rhetoric, coupled with Russia’s huge troop buildup on its border with Ukraine, suggests that the Kremlin is readying an invasion to pull the country back into Russia’s sphere of influence and prevent its accession

Germans started it, but it was the Americans who perfected the celebration of Christmas in the 20th century. No Christmas would be complete without a Christmas tree, and a native Korean fir, locally called “gusangnamu,” is the preferred choice of Christmas tree in homes across the US and Europe. First encountered by Father Emile Joseph Taquet (1873-1952), a French Catholic missionary, on Hallasan, the main mountain on Jeju Island, in the early 1900s, famed botanist Ernest Henry Wil

Rice with seaweed fusiforme (tot) Loaded with minerals, fusiforme (tot) is a seaweed that provides diverse nutrients in winter. The fragrance and flavor of rice cooked by adding plump seasonal tot is much better than when dried tot is used. If you add chestnuts, you will experience the harmony of the familiar and the unfamiliar as the prickly textured tot and sweet chestnuts come together in your mouth. Ingredients 200 g fresh tot 5 chestnuts 1 cup rice 1 cup water 1 tbsp sesame oil Sau

Arte Museum Gangneung, the largest immersive media art museum in Gangwon Province, opened on Thursday with the theme “Eternal Nature,” presenting 10 media art displays that feature impactful visuals, sensuous sounds and fragrances offering an immersive art experience. The 4,600-square-meter museum is located in Gangneung and is the third immersive museum founded by d’strict, following Art Museum Jeju, which opened in September 2020, and Arte Museum Yeosu, which opened in Augu

    1) 단어 + 예문 10개 더 많은 토익빈출 단어 '해커스 토익 기출 보카'에서 확인 ▶   2) 파트 5 3문제 1. The company utilizes ------- training methods and highly qualified instructors to teach its employees new skills for professional growth. (A) advance (B) advancement (C) advancing (D) advanced   해석 그 회사는 전문적인 성장을 위한 새로운 기술을 직원들에게 가르치기 위해 선진 교육 기술과 높은 자격을 갖춘 교육자들을 활용한다.   해설 -- 형용사 자리 채우기 문제 빈칸 뒤의 명사(training methods)를 꾸며줄 수 있는 것은 형용사이므로 형용사 (C)와 (D)가 정답의 후보이다. ‘그 회사는 선진 교육 기술과 높은 자격을 갖춘 교육자들을 활용

A conversation with Archbishop Simon Kim Soung-soo of the Anglican Church is heartwarming and inspirational. In the pro-democracy struggle decades ago, he was a courageous advocate. Now, he is a voice for people with developmental disabilities. The nonagenarian archbishop can be found on the Incheon island Ganghwado, which hugs the border separating North and South Korea. There, he assists 50 “friends” at Urimaul, or Our Village, a workplace aimed at ensuring the comfort and secu

BRIGHTON -- Digital systems are critical to development and humanitarian activities, but they can expose some of the world’s most vulnerable communities to unforeseen risks. Recent examples from Afghanistan highlight these dangers. In September, it was reported that the UK Ministry of Defence had been involved in two separate data breaches, potentially compromising the safety of participants in the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy program, which is intended to protect people who h

진행자: 김혜연, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. Ancient art of lacquer on show at Asian lacquerware exhibition 기사 요약: 국립중앙박물관이 아시아 칠기 특별 전시회를 통해 아시아 고대 옻칠 공예의 문화를 알린다. [1] The National Museum of Korea launched the special exhibition “Ottchil, the Coated Splendor of Asian Lacquerware” on Tuesday, showcasing some 260 pieces of lacquerware produced in different parts of Asia. * lacquerware 칠기(류) [2] Lacquer, called “ottchil” in Korean, is a natural paint that has been used in Asia since ancie

A man has been arrested in Wonju, Gangwon Province, in connection to the killing of a landlord who was found dead in a residential building she owned on Dec. 15. According to local police on Wednesday, the suspect, in his 40s, had been living secretly in a one-bedroom unit in the victim’s building in Wonju. The attack occurred when the landlord, who lived in Gyeonggi Province, came to check on her property and found the illegal tenant. Police, acting on a missing person report filed