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Dwight School Seoul offers personalized learning experience

Social affairsSept 19, 2019

As a leading school offering the International Baccalaureate Continuum curriculum in South Korea, Dwight School Seoul provides personalized education, discovering every student’s unique talent.Having opened in 2012, Dwight School Seoul is the first school in Korea to establish a fully authorized International Baccalaureate Continuum curriculum. The International Baccalaureate is an international educational foundation founded in 1968 and headquartered in Geneva.With a maximum enrollment of
Police find suspect in 30-year-old Hwaseong serial murder case

Social affairsSept 18, 2019

After decades of futile searching, investigators have made belated progress in the “Hwaseong murders” -- a series of rapes and murders that shocked South Korea in the 1980s.Officials of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency said Wednesday that they had narrowed down the prime suspect to a man in his 50s who is currently serving a prison sentence for another rape and murder.“In July this year, we sent part of the evidence to the National Forensic Service, which result show
[Editorial] Uphold soldier’s honor

EditorialSept 18, 2019

President Moon Jae-in effectively instructed the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to reconsider its decision on veteran entitlements accorded to retired Sgt. 1st Class Ha Jae-heon, who lost both legs in blasts from North Korean land mines.“I hope the ministry will examine if there is leeway to interpret related legal provisions flexibly,” Moon said Tuesday.On Aug. 7, the Patriots and Veterans Entitlement Commission of the ministry decided to grant veteran eligibility to Ha a
[Editorial] Misguided target

EditorialSept 17, 2019

It is certainly necessary for the country to step up efforts to diversify its export markets in the face of a prolonged slump in outbound shipments.But the government’s plan for restructuring export markets, which was unveiled last week, is unreasonable and could erode the global competitiveness of South Korea’s export-oriented companies.Under the plan, the proportion of four major markets -- the US, China, Japan and the EU -- in the country’s total exports is set to decrease f
[Stuart Rothenberg] Why working-class whites aren’t giving up on Trump

ViewpointsSept 16, 2019

“In some countries, working-class groups have proved to be the most nationalistic and jingoistic sector of the population,” wrote the highly esteemed sociologist and political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset -- 60 years ago last month.In his seminal article “Democracy and Working-Class Authoritarianism,” which appeared in the August 1959 issue of the American Sociological Review, Lipset observed that many in the working class were “in the forefront of the struggle a
[Shuli Ren] What’s worse than corrupt billionaires? Socialism

ViewpointsSept 16, 2019

What’s worse than billionaires who bribe government officials? The “Gangnam Left,” stock pickers may say.The term, and subject of a book by Chonbuk National University professor Kang Jun-man, is a dig at South Korea’s wealthy elite who advocate socialist policies, such as boosting the minimum wage and spending billions to create public-sector jobs. Some of these technocrats have found themselves in hot water recently: President Moon Jae-in’s recently appointed justi
[Editorial] Do not obstruct probes

EditorialSept 16, 2019

The Justice Ministry is showing signs of attempting to obstruct the prosecution’s investigations into allegations surrounding Minister Cho Kuk.The vice minister and inspector general of the ministry reportedly called the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and proposed setting up a team to investigate the suspicions without receiving commands from Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl. The proposal was made on Sept. 9 when Cho was inaugurated as justice minister.Such an act intervenes in investi
세상에서 가장 작은 경찰관? 구출된 다람쥐 ‘화제’

Sept 16, 2019

미국 북동부의 코네티컷 주에서 일하는 경찰관이 길에서 아기 다람쥐를 구해서 화제다. 해당 경찰관은 길에서 도움이 필요한 다람쥐를 경찰서로 데려가 상자 안에 침구류를 준비해 같이 지내고 있다고 밝혔다.경찰서는 페이스북 등 SNS에 영상을 올리며 미니콘도 안에서 숙면을 취하는 다람쥐 영상을 게재했다. 다람쥐는 ‘Officer Nibbles’(야금야금 먹는 경찰관)라는 별명도 갖게 되었다. “오늘 밤 우리의 훌륭한 경찰관들이 길에서 아기 다람쥐를 구했다”라고 전하면서 “무사히 안전하게 데리고 왔다”라고 추가했다. 이후 경찰서는 다람쥐를 유기견 센터로 옮겨졌고 거기서 휴식을 취하고 있다고 뒷이야기를 전했다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
[Christopher R. Hill] Trump’s North Korean appeasement

ViewpointsSept 15, 2019

Having met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un three times -- all to great fanfare -- US President Donald Trump may still believe denuclearization is underway in the Hermit Kingdom. If so, he is probably the only one who does, given North Korea’s frequent missile tests and upgrades to its weapons. It is anyone’s guess what the Trump administration’s North Korea policy will look like in a year, but for now, both sides seem to have what they want. Trump has wrangled a loose stal
[Elizabeth Drew] Concern over 2020 election makes Trump increasingly unhinged

ViewpointsSept 15, 2019

As the US Congress reconvenes this week after a six-week recess, the administration is mired in controversies, almost all of them set off by President Donald Trump. Trump’s behavior has been at its most peculiar since he took office, undoubtedly partly owing to panic over the 2020 election. He has more reason than most incumbent presidents to wish for reelection, as he is still facing several lawsuits. 　Perhaps the greatest political danger to Trump lies in the growing evidence that he has
[Editorial] No encouraging signs

EditorialSept 15, 2019

Data released last week by the state statistics agency showed that on-year job additions in August recorded the largest increase in 29 months. The number of employed people in the country reached 27.35 million last month, a rise of 452,000 from the same month in 2018.The unemployment rate also dropped 1 percentage point on-year to 3 percent in August, marking the lowest level for the month since 2013, according to figures from Statistics Korea.Hong Nam-ki, the minister of economy and finance, sa
[Kim Myong-sik] Half century from Jeon Tae-il to Cho Kuk

ViewpointsSept 11, 2019

The name of a social activist that I heard for the first time working as a journalist was Jeon Tae-il, a cutter employed by a small-time garment maker in Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon area. The 22-year-old man was little known even among workers in the corridors of the clothes factories, although he had led protests against extreme working conditions at his and other workplaces for some time. But he instantly became the symbol of labor movements in Korea when he set himself alight, waving the pri
[Editorial] Anxious prospect

EditorialSept 11, 2019

North Korea fired at least two short-range projectiles Tuesday, just a day after it expressed willingness to resume denuclearization talks with the US in late September.The firings -- the 10th such launch by the North this year -- seem designed to strengthen its negotiating hand ahead of the resumption of talks that have stalled since February’s rupture of a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Trump and Kim agreed to resume working-level discussions
Alfred Adler: Man who understood superheroes

BooksSept 11, 2019

Are you a fan of superhero movies or TV shows? If not a regular viewer, have you ever watched one alone or with friends? As you probably know, this entertainment genre is now the most popular in the world. So it’s no surprise that Marvel film “Avengers: Endgame” globally grossed more than $2.7 billion in just a few weeks -- including ticket sales in South Korea exceeding $100 million this past April. Clearly, infatuation with superheroes is a phenomenon transcending national bo
Insurance consulting firm Rich&Co. hosts festival

IndustrySept 11, 2019

Insurance consulting and services firm Rich&Co. said it hosted its “Reach the Future Festival” at Kintex, Ilsan, Tuesday, gathering 3,000 of its employees to discuss the company’s vision and future steps. Among the company’s services is the “Good Rich” app to integrate and manage one’s insurance subscriptions. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)