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[Weekender] Bathing around the world

CultureAug 16, 2018

Although a simple everyday act, bathing, in some cultures has greater meaning. Some travelers say that exploring different bathing cultures around the world is a must, as it is a way to learn more about the countries through the experience. Among different cultures, there is a wide variety of traditional themes, rituals, and customs associated with bathing. The diversity is a reflection of cultural, historical differences. Here is a list of bathing cultures around the globe that show that bathin
촉수 달린 거대 바다괴물 ‘또 출몰’

Aug 16, 2018

이따금 심해로부터 의문투성이 생물체가 바닷가에 쓸려 올라오는 경우가 있다. 러시아 동부 연안에 또다시 털투성이 바다 괴물이 출현했다. 　영국 매체 미러의 15일 보도에 따르면 악취를 풍기는 기괴한 생물체의 시체가 러시아 북동 시베리아의 캄차카 반도 바닷가에 쓸려 올라왔다. 　미러는 현지매체 시베리안 타임스를 인용하며 이 시체가 성인 남성 세 명을 합친 것보다 몸집이 크다고 보도했다. 　 시베리안 타임스현지인들은 이 미지의 물체가 지구온난화로 해빙된 빙하에서 방출된 고e대 맘모스의 유해가 아닐까 추측하고 있다고 한다.　해양학자는 이것이 맘모스가 아닌 고래 시체의 일부분일 수 있다고 보고 있다.　육안으로 이 물체를 확인한 목격자는 “털 달린 문어 같다”고 말하기도 했다.　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
[팟캐스트] (260) ‘연이은 화재’ BMW 운행중지 명령, 안희정 전 충남지사 성폭력 혐의 1심 무죄

PodcastAug 15, 2018

(Yonhap)진행자 : 배현정, Kevin Lee Seizer1. Transport Ministry orders recalled BMWs off the roads기사 요약 : 최근에 화재 사고가 잇따르고 있는 BMW의 리콜 대상 차량들에 대해서 정부가 운행정지 명령을 내렸다.아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638[1] The South Korean government ordered BMW vehicles subject to recall off the roads if they have not gone through an emergency checkup after dozens of cars burst into flames this year.*subject to~: ~의 대상인, ~이
[Editorial] Value consumers

EditorialAug 15, 2018

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has ordered local authorities to ban people from driving recalled BMWs that have not received emergency safety checks. Drivers cannot use the cars except to drive them to have the required checks done. 　It is the first time the ministry has banned people from driving a specific make of vehicle. The unprecedented measure was taken to ease concerns following dozens of BMWs catching fire this year. It seems an inevitable step to prevent additional
[Editorial] Real problem

EditorialAug 14, 2018

The news that the two Koreas have agreed to schedule a third meeting between their leaders in Pyongyang in September raises a number of questions. The first is why the two sides have not yet announced dates for the meeting. The joint press statement for the high-level inter-Korean talks held Monday at Panmunjom said only that President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would meet in Pyongyang in September. More baffling is the strong indication from the North Korean chief delegate,
병간호 맡겼더니 할머니 폭행...CCTV에 고스란히

Aug 14, 2018

중국 선양에서 한 86세 노인이 자택에서 여성간호인에게 폭행당했다. 당시 남편이 옆 방에 있었지만, 청각 장애가 있어 폭행 사실을 전혀 알지 못했다고 한다.　간병인의 폭행 모습은 노인의 가족이 집에 설치한 CCTV에 찍혔고, 화면 분석 결과 몇 주 동안 7~8차례 폭행이 이어져 온 것으로 밝혀졌다.　 (사진=CCTV 영상 캡처)노인의 가족이 공개한 CCTV 영상에는 노인이 휠체어에서 일어나려 하자 간병인이 옷을 잡아당겨 억지로 앉히고 얼굴을 마구 때리는 모습이 담겼다. (사진=CCTV 영상 캡처)노인의 아들이 CCTV 영상을 확인하다 이 사실을 발견했다고 한다. 　가족들에 의하면 이 간병인은 1년 넘게 노부부를 돌봤으며 집 안에 CCTV가 설치된 것도 알았다고 한다. 　가족들은 곧바로 간병인을 해고했고 그는 폭행 혐의로 현지 경찰에 체포됐다.　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
[Editorial] Raise return on investment

EditorialAug 13, 2018

Ahead of a public hearing Friday on proposed reforms to the national pension scheme, people are speaking out against the changes.　The hearing will deal with some of the recommendations that a committee of independent experts handed down to the government. The committee’s role is to offer long-term projections every five years for the National Pension Fund, and to recommend systemic improvements. The recent suggestions included raising premiums, extending the term during which people are required
[David Fickling] Soviet collapse echoes in China’s belt and road

ViewpointsAug 13, 2018

What causes empires to fall?　According to one influential view, it’s ultimately a question of investment. Great powers are the nations that best harness their economic potential to build up military strength. When they become over-extended, the splurge of spending to sustain a strategic edge leaves more productive parts of the economy starved of capital, leading to inevitable decline.　That should be a worrying prospect for China, a would-be great power whose current phase of growth is associated
[Paul Hanley] The case against pets as property

ViewpointsAug 13, 2018

Laws reflect societal attitudes and values, which obviously change over time. Since the 1970s, the perception of how animals should be treated has dramatically changed and a body of laws protecting the rights of animals has developed to reflect this change. Some countries have even incorporated the rights of animals into their constitutions. For example, in 1992, Switzerland became the first country in the world to protect the rights of animals in a constitutional provision recognizing “the dign
[Jay Ambrose] Craziness on the loose in public affairs

ViewpointsAug 13, 2018

Don’t just stand there, do something, the old saying goes, and, in this peculiar, modern age in which we live, that often turns out to be something that achieves nothing good while doing a lot that’s bad. Excuse me. I said it achieves nothing good, but there is the soothing feeling that radical environmentalists, extreme leftists and their dupes likely get, for instance, when they ban plastic straws.　It’s an absurdity that pretty much started out when a fourth-grader and his mom did a calculatio
[Anjani Trivedi] Carmakers are choking on blue-sky emission rules

ViewpointsAug 13, 2018

Mazda Motor’s struggle to save the internal combustion engine from extinction threatens to choke in a cloud of faulty emissions tests. It may not be the only casualty: The widening global emissions scandal perhaps says as much about badly designed standards as the failings of automakers.　Mazda has eschewed the industry’s rush to develop electric vehicles. The Japanese carmaker announced its intention last year to commercialize a next generation of internal combustion engines that would be 20 per
[Eli Lake] John Bolton makes the case for hunting witches

ViewpointsAug 13, 2018

Usually when someone analogizes the US government’s current campaign against Russian influence to the Red Scare of the 1950s, it’s meant as a cautionary device. Let’s not go back to black lists and “un-American activities.”　Last week, however, National Security Adviser John Bolton reached back to this era to describe in earnest what the US intelligence community believes it’s up against. In an interview with the conservative radio host Mark Levin, Bolton described the kind of Russian and foreign
[Kay Coles James] Nation in turmoil must choose civility

ViewpointsAug 12, 2018

In 1961, I participated in what a Richmond, Virginia, newspaper called “one of the most ambitious experiments in race-mixing the South had seen.” With the nation in turmoil, 25 other black students and I helped integrate an all-white junior high school.　Outside the school, we faced angry crowds determined to prevent us from getting a quality education in peace. Inside, we were constantly afraid of being confronted by the white toughs who took special joy in threatening us black kids. We were jus
[Editorial] No longer fresh

EditorialAug 12, 2018

President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are seeking to set up their third meeting. It would be good for them to meet again, but the planned meeting should not be talks for the sake of talks. The summit should produce concrete action plans on denuclearizing the North. The first clues as to the prospects of the planned summit may come at inter-Korean high-level talks to be held Monday at the northern side of the truce village of Panmunjom. In proposing the minister-level talks, t
[Management in Korea] Can Korea create its own Silicon Valley?

IndustryAug 12, 2018

Management in Korea is a regular column written by the members of Egon Zehnder Seoul, touching on various aspects of Korean enterprises and business leaders and offering management tips. -- Ed.Technological prowess is a key element of Korea’s economic identity. Samsung, LG and SK Group are global giants, and the country is considered a leader in innovation and connectivity. But these achievements are the result of conscious and sustained investments in education and industrial infrastructure tha