The record player and the Polaroid camera, both antiquated technology, are making a comeback within my younger generation. These modernly useless machines have been embraced by “hipsters” and have assumed their own spot in a sort of new counterculture.But what makes people willing to pay for such impractical things?I have the most experience with the record player, having asked for one a couple of years ago for my 16th birthday. At first, my parents didn’t understand why I would want this bulky

North Korea’s nuclear missile threat to the US is looming as a reality.If the missile the North launched Wednesday had flown on a standard trajectory rather than its lofted one, it would have a range of more than 13,000 kilometers, according to experts. The range would be far enough to reach Washington DC and in fact any part of the US.It is not difficult to guess the intention behind launching a long-range ballistic missile after a 75-day lull. The launch is an expression of the North’s will to

The government’s plan to introduce a 10-20 percent quota for women in senior level government positions and public institutions does not go far enough to effect a real change in gender inequality in Korea.Europe has a problem with gender inequality in the workplace -- women do not seem to receive the same salary as men for doing the same job. Figures released in October show this gap to be an average of 16 percent across the entire EU. Last week the European commission responded to this problem

The latest work stoppage by unionized workers at Hyundai Motor and the way it was settled shows why the automaker is plagued by chronic labor disputes that severely cut into its competitiveness. The latest conflict surrounds the company’s plan to expand production of a new popular small sport utility vehicle, the Kona, which was launched in June. The management and the union, which had already spent three months on negotiations before the Kona’s launch, started last month talks on the plan to ad