[DEAR ABBY] Dad’s parade of wives leaves grown child cold

[DEAR ABBY] Dad’s parade of wives leaves grown child cold

[디어 애비로 배우는 생생 영어] DEAR ABBY: I am a 23-year-old child of divorce. Dear Abby: I am a 23 year old child of divorced parents. For nine months, my father has been dating a woman he was seeing while still married to my stepmother. My father was married to his stepmom and dated another … Read more

Notion of ‘home sweet home’ applies to all types of families

Notion of ‘home sweet home’ applies to all types of families

By Lee Nan-hee A documentary program that EBS aired a while ago (Oct. 28, 2015) showed a trend in France where the number of traditional marriages approved and controlled by the state has gradually decreased and the number of PACS (acronym of Pacte civil de solidarite), legal contract of solidarity or living together, has increased. … Read more

Korea to scrap customs forms for travelers

Korea to scrap customs forms for travelers

Travelers enter Korea at Incheon International Airport Terminal 1, Tuesday. YonhapTravelers enter South Korea through Terminal 1 at Incheon International Airport on Tuesday. Union By Yi Whan-woo Korea will no longer require international arrivals ― both Korean and foreign nationals ― to fill out customs forms starting in May if they are not carrying dutiable … Read more

[WORLD] Son becomes first Asian to score 100 goals in Premier League

[WORLD] Son becomes first Asian to score 100 goals in Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min, second left, celebrates scoring their side’s first goal of the game, his hundredth Premier League goal, during the Premier League match between Tottenham and Brighton & Hove Albion at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Saturday, April 8. AP-YonhapSon Heung-min (second from left) of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates after scoring his team’s first … Read more

Young Koreans convince BIE mission team of Busan’s Expo bid

Young Koreans convince BIE mission team of Busan’s Expo bid

A group of young Koreans had a luncheon meeting with an eight-member delegation from the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), Thursday, in an event to promote Korea’s bid to host World Expo 2030 as a grassroots movement supported by civic group members, rights advocacies and university students from across the country, according to organizers Thursday. … Read more

[VIDEO]’Why are you testing me like this?’: K-pop star Kim Woo-seok

[VIDEO]’Why are you testing me like this?’: K-pop star Kim Woo-seok

Video by Yun Da-been The K-pop idol being featured on our POPKORN channel this time is Kim Woo-seok. On our short interview series “POPTIME”, we are going to make some snacks for us to munch on while watching interviews with K-pop stars. We will start by sticking a bag of popcorn in the microwave for … Read more

Chun Doo-hwan’s grandson arrested over suspected drug use

Chun Doo-hwan’s grandson arrested over suspected drug use

Chun Woo-won, center, the grandson of late former authoritarian leader Chun Doo-hwan, is escorted by police officers as he arrives at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, March 28. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulJeon Woo-won (center), the grandson of the late authoritarian leader Chun Doo-hwan, is arrested by police as he arrives at Incheon International … Read more

[NATIONAL] BIE delegation starts Expo inspection in Korea

[NATIONAL] BIE delegation starts Expo inspection in Korea

President Yoon Suk Yeol, fifth from left, and First Lady Kim Keon Hee, fifth from right, pose with members of the Bureau International des Expositions’ Enquiry Mission in front of Sangchunjae, a guesthouse at Cheong Wa Dae, before a dinner banquet, Monday.Prior to the welcome dinner on the 3rd, President Yoon Seok-yeol (fifth from the … Read more

Politics in quagmire – The Korea Times

Politics in quagmire – The Korea Times

Parties need to refrain from life-or-death skirmish The ruling and opposition parties should refrain from judicial strife The National Assembly is largely tasked with coordinating differing opinions to resolve social conflicts. Contrary to this expectation, however, the nation’s leading legislative body has long been the object of public cynicism for locking horns over major pending … Read more