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[Editorial] Botched burials

EditorialNov 9, 2011

When millions of animals exposed or presumed to be exposed to foot-and-mouth disease were culled and buried late last year and early this year, the potential leakage from the burial sites and its pollution of ground water were of great environmental and health concern.That fear has become a reality. Moreover, the Ministry of Environment, which conducts tests on 300 new sites each quarter, is accused of attempting to cover up its discovery of the leakage. Quoting a report from the ministry, the p
[Park Sang-seek] Different crises in the West and in the Middle East

ViewpointsNov 9, 2011

The U.S. and Western European countries are still mired in the economic crisis and Arab countries have not recovered from the political crisis. These two different crises have engulfed the whole world and left it hanging it in the balance. The economic crisis has been caused by hyper-economic development, and the political crisis by political mal-development. In the West, financial capital has incapacitated the free market and corrupted industrial capital and undermined the entire capitalist sys
Sarkozy to Obama: Netanyahu is a liar

World NewsNov 9, 2011

PARIS (AP) ― The French president’s overheard remark to President Barack Obama that Israel’s prime minister is a “liar” laid bare escalating international frustration at deadlocked peace efforts ― and left all three world leaders looking blemished.Obama, heard through an interpreter, responded, “I have to work with him every day.”Some Israelis felt French President Nicolas Sarkozy uttered out loud what many think in private about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Others were shocked, an
‘No consensus on Palestinian U.N. bid’

World NewsNov 9, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― There is no consensus among the 15 Security Council nations on the Palestinian application for U.N. membership, according to a draft report summing up members’ views circulated Tuesday.The four-page report obtained by The Associated Press says the council is divided among those who support Palestinian membership, those who can’t support it now and therefore would abstain, and those who believe the application doesn’t meet the criteria for membership and oppose it.Palestinia
U.N. says Iran work ‘specific’ to nuke arms

World NewsNov 9, 2011

There are indications of nuclear weapons testing, warhead and detonator development, IAEA saysVIENNA (AP) ― The U.N. atomic agency said for the first time Tuesday that Iran is suspected of conducting secret experiments whose sole purpose is the development of nuclear arms, an assessment that draws on 1,000 pages of intelligence and nearly a decade of research.The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency is its most unequivocal yet suggesting that Iran is using the cover of a peaceful nuc
Asteroid in closest swing by Earth in 35 years

World NewsNov 9, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― An asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zipped by Earth on Tuesday in the closest encounter by such a massive space rock in more than three decades.Scientists ruled out any chance of a collision but turned their telescopes skyward to learn more about the object known as 2005 YU55.Its closest approach to Earth was pegged at a distance of 325,088 kilometers at 6:28 p.m. EST. That’s just inside the moon’s orbit; the average distance between Earth and the moon is 384,633 kilomet
Warrantless GPS tracking raises question of principles

World NewsNov 9, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The U.S. Supreme Court invoked visions of an all-seeing Big Brother and satellites watching us from above. Then things got personal Tuesday when the justices were told police could slap GPS devices on their cars and track their movements, without asking a judge for advance approval.The occasion for all the talk about intrusive police actions was a hearing in a case about whether the police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects. The out
NASA plans 2014 test-flight of deep-space capsule

World NewsNov 9, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ―NASA said Tuesday it will launch in 2014 an unmanned test flight of its Orion deep space capsule, made by Lockheed Martin to someday carry astronauts to the moon, an asteroid or Mars.The test launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida aims to send the capsule into orbit, where it will circle the Earth twice, then attempt to make an intact re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere before plunging into the ocean.The U.S. space agency said in a statement it hopes the data will help “influence des
Defiant Cain says he won’t quit despite harassment allegations

World NewsNov 9, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― A defiant Herman Cain declared he would not end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the face of allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior and called his latest accuser a troubled woman and tool of the “Democrat machine” in America.Cain spoke at a news conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Tuesday, one day after Chicagoan Sharon Bialek became the fourth woman to lodge complaints of unwanted sexual advances.He denied that he even knew Bialek, saying he watche
Russian craft fails to head for Mars moon

World NewsNov 9, 2011

Moscow’s ambitious step toward deep space fails due to technical problemsMOSCOW (AP) -- A daring Russian mission to fly an unmanned probe to Phobos, a moon of Mars, and fly samples of its soil back to Earth was derailed right after its launch by equipment failure.The Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Soil) craft was successfully launched by a Zenit-2 booster rocket at 12:16 a.m. Moscow time Wednesday from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It separated from the booster about 11 minutes lat
Roy Lichtenstein canvas pops $43 million auction record

TheaterNov 9, 2011

NEW YORK (AFP) ― A Pop Art canvas by Roy Lichtenstein, “I Can See the Whole Room! ... and There’s Nobody in It!,” popped previous world records for the landmark contemporary artist when it sold for $43.2 million in New York on Tuesday.The sale at Christie’s beat the artist’s previous auction record of $42.6 million and led a strong performance for contemporary works.“I Can See the Whole Room! ...” was executed in 1961 with oil and graphite in Lichtenstein’s familiar cartoon style, depicting a st
France bars London gallery from leaving with ‘stolen’ art

TheaterNov 9, 2011

PARIS (AFP) ― France laid claim on Monday to a French baroque painting that it said was stolen 200 years ago, and barred a London gallery that brought the work to Paris for an exhibition from taking it back.France’s culture ministry said the picture, “The Carrying of the Cross” painted by Nicolas Tournier around 1632, had been stolen from a museum in the southern city of Toulouse in 1818 and still belonged to the French state.London’s Weiss Gallery had brought the painting to the French capital
String of intimate chamber music at Seoul venues

MusicNov 9, 2011

The merit of going to a chamber music concert is being able to enjoy individual artists’ different performing styles along with the harmony of the instruments.The intimate nature of chamber music will be displayed at the Kumho Art Hall and Seoul Arts Center’s IBK Chamber Hall through to the end of the year.At the Kumho Art Hall, a series of three chamber music concerts will be held on Thursday, Dec. 8 and Dec. 29.The first performance is by Curtis and Friends, consisting of pianist and Yonsei Un
Master craftsmen struggle to make ends meet

CultureNov 9, 2011

Substantial support needed to bolster traditional craft industryAlthough he has been hammering Korean traditional patterns on metal for nearly half a century, artisan Park Moon-yeol’s life only began looking rosy in 1993, when he figured out the secret of the seven-step lock. Hearing about the existence of a peculiar Joseon Dynasty lock, he visited a folk museum in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, to take a look. It was tucked away in the back of the museum and the owner prohibited him from tak
Shakira honored with Walk of Fame star

MusicNov 9, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Grammy-winning Colombian singer Shakira now has a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.During a Tuesday ceremony surrounded by hundreds of screaming, flag-waving fans, Shakira unveiled her sidewalk star in front of the W Hollywood Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. It’s the 2,454th star dedicated along Hollywood’s avenue of dreams.“This is incredible,” said the singer and activist. “I would like to thank all of you.”Shakira said she remembered being on the boulevard as a tourist when